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 Here's where David Bowie Began....This Album is a single owner piece of rare vinyl that has very little stylus time....Another Album that I'm passing on from my 20+ year collection...enjoy..Compilation of early bands featuring David (Davy) Jones aka David Bowie 
All tracks are produced in 1965 
Original sound recordings made by EMI Records 
Licensed from EMI (1979) to "See For Miles Records" 1982

 were the second group that , then going by his real name , recorded with (the first was ).  formed, without , in Maidstone, and moved to London in 1964, where  became their agent.  was also's first manager, and when  left  in mid-1964, he hooked the singer up with the Manish Boys. Like  and dozens (probably hundreds) of London bands at the time, the Manish Boys played R&B; like , they had named themselves after a  song.

 recorded just one single, "I Pity the Fool"/"Take My Tip," released in March 1965. Produced by  (also handling  and  at that time), it marked a progression from the guitar-oriented -ish R&B of the ' 1964 single to soul-jazz in the mold of . "I Pity the Fool" was a cover of the  classic; "Take My Tip," in which the jazz elements came more to the fore, was the first  composition ever recorded. The sides, on which  played guitar as session man, were enjoyable but not striking, and the Manish Boys split shortly afterward. In their short lifetime they had managed to get on a package tour with , , and , but when they got onto BBC TV, it was because of controversy over their (for the time) very long hair, not their music.

 then joined , and by 1966 was working on a solo career. "I Pity the Fool" and "Take My Tip" have subsequently been reissued, and are most readily available on , the Rhino compilation of early  material.  also recorded covers of' "Hello Stranger" and 's "Love Is Strange" at Decca with producing, but those songs have not been released