On this day, 17 August 1968, the rock magazine Melody Maker reported that Welsh rocker Spencer Davis and band had been robbed.
Vandals had wrecked the Spencer Davis Management Offices at Wardour Street, Soho, twice in a week, with petty cash taken and furniture damaged.
The Spencer Davis Group van was also stolen in Cardiff but was later recovered by Police.
The band were still unable to fufill an engagement in Scarborough as it broke down on the way.