Diary of a Teddy Boy

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE LONG SIXTIES
For those of you unfortunates who did not live during the time of The Long Sixties described so eloquently in this memoir, all you need do is read it, and do not doubt that these magical things really did happen.
Mim Scala recounts his charmed life, it's inhabitants and experiences in a succinct manner, neither embellishing nor exaggerating.
Yes, Sex,Drugs and Rock n Roll go together; Scala uses a delicate and dare say, gentlemanly writing style that describes just enough of the hedonism without being garish or crude.
The uninitiated may doubt some of the more "far out", magical times he recalls so well, but believe me, if you have not delved into that realm, you have no alternative other than to know that it happened, and be sorry you missed it.
This book should be required reading for any student of history. It is that good.


PUNCH MAGAZINE REVIEW"There have been a lot of books about the Sixties but very few have captured the excitement and uniqueness of the period. The best two, The best two, so far, are Mim’s book and Stoned by the Rolling Stones first manager Andrew Loog Oldham. You had to be there to appreciate the best decade of the 20th. century"

Mim Scala founded the Scala Browne Agency, a London based television, film and theatrical agency with socialite Sir William Piggott Browne. Its clients included Richard Harris and its film production credits included bringing together Jean-Luc Godard with the Rolling Stones for the production of One Plus One. Born in London in 1940, Mim Scala went to school at St Augustins, Hammersmith and Chelsea Art School at Manresa Rd, Chelsea. He grew up in the North end Road Fulham, before moving to the Kings Road. He then travelled extensively before settling down to work as a theatrical agent. In 1963 he founded the theatrical agency, "Scala Browne Associates" with Sir William Piggott-Brown. The Agency was known for representing actors, directors and musicians including Richard Harris, Cat Stevens, Benito Caruthers and Jim Browne. Mim Scala also packaged the film "Sympathy for the Devil/One Plus One" with Jean-Luc Godard and the Rolling Stones In the late sixties Mim took off to live in the Moroccan Sahara, Spain, Sri Lanka, and Switzerland, painting and recording ethnic music, including the dervish Ganoua sect from Tangiers. He returned To England in 1972 to work as head of promotion for Island Records. Mim produced the first direct to disk album for the band Warsaw Pakt, before founding "ESP Music and Management", an agency which represented record producers, Chris Kimsey (Rolling Stones), Stuart Levine (Simply Red) and B.B. King. Jimi Miller (Rolling Stones) Mim Now lives with his wife Janie and son Fred and their horses in County Carlow Ireland where Mim spends his retirement Writing, painting and fishing.