another shot at stardom when they were signed by Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager, in early 1967 -- he was able to get them a recording contract with British CBS, and a brief liaison with the label led to a brace of tracks produced by John Simon (then best-known for his work with the Epstein-managed group the Cyrkle).

The quartet only ever got out one single, "Try As You May," in May of 1967, but Epstein's death late in August of that year killed whatever interest the label had in the group, and the Lomax Alliance faltered before the fall of that year. A Jackie Lomax single produced by Robert Stigwood, "Genuine Imitation Life" b/w "One Minute Woman" -- the latter authored by the recently-arrived Bee Gees and usedon their debut LP that same year, thus making it one of the earliest covers of a Gibb brothers' song, pre-dating Billy Fury's version by several months -- did get recorded in 1967, and released in October, but to no avail or chart action.

As 1968 opened, however, opportunity beckoned for Lomax once more, with the founding of Apple Records by the Beatles. George Harrison remembered the singer well from the other end of the decade in Liverpool, and in March of that year, the Beatles guitarist recorded Lomax on a pair of songs, "Little Yellow Pills" and "Won't You Come Back." He was happy enough with the session to have Lomax back to record a song he'd written specifically for him in India, called "Sour Milk Sea," in