The TWILIGHTS- Needle In A Haystack/I Won't Be The Same Without Her

This stomping beat guitar version of The Velvelettes classic was a monster Australian hit in 1966 for The Twilights who were one of the country's best pop bands in the mid to late 60s.

The B-side is a version of Goffin and King's 'I Won't Be The same Without Her'. The Monkees also recorded this track in 1966, though they wouldn't release it until their 'odds and sods' LP, Instant Replay, in 1969. I'm curious as to whether The Twilights got an early listen to The Monkees version; which is most likely considering the subsequent attempts to turn them in an Australian Monkees with an aborted TV series, or if there was a Carole King demo of the song that made it down under?

Wouldn't it be great if someone put together a decent compilation of Carole's Brill Building demos? The ones I've heard (on shoddy budget compilations- the rights must be a mess) are amazing and there are supposed to be a lot more floating around...

The TWILIGHTS- Needle In A Haystack

The TWILIGHTS- I Won't Be The Same Without Her