Spur The Unknowns (aka Unknown's and The Unknown) were formed in late 1964 and consisted of Rick Willard on bass; Jimmy Fey on guitar and Larry Wilson on drums. In 1965, we recorded our first 45, 'You Want Me Too' b/w 'Baby's In Black' on the local Marlo label featuring the original three members. Later that year, Jimmy was drafted into the army and was replaced by Stan Bratzke on guitar and we also (added) a second guitar (player), Ed Kalotek. Rick Willard Recalls The Unknowns and Spur In 1966 this configuration recorded the second Unknowns 45, 'I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better' b/w 'Modern Era' also on Marlo. By 1967, Jimmy returned from the service and rejoined the band.  Larry Wilson at this time left the band for personal family issues and we were fortunate to find a replacement in Stix Maxwell, a real professional. This new configuration recorded our third single, 'All Over The World' b/w 'You Could Help Me EaseThe Pain' on Cinema International Records.  We aso started working on our first LP. When we finished the album in 1968, we decided that we had become tired of the name 'The Unknowns' and decided on a new name for the album release.  That's how Spur came in. There are three Unknowns tracks on the new album.  The rest were done by Spur.  I'm not sure how many Spur Of The Moment albums were pressed. Probably 500? There were literally dozens of songs recorded between 1965 and 1972; unfortunately, most were on tape and deteriorated over the years. There are a dozen or so not on the album that are still existing. Over the years, we recorded in several different studios, Metrosonic Sound and Technisonic Studios in St. Louis, Cinema Sound In Belleville, Ilinois, Key/Charisma Studios in Milwaukee, and RCA Studios in Chicago. Father Berkery was head of a mission in St. Louis.  He and several novice priests ministered to the poor in the inner city. They had a food pantry which was stocked by contributions from different grocery chains in the city.  Raising extra money was always a problem. The novice priests had formed a folk group called The Montfort Mission to bolster the income. They were successful enough to put out several albums and appeared on both The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and The Ed Sullivan Show. Our manager, Ron Lipe, was a deejay on station KSHE at the time and met them on a visit they made at the station. Ron introduced us to them and we became good friends. Father Berkery was very unhappy with the Catholic church at the time for their lack of support and wanted to express his views on an LP.  He asked us if we could take traditional hymns and arrange them in a rock vein. We did and the album Prayers For A Noon Day Church was recorded.  We were featured on the inside of a fold out cover. As to a reissue, I don't know; I think RCA owns all the masters. Between our manager's connection with the radio station and the Monfort Missions help, we managed to share billing with Cream, The Byrds, Country Joe And The Fish, The Youngbloods, The Rascals.Grateful Dead, Steve Miller, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Pacific Gas & Electric and Bob Seger. The venues were in St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, Memphis and Omaha.  In 2004, one of the songs from our first album titled 'Don't Ever Trust A Women' was released by QDK Records in Germany on a compilation LP titled Yee Haw, The Other Side Of  Country.  About a year and a half ago, my daughter Wendy put up a MySpace page on Spur. She put a couple of the songs on as well. She was contacted by Steve Krakow from Drag City, wanting to know if any other recordings existed. I gave her a couple of CDs of material that I still had and the process of putting together an album started.