Reg Presley with Roy Hollingworth: Mister, when we first came into the business we were really thick. You’ve heard of people so raw they had straw hangin’ out of there ears? Well, we had straw, cabbages, lettuces, the whole bloody lot.” The first time Reg heard “Wild Thing” was when he received two demos, “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind” by John Sebastian of the Lovin’ Spoonful, and “WT.” “Both records were good, but we really weren’t in the Spoonful bag. I don’t read music, so I picks up this “Wild Thing” and I just reads the lyrics. And I think ‘what the hell is this?’ You make everything... groovy?’ - I just thought it was a joke. I mean the word ‘groovy’ was right out. ‘What crap are they sending us?’