Unit 4 + 2

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Early days Brian Parker after a short spell as a guitar player in Adam Faith's backing group The Roulettes in early 1962, formed the fledgling outfit, as Unit Four with fellow guitarist Tommy Moeller, Dave 'Buster' Meikle and lead singer, Peter Moules. Due to ill-health Parker quickly dropped himself from playing duties with the group, and concentrated on songwriting for them. His place was taken by Howard ' Lem' Lubin. The quartet was named 'Unit Four' simply on account of their having four band members. When two further musicians joined the group (Rod Garwood and Hugh Halliday), they augmented the name accordingly. They were later joined by the multi-talented Nigel Snook, becoming Unit Four Plus Two in Late 1963. As Unit 4 + 2, the sextet issued their debut single, on Decca Records. "Green Fields" reached a modest number 48 in the UK in 1964. Their second single release "Sorrow and Pain" fared even worse. Success Unit 4 + 2's song "Concrete and Clay" became a big hit the following year, reportedly thanks to exposure on the pirate radio stations of the day, most notably Wonderful Radio London. The radio station's music director, Tony Windsor, later recalled in an interview that he had initially rejected the song for the station's playlist, but was persuaded to change his mind by DJ Kenny Everett. The disc was recorded using the skills of two guest musicians, Russ Ballard and Bob Henrit (two of Parker's former bandmates from their Roulettes days), who debuted much earlier

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