The Monkees minute believes that we are somehow this accomplished rock 'n' roll band that got their own television show. ... you putting the record out like this is just beyond the pale." Within a few months of their debut album, Music Supervisor Don Kirshner would be forcibly dismissed and the Monkees would take control as a real band. The Monkees' first single, "Last Train to Clarksville" b/w "Take a Giant Step", was released in August 1966, just weeks prior to the TV broadcast debut. In conjunction with the first broadcast of the television show on September 12, 1966, on the NBC
Last Train to Paris It marks Diddy's debut with Interscope Records, after he moved his label (Bad Boy) from Atlantic Records in 2009. The album cover is a photograph at Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, France) taken by Australian cricket writer and photographer Jarrod "Jrod" Kimber. "Last Train to Paris" was generally well received by critics who praised the addition of Richard and Harper to help Diddy innovate a new sound and produce some unique records. The album preceded by the release of four singles; "Angels", "Hello Good Morning", "Loving You No More" and "Coming Home", which received mixed success on the "Billboard" Hot 100.