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On this day, 10 April 1965, rock band The Zombies played Sophia Gardens.
Also featured on the bill were, Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, Bobby Vee, Tony Jackson & The Vibrations, Heinz & The Wild Boys, Echoes & (compere) George Meaton).
Formed in the early 1960s in St Albans and led by keyboardist and vocalist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone The group had a British and American hit in 1964 with “She’s Not There”
In the US, two further singles—"Tell Her No” in 1965 and "Time Of Season” in 1968—were also successful.
The day before the Cardiff concert, The Zombies released their debut album, Being Here.
The album was an interesting mixture of original songs and rhythm and blues cover versions.
Of the eight original tracks, Rod Argent supplied the album's biggest hit, "She's Not There", and the songs "Woman", "I Remember When I Loved Her", plus "The Way I Feel Inside" which was the shortest track on the album at 1:28.
It might have been shorter, had not their recording manager and producer Ken Jones added the sounds of footsteps and a coin dropping, which contributed to the feeling of alienation that the song projected.
Bassist Chris White provided "I Can't Make Up My Mind", the quirky "I Don't Want to Know", plus the beaty "What More Can I Do" which, at 1:38, is the second-shortest cut on the album and contains a simple but distinctive drum riff. The final original was an instrumental written by Ken Jones, "Work 'n' Play".
The Zombies continued recording original songs through 1965 and 1966, trying to achieve chart success. There were enough tracks to have filled a follow-up album, but due to the band's lack of chart success, most of these tracks remained unissued at the time.
