The Searchers leap straight in to the Big L Fab 40 at #26 with a song by Bobby Darin and Russell Alquist (lyrics here) while Bobby's self-penned protest song 'We Didn't Ask to be Brought Here' is picked as Stewpot's climber.

The Syndicats: This line-up is Steve Howe, John Melton, Tom Ladd and Kevin Driscoll – but Steve may be the only one of them who played on On the Horizon.

On the Horizon, written by Leiber and Stoller, had featured as the B-side of Ben E King's 1961 hit, Stand By Me.This is the Syndicats' third, and most collectable single, and nobody seems sure exactly who played on it. The Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide statement that demo copies of On the Horizon are more common than actual release copies, indicates that promo pressings outnumbered available stock, so the single was doomed to be well-aired, but unobtainable.

Because the record was produced by Joe Meek and features the talents of future Yes-man, Steve Howe, the valuations placed on mint copies elevate these 7-inch lumps of black vinyl to well beyond most collectors' pockets. Mint copies of demos are a snip at £420, but released copies can command £650! This must surely make On the Horizon one of the most highly-valued singles released by an unknown group. (And just think, some of those £420 demos are probably lying at the bottom of the North Sea. Pirates' gold indeed!)

Steve Howe, in the sleevenotes for his CD Mothballs, (click on sleeve photo, right, for track list) which catalogues all of his early releases, admits that the Syndicats, a London-based band, went through many personnel. So many, in fact, that he has difficulty recalling their names and who played on which of the three singles. But Steve does confirm that he is heard only on the A-side of On the Horizon.