Tom Jones International

This is an article from Newsweek, January 20, 1969.

It talks about the new variety show that would premiere that year. What was remarkable about the show (aside from the star) was the fact that it was the first show ever (and only show we can think of still) that would be taped and broadcast new in two countries, not as a rerun in one country. (It was, indeed as the article says, “produced” in Britain, but was performed in the US and the UK.)

The article is kind of amusing from today’s vantage point. It says Tom is “refreshingly unhip.” And some of the quotes? Well, we doubt if he actually said, “So I enjoy the conventional rewards of success.”

Shameless Commerce Alert: Eleven months after this was printed, Tom did his first Christmas show, the one featuring the Treorchy Male Choir, A Child’s Christmas in Wales and Tom singing to the accompaniment of the amazing Big Jim Sullivan.

It is one of the two full-length shows in the This Is Tom Jones Christmas DVD.

Thanks so much to Holly for the article.

Tom’s Christmas DVD — two complete shows that aired December 25, 1969 and December 25, 1970 — is out. It’s a wonderful memento of This Is Tom Jones and of holidays shared with him via the TV.

The guests include Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Collins and Rudolph Nureyev. Highlights include Tom’s beautiful reading of the Dylan Thomas classic A Child’s Christmas In Wales.

The DVD is beautiful, moving and funny. It’s a great gift for anyone who loves Tom, who remembers the shows or who simply loves Christmas music.

If you order either the This Is Tom Jones Christmas DVD alone, or the Combo Pack of the previously released This Is Tom Jones three-DVD set along with the Christmas DVD through TomJonesInternational.com, you will get a special discount unavailable elsewhere.

By ordering the three-DVD This Is Tom Jones set, you get the Christmas DVD for free AND, by ordering through us, you get a discount on the three-DVD set, too.

As TimeLife does not at this time ship outside the USA, we’ve also provided a link to the amazon.com listing. Just scroll down; it’s on the right side of the page.

The discount codes are:

10 percent off the Combo DVD Pack — AFTJONES.

10 percent off the Christmas DVD — AFTOMJX.

Enter the codes in the space provided on the TimeLife page.

And if you have any questions, just email us.

Be sure to let us know what you think of the Christmas DVD.