"[3]), including the Dorothy, the Guildhall and the Victoria, where they had a regular residence at Les Jeux Interdits, a club popular with foreign language students.
Occasionally, larger gigs were played, including Peterhouse May Ball, and at Westminster Art College in London, where a coach-load of fans from Cambridge watched the band supporting The Animals.
Soon after, on 2 November 1965, they travelled to London's famous ‘Tin Pan Alley’ where at Regent Sound Studio in Denmark Street they recorded five tracks for fans.
At the same time the band's musical direction was changing towards more Soul, R & B and Tamla Motown numbers as they got work at US Air Force bases.
Thinking of going fully professional, the band contacted several promoters early in 1966 including Brian Somerville (the Beatles’ publicity manager) and Lionel Bart.
Jonathan King, Altham's fellow student at Trinity College was also approached and in April 1966 he produced the band's next single, Sam and Dave’s “You Don’t Know Like I Know” and Otis Redding’s “That's How Strong My Love Is”.
Rick Wills also played in successful bands including Frampton's Camel, Cochise (with Willie), Foreigner and Bad Company.
Clive Welham worked at the Cambridge University Press until his retirement and maintained an involvement in the Cambridgeshire music scene as lead singer in various bands including Solitaire and Executive Suite.
[7] The first, on 2 November 1965, was a self-funded and self-produced session, and resulted in a privately pressed, single-sided studio album (carrying catalogue number RSLP 007) and single (RSR 0031).
[2][10][11] The album's five tracks (showing previous artists) featuring David Gilmour and Dave Altham on vocals, were: The single had "Don't Ask Me What I Say", backed by "Why Do Fools Fall in Love".