Originally known as The Spasstiks (circa 1964) on the high school circuit, this Toronto outfit changed their name toThe Cat (after a Jimmy Smith album of the same name) in 1966 and became a club fixture on the US east coast. “Love’s Got A Hold On Me” and “Doin’ The Best We Can” were two early singles released on Apex Records and helped them land impressive opening slots for the likes of The Guess Who, Lighthouse, Neil Diamond and Janis Joplin.The group was soon discovered by Jack Richardson and were signedto a development deal with Richardson’s Nimbus 9 Productionswhich, in turn, led to a record deal with RCA in New York. The first single, “Light Of Love”, failed to make any noise,but the next “We’re All In This Together” featuring Richardson’s fledgling engineer, Bob Ezrin on keyboards, helped the band land some chart action. A Festival Express train that took entertainers acrossCanada from town to town took Cat on tour in 1970 which followed hot on the heels of the single and self-titled debut album. Soon creative differences would eat away at the members and they recorded briefly as Fast Eddie before finally calling it quits in 1972.A-side Melodic Sunshine Pop Psych. Writen by McQueen.B-side Pop Psych in Toyland Style. Writen by McQueen-Mullen.Both Sides Prod by Nimbus 9 Producer Jack RichardsonArr by Ben McPeek