Release Date: 3rd April 1969

The band’s second single – again on EMI’s Columbia label – was more pop oriented offering than its predecessor. Hang The Flag Out Mrs. Jones is believed to have been the song that the band sang on the TV show New Faces. It was certainly a commercial sounding single which by rights should have been a chart hit, especially with all the TV publicity. Inexplicably, it wasn’t.

Hang The Flag Out Mrs. Jones is a strong pop song with a catchy tune and a bright, brass-led arrangement. Little Boy Little Girl is perhaps less distinguished but has a pleasant tune and a more folky arrangement. Neither track on the single ever appeared on any Fivepenny Piece album, making this single – like their first – very sought after by collectors.

Side 1

1. Hang The Flag Out Mrs. Jones (John Meeks – Colin Radcliffe)

Side 2

1. Little Boy Little Girl (John Meeks – Colin Radcliffe)

Like the band’s debut single, these recordings were produced by “Finito” for Noel Gay Productions (abbreviated this time on the labels to “N. G. P.”). Both songs were written by John Meeks and Colin Radcliffe (although John’s surname has the incorrect spelling “Meek-Radcliffe” as used on both sides of both the demo and regular issue singles.