Mike Stuart Span - World In My Head

From Brighton/Sussex. One of numerous bands that never got a real break. They evolved out of the Mighty Atoms, a group Stuart Hobday and Brian McCabe had formed in the early sixties and became the Mike Stuart Span around 1965. Enlarged to a five, later six-piece, they were signed by Columbia in 1966. The first two singles were recorded by the sextet and flopped, but in summer 1967 the group dropped trumpet, sax and organ and with the addition of lead guitarist Brian Douglas Bennett they gave it a new try as a quartet.
In January 1969 they announced a name change to Leviathan. Within a month they were signed by the American based Elektra Records but again all of their three following singles releases flopped. Disillusioned the group packed it in autumn 1969 and all members went their separate ways.
(taken from "Another Taste Of Forbidden Fruit")

The group cut a handful of acetates, all great tracks. Luckily most of them, including the demo track posted here, were released on Mike Stuart Span - Timespan (1967-69)(Wooden Hill WHCD003 / 1996).

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Music

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• pop-psych

[sandonian01]

For full (and accurate) biography, try typing Mike Stuart Span/Leviathan into Wikipedia

[retrospecta2010]

@sandonian01 Is the info I added inaccurate then?

[sandonian01]

@retrospecta2010 In places, yes, though my suggestion was because it's a much more detailed biography. Anyway, have a look at Wikipedia and you see what I mean.

[retrospecta2010]

@sandonian01 Thanks sandonian01, will do.

[TheGmcFilms]

@philip314159 Mind you, to see the band in all their early glory go to Google and type in Adam Curtis Blog, Between The Gutter And The Stars for a full, ripe slice of psychedelia...G...

[philip314159]

thanks 4 posting this video my cd got scratched (as they often do)