Oldish Psych and Prog

This combo, which proved to be one of the most successful pop bands of the late sixties, started out in Salisbury as Dave Dee and The Bostons and had a comic image. In 1964 they met Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, the songwriting duo, who became their managers and provided them with a string of hit songs with immediate commercial appeal. The pick of the pack (and probably the most inventive) was The Legend Of Xanadu, although The Wreck Of The Antoinette is worth a spin and Hideaway featured some good fuzz guitar. There's no denying either that Hold Tight! was an excellent pop song but some of their other material was rubbish. Their first three 45s are now scarce.

In 1969 Dave Dee went solo and the group soldered on but less successfully as Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.