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sung by Roger Ferris, was later consigned to one of
Meek’s notorious tea-chests full of rejected material.
David was the only band member who chatted with
the producer for more than a couple of minutes,
quizzing him about his productions. But their
conversation was cut short when he was called to
help carry the band’s gear down to their old Evening
News delivery van, waiting outside. Meek never
called them back, and in their postmortem the band
acknowledged the possibility they weren’t ‘original
enough’. David’s suggestion that they write their own
material was ignored by Hadfield and Neville Wills,
though, who insisted that their live audience
preferred familiar cover songs. (Perhaps the session
was not a total dead loss, though, for it’s possible
the concept of ‘Telstar’ – a quirky, otherworldly
novelty song based on a celebrated spaceshot –
lodged in the young David Jones’ mind.)
A second failure was harder to stomach, for this
time it involved one of David’s friends and rivals.
After sending a demo recording to the Rediffusion
TV company, the Kon-Rads won a slot on Ready
Steady Win – the talent contest spin-off from the
super-hip music show Ready, Steady, Go!. There
was snickering from the audience and judges during
the heat, as the Kon-Rads, in matching suits, set up
their lavish backdrop, drum riser and lights, before
launching into an impeccably played set of covers.
The winning band, The Trubeats, played their own
songs and gave a stripped-down performance
highlighting their blond, good-looking, teenage
guitarist, Peter Frampton – now a student at Bromley