A hot mod band of the mid-'60s discovered by Animals managers Mike Jeffries and, with one 1965 single produced by Alan Price, Hipster Image managed to become a major band on the London club scene without ever charting a record.

Established around Keele University in northern Staffordshire, England, the group comprised Colin Cooper (vocals/saxophone), Eric Leese (keyboards), Tony Dirk Durkin (bass), Frank Proudlove (vocals/saxophone), and Keith Webb (drums). They issued two soul numbers -- "Little Piece of Leather" and "All for You" -- onto a flexidisc issued at the university, which got them noticed by Jeffries and into a recording studio in London. Typical of Decca's judgement, the B-side, "Make Her Mine," was the better of the two songs and a popular club single.

Despite these breaks, the band was never able to sustain itself and ultimately broke up, although its four surviving songs have since emerged on CD, and "Make Her Mine" is an acknowledged classic, appearing on numerous Northern soul and mod compilations.

In 2020, the previously recorded 1965 track "True" was unearthed from the vaults and issued alongside a handful of other unreleased songs. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi