Fleur De Lys – Circles Mega Rare 1960`s UK Psych Monster Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin £1000

Fantastic Psych Rock 7″ UK Single from the `Fleur De Lys` a cover of the Who`s `Circles` and supposedly featuring Jimmy Page on Guitar, which figures as this really is a great piece of 1960`s Guitar Freak out, you are looking at the best part of a thousand British Pounds for a top copy – Enjoy! See my other rare records on You Tube

The Fleur de Lys (or Les Fleur de Lys as they were originally known) were formed in Southampton in 1964. The band were the brain child of Dave Jay, Southampton’s answer to Brian Epstein, Dave was already well experienced in band management and promotions when he set about recruiting members for what, he envisaged to be, the next big thing! The Original line up consisted of Frank Smith (Vocals and Guitar), Danny Churchill (Bass and Vocals), Alex Chamberlain (Organ) and Keith Guster (Drums). After a little over a year of continuous hard slog they came to the attention of Tony Calder, Andrew Loog Oldham’s partner in the newly formed Immediate records, and he offered them the chance to make a record.
The Fleurs duly obliged and the result was their debut release ‘Moondreams’ in November 1965 which was produced by Jimmy Page but all was not well. The band never liked the A Side but agreed to record it as they had written a song to be included on the B Side entitled ‘Wait For Me’ which they felt represented their live sound, however when the record was issued their version was replaced by an instrumental with the same name performed by session musicians. It was just after the release that Danny Churchill, disillusioned with the music business, quit the band and embarked on a successful career as a bespoke tailor. Danny’s replacement came in the form of Gordon Haskell, who had previously been playing with The Dowlands. This new line up set off for a month long residency in Germany at the start of 1966 and it was there they met Phil Sawyer.
Phil was an amazing young guitarist from London who had previously been with legendary Mod/R&B band The Cheynes, who also boasted the talents of Peter Bardens and Mick Fleetwood. Phil didn’t need asking twice if he’d like to become a full time member of The Fleurs. It was whilst in Germany that Alex Chamberlain decided to call it a day and on his return home to the UK left the band. Shortly after arriving back the band were asked by Immediate records to record their second record – a cover of a song written by The Who called ’Circles’. The Fleur de Lys version of it was stunning in every aspect and it has since gained legendary status among collectors and fans of Beat and Psychedelic Music. Once again the band were faced with upheaval, shortly after moving from Southampton to Swinging London just after the release of ‘Circles’ Frank Smith left the band and returned home leaving just Keith from the original line up to solider on. The band wasted no time and recruited Chris Andrews, an old friend of Phil Sawyer’s, as Frank’s replacement, and a Keyboard player by the name of Pete Sears