It with great gratitude to Tom Winter and the Motives that I bring you what is most probably the rarest single (well EP really) from the psychedelic era.
Recorded at Telstar Studios in Weert, Holland, as a demo to promote the band, this EP contains 4 tracks revealing the band's quality musicianship and extraordinary song-writing of Tom Winter.
There is a slight jump right at the beginning unfortunately (plays without problem on my Project deck however).. Nevertheless, a delightful prerelease of this essential English beat single, dated 29th October 1965.
You can hear the released version here, which was signed by all the band members.
The third single release by The Pussyfoot, released 24th November 1967.
This is a test pressing kindly passed on to me by the original band's vocalist Terry Barfield, to whom I am eternally grateful in continuing to unfold the band's history.
This acetate plays a remarkably different version of Windmill's 'Such Sweet Sorrow'. Indeed, in my estimation, this is a far sturdier rendition of the composition, with a more suitable tempo, balance of instruments and stronger vocals. My guess is that it is indeed Windmill, but an early cut from 1969.
I was fortunate in being able to talk to DJ John Cull about the band's vocalist Dick Scott (deceased):
"Dick was very closely involved with Ken Howard and Alan Blakely of Dave Dee fame so I would be surprised if he had released a song by someone else for his first single.
Dick was a great guy, but could be a little cruel to the guys in his band. He came from Street in Somerset and I got on very well for him.
They used to do two of three sets a night at the Star Palast in Kiel and I would do a disco before and after and during the breaks.
I've attached a couple of photos - me - then and now. The Star Palast photo was during one of the breaks in Dick's show."
John presents a programme on Brooklands Radio every Friday morning 9:30 to noon www.brooklandsradio.co.uk
Today I bring you a rerecording of 'Santa Lucia' performed by Clive Whitelock, jointly written in 1968 along with Respect lead singer Dave Bowden. Dave and Clive appear below in this 1968 photograph sitting outside a pub in the estate they grew up in in the High Wycombe area of London.
Clive, a renowned songwriter, singer and poet can be found here at occasionallydavid
