Leeds-based beat group The Outer Limits released their first single, “Just One More Chance” b/w “Help Me Please” for Deram Records in April 1967, and then another, “Great Train Robbery” b/w “Sweet Freedom” in May 1968 for Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham’s imprint, Immediate Records. Neither was a hit or garnered any appreciable radio play, and supposedly the BBC banned “Great Train Robbery” due to the gunshots. Andrew Loog Oldham even tried re-releasing “Great Train Robbery,” but apparently it was to no avail. They just could not get a break. The group split up, but after the fact, their non-career was the focus of a Yorkshire TV report, “Death of a Pop Group.”

Playing like a predecessor to VH1’s Behind The Music, this short documentary about the group is an unusual time-capsule from the period, almost a cautionary tale for aspiring rock stars: Not everyone is going to make it—even if they have talent. The Outer Limits clearly had talent. They toured with Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. They must’ve thought they had everything going for them, but it hit a wall pretty fast.

This is their (short) story…
 

 
Via Mod Culture