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and included the R&B classic "I'm A King Bee", two Syd Barrett originals: "Butterfly" and "Lucy Leave", and "Double O Bo", a group-composition which—according to Mason—was "Bo Diddley meets the 007 theme." The Pink Floyd Sound became the resident band at the Countdown Club near Kensington High Street in London, where from late night until early morning they played three sets of 90 minutes. According to Mason, this period "… was the beginning of a realisation that songs could be extended with lengthy solos." An audition for ITV's Ready Steady Go! soon followed (they were invited by the programme's producers to return the following week), as did another club, and two rock contests. At the behest of his father and college tutors, Bob Klose left in 1965, and Barrett took over on lead guitar. Playing mostly rhythm and
blues songs, they began to receive paid bookings, including one for a performance at the Marquee Club in March 1966, where they were watched by Peter Jenner. A lecturer at the London School of Economics, Jenner was impressed by the acoustic effects Barrett and Wright created, and with his business partner and friend Andrew King became their manager. Although the pair had little experience of the music industry, they used inherited money to set up Blackhill Enterprises, and purchased new instruments and equipment for the band, including a Selmer PA system. Under their guidance, at venues including All Saints Hall and The Marquee, the band became part of London's underground music scene. While performing at the Countdown Club the band had experimented with long instrumental excursions, and they began to expand upon these with rudimentary but visually powerful light shows, projected by coloured slides and domestic lights. To celebrate the launch of the Free School's magazine International Times, they performed in front of a 2,000-strong crowd at the opening of The Roundhouse, attended by celebrities including Alexander Trocchi, Paul McCartney, and Marianne Faithfull. Jenner and King's diverse array of social connections helped gain the band important coverage in The Financial Times and The Sunday Times. Their relationship with Blackhill Enterprises was strengthened when they became full partners, each holding an unprecedented one-sixth share, and by October 1966 their set included more of their own material. They performed at venues such as the Commonwealth Institute, but were not universally popular;