the band's early setlists included covers of songs by the doors ("spanish caravan"), the drifters ("save the last dance for me") and spirit ("fresh garbage"), alongside original compositions by cullen and heyworth. in the summer of 1969, shortly after returning from a german tour, the band's organist lol coker decided to leave, and moved back to liverpool to marry his swiss girlfriend and take over his father's business. he had stayed just long enough to play on the band's first demo, which got them a recording contract with vertigo records.