The Soundcasters - Pre-Pussyfoot 1965-6

Prior to forming the Pussyfoot in 1966, the original members rehearsed and performed locally as 'The Soundcasters', dating back to their school days. As you can see, their success as 'The Pussyfoot' is in part down to the Hubert Pink, the Archdeacon of Hampstead. Three schoolboy band members were choirboys when Hubert Pink was Rector of Hackney and lent them a church room to practise in. Thus began the Soundcasters and eventually Pussyfoot.

Many thanks once more to Pussyfoot member Terry Barfield for the following news cuttings and photographs of the Soundcasters circa 1965/6.

The CREATION - Life is Just Beginning (alternate version)

From 1967

Tintern Abbey

This photograph is of Tintern Abbey 1968/9, and appears to be a signed publicity shot, being the third incarnation of the band.

My thanks to Damian Jones for this.

You can hear both sides of their only published single from an Emidisc acetate HERE

RESPECT - Original line-up circa 1966/7. With thanks to Paul Russell

I am fortunate in being able to bring you 2 previously unseen photographs of the High Wycombe  band 'Respect' whose acetate Santa Lucia I previously posted  and which you can now hear along with four Respect compositions on Psychedelic Schlemiels 4 (Wooden Hill).

Many thanks to original band member Paul Russell for sending me these and granting me permission to publish them here.  Regarding the photographs and origination of the band, Paul says:-

"My role in the band was nothing extraordinary, I was as suggested previously and original co-founder with Blackie, and co-writer of 'Nothing' I played mainly rhythm guitar when Mick joined the band as he was a little more versatile than I so he was appointed Lead guitarist, I sang lead vocals on a couple of songs one namely 'All or Nothing' the superb Small Faces hit and Mick and I sang BV's on most others, apart from this my role nothing too noteworthy. I played many of the High Wycombe Town Hall functions as support act to the named artists of the day, Small Faces, Geno Washington & Ram Jam Band, The Move, The Who I believe from memory and a fair few others that escape me at present..."

PUSSYFOOT - Cool Cats Slinking to the Top

Two newspaper clippings sent to me by Pussyfoot song writer and vocalist Terry Barfield. You can open the images full size by clicking on them.

At the bottom you can listen to the B side from their 1967 unreleased acetate - Saints and Angels

Pussyfoot 'Dark Star'

Please accept my apologies for those of you trying to hear this acetate. I lost many of my music links and am gradually working to put this right.

Normal service will resume shortly.

The Pussyfoot tracks are now up and running, although I still have some others to do.

The Pussyfoot unreleased 1966 demo 'I Can See'

I was very kindly sent a demo of 'I Can See' and 'Things That Still Remind Me' by Pussyfoot vocalist Terry Barfield, along with some unseen photographs of the band from 1966.

Concerning the demo Terry recalls:

That version of " Things that still remind me" is the first demo we
recorded and was to be the A side with" I can see" as the B side of
our first release, prior to signing up with Decca in 1966.
Then at rehearsals we played them Freeloader and that became our " A "
side and "Things that still remind me" was Re recorded at the Decca
studios.