In this episode of Vinyl Vibes, Jack is joined by Peter Staples, bass player and founding member of The Troggs. In 1964 Peter joined a group that contained Reg Presley (vocals), Ronnie Bond (drums) and Chris Britton (guitar), and they would soon be named The Troggs. In 1966 the band would record a song written by Chip Taylor called "Wild Thing". The song would be a number 2 hit in the UK and a number 1 hit in the US. It is also one of the most recognised songs ever written.  

The group would follow with singles such as "With a Girl Like You" (Number 1-hit in the UK) and "Love Is All Around" (Number 5-hit in the UK). The latter was famously covered by Wet Wet Wet in 1994 and became one of the best selling singles in the UK. 

Pete left the Troggs in 1969 and would for many years not be in the music world. More recently he has come back to write and record original songs with singer Karen-Ana. He has also authored two books: his first, Wild Thing A Rocky Road, was written on his time in The Troggs; his second book is about the music history of his local town and is called Andover - A Musical History.

Jack phoned Pete to discuss his early musical influences, his first band The Senators, how he came to meet Chris Britton, his time in Ten Feet Five, how he came to join The Troggs, the recording of Wild Thing, how the iconic solo in Wild Thing came to be, the iconic hook on "With a Girl Like You", the success the band had during '66 & '67, the writing of  "Love Is All Around", why Pete left the group in 1969, Pete's solo work and his recent two books. 

"On the original demo, the recording engineer, he sort of had his hands cupped together and he was blowing though it making that sort of noise . . . so Colin, that's the musical director, he went down the road and went to this music shop and he said 'Can I have an ocarina please?' and the person said 'What key do you want it in?', he said 'I didn't know they came in different keys!' . . . he brought the ocarina back . . . and all he wanted to find was three notes that he could do this solo . . . he actually taped up most of the holes in the ocarina and just left three there and he played the ocarina with just three holes there." - Pete Staples on this episode of Vinyl Vibes talking about how the solo in Wild Thing came to be played with an ocarina and not a guitar

Episode Hosted and Produced by Jack Hodgins