The Mike Stuart Span was a British 1960s pop band consisting of Stuart Hobday (lead vocals), Brian Bennett (lead guitar, vocals), Roger McCabe (bass guitar, vocals) and Gary Murphy (drums). Their critical reputation rests largely on a small number of rare or previously unreleased recordings. In 1969, they briefly adopted the name Leviathan before disbanding. The Mike Stuart Span evolved from a Brighton‑based group called the Mighty Atoms, which included vocalist Stuart Hobday and bassist Roger McCabe. By 1965, Hobday’s early songwriting efforts had earned him a publishing contract with Lorna Music, and the Mike Stuart Span—named by reversing his given names—was formed. The initial lineup featured Hobday, McCabe, guitarist Nigel Langham, organist Ashley Potter and teenage drummer Gary “Roscoe” Murphy. A partnership with local promoter and manager Mike Clayton led to the replacement of Potter with Jon Poulter and the addition of a four‑piece horn section, later reduced to two players (Gary Parsley on trumpet and Dave Plumb on saxophone) as the band shifted toward American‑influenced soul music. Not long afterward, guitarist Langham died after jumping from an upstairs window while under the influence of LSD. The band secured a recording contract with EMI after submitting the Hobday‑written “Work‑Out”, paired with a cover of the Drifters’ “Follow Me”. However, EMI chose another Drifters song, “Come On Over to Our Place”, as the A‑side for their debut single on the Columbia label in November 1966, backed with Hobday’s “Still Nights”.
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Flames 1969
Invitation
Belgium TV
Children of Tomorrow
Still Nights
World In My Head
Second Production
Come On Over to Our Place
Concerto of thoughts
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