other songs written by him was the foundations minor hit "born to live, born to die" which allandale served as musical director. "i can feel it", "who am i ?" and "solomon grundy". this latter song which appeared on the album, "digging the foundations", was covered by pye labelmates pickettywitch, and a hong kong-based beat group, danny diaz & the checkmates. it was the song that polly brown and pickettywitch were first noticed with when they appeared on itv's "opportunity knocks" television talent show. it was also the b-side of pickettywitch's 1969 debut single "you've got me so i don't know". in 1972 a group called tramp sonic released a single on rca called "you're a man" backed with "catch a southbound train". allandale wrote the tunes for both sides as well as produced them. "you're a man" later appeared on the "hits vol.3 dance classics" album in 1992. the song was credited to tramps.