Hi Sal

"The Land of Half Past Nine" was the B side of the Fivepenny Piece's first single called "Running Free"

Running Free
Five Penny Piece

EMI Columbia DB 8527

Release Date: 10th January 1969

This was the debut record by the band, issued early in 1969. The record labels on both sides of the single state that the record was produced by Finito (a management company run by Tony Palmer and Adrian Rudge) for Noel Gay Productions. Sadly, the record didn't, as they say, trouble the compilers of the record charts. Neither side of this single appeared on any of the band's albums and consequently the record has become highly collectible.

Both songs were written by John Meeks and Colin Radcliffe, who wrote much of the material on their later records. Both sides of the record sound more "folky" than some of the band's later work, even though there is orchestral string accompaniment to the band's otherwise mainly acoustic guitar-based sound, with George on string bass.

More info about this on www.5pp.co.uk which was run by Mudcatter Scrump until his untimely death earlier this year. The site has now been taken on by Margaret Meeks - wife of original 5pp band member John Meeks. Look under the Discography section.

No words on the site unfortunately but I'll see what I can do for you

Cheers
Mark