1966. 12 pp. 12” x 17”. Issue #1; 1 Oct 14 - 27. RARE, RARE, RARE! VERY GOOD.

In this inaugural issue: Death of Andre Breton –obituary by Jean-Jaques Lebel; Yoko Ono’s ‘Unfinished Paintings and Objects’ notice for show at Indica Gallery, 102 Southampton Row (where she met John Lennon etc.); Adrian Mitchell poem- ‘Make or Break’ written for Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of US, a play about Vietnam, with Glenda Jackson; Report on the Warsaw International Festival of Music & portrait of Penderecki; Bob Cobbing’s Group H exhibition; Destruction In Art Symposium (DIAS) ‘Two views of DIAS’ - Jay Landesman and Tony Cox; a review of ‘She’ –Woman as Cathedral, a ninety-foot-long woman built by Nikki de Saint Phsille, Jean Tinguely and Olof Ultvedt in the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art; for Indica Gallery; Simon Vinkenoog on Provo in Amsterdam; report on Timothy Leary’s Spiritual Stage show from Bubu in New York; China: by Alex Gross; Alone in Swinging London - cartoon strip ‘featuring Clifton de Berry [who later became Seedy Bee] & Vera Groin in Glorious Sphinctovision’, by Jeff Nuttall; Peter Asher’s pop column ‘Pop.. Pop.. Ouch’ by ‘Millionaire’ – includes a report of a Rolling Stones concert at the Albert Hall; LSD; Dope prices; “What’s Happening’” listings reveal ‘Pink Floyd Mix Media Show’ at the London Free School, All Saints Hall; Bert Jansch at St. Pancras Town Hall; Roland Kirk at Ronnie Scott’s; Karma boutique opens.

An "All Night Rave" at the London Roundhouse launched International Times on October 15th 1966. Due to legal threats from The Times newspaper it was abbreviated to IT. Despite constant Police harassment of the UK underground press, IT magazine continued to grow to a circulation of 40,000 in late 1968-69 until its first demise in October 1973 when it was convicted for running contact ads for gay men. There were just a few sporadic issues between 1974 and 1982.