Dave Hartstone (guitar/vocals)

Bill Ward (lead guitar/vocals)

Frank Hay (bass)

Maurice Greer (lead vocals/drums)

The New Zealand R&B band The Human Instinct moved to England in late 1966 and recorded a string of 45s.

Judging by the gigs below, the band may have been based in the West Midlands when they first arrived in England.

Disc & Music Echo runs a short story on the band in its 10 December issue

10 December 1966 – Connaught Hotel, Wolverhamton, West Midlands with Lady Jane & The Royal Tee (Express & Star)

18 December 1966 – Cleveland Court Club, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

19 December 1966 – Willenhall Baths, Willenhall, West Midlands with Barmy Barry Show (Express & Star)

1967

5 January 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with T T Backus & The Powerhouse (Melody Maker)

6 January 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Mike Cotton Sound (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

7 January 1967 – 3 Men in a Boat, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star)

8 January 1967 – Cleveland Arms, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

13 January 1967 – College of Technology Engineering Society, Huddersfield Town Hall, West Yorkshire with The Crying Shames and ‘Bo’ Kelly Legend (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

15 January 1967 – Cleveland Court Arms, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

20 January 1967 – 3 Men in a Boat, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star)

28 January 1967 – Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Bridport News)

5 February 1967 – Staffs Volunteer, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

6 February 1967 – Plaza Teen Club, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire with The Small Faces and The Lonely Ones (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

7 February 1967 – Almondbury WMC, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

8 February 1967 – Kingsway Theatre, Hadleigh, Essex with The Spencer Davis Group, Sounds Incorporated, The Fourmost and The James Royal Set (Essex Chronicle)

10 February 1967 – Harvest Moon, Guildford, Surrey with The Net (West Surrey Advertiser)

12 February 1967 – Cleveland Court Club, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

16 February 1967 – Primrose Hill WMC, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

22 February 1967 – Cleveland Court Club, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

25 February 1967 – Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Bridport News)

26 February 1967 – Cleveland Court Club, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

27 February 1967 – Bilston United Services Club, Bilston, West Midlands (Express & Star)

5 March 1967 – Cleveland Court Club, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

10 March 1967 – 3 Men in a Boat, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star)

12 March 1967 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk (North Norfolk News)

15 March 1967 – Cleveland Court Club, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

18 March 1967 – Cleveland Arms, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

19 March 1967 – Staffs Volunteer, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

24 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, west London with The Tonicks (Melody Maker)

27 March 1967 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with The Raynes (Chester Chronicle)

2 April 1967 – Plaza Teen Club, Thornton Lodge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

7 April 1967 – Nautilus, South Pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Eastern Evening News)

13 April 1967 – Primrose Hill WMC, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

15 April 1967 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

21 April 1967 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

5 May 1967 – Steering Wheel Club, Dorchester, Dorset (Western Gazette)

19 May 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with Jet Set (South East London Mercury)

20 May 1967 – Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Bridport News)

28 May 1967 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk (North Norfolk News)

3 June 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Sugar Simone & The Programme and Eyes of Blonde (Eastern Evening News)

20 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

21 July 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Gods (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

22 July 1967 – Embassy, Colchester, Essex with Nature’s Own (Essex County Standard)

23 July 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham  (Nottingham Evening Post)

29 July 1967 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)

30 July 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, west London with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (Melody Maker)

4 August 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Small Faces and Harvey Wells Soul Band (Bournmouth Evening Echo)

5 August 1967 – 3 Men in a Boat, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star)

6 August 1967 – Cleveland Arms, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

11 August 1967 – Steering Wheel, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)

24 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

26 August 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Ebony Keys, The Trend and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)

27 August 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London with The Triads (Melody Maker)

28 August 1967 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Sutton & Cheam Advertiser/Croydon Advertiser)

2 September 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Eyes of Blond (Eastern Evening News)

7 September 1967 – Silver Horse Club, Arborfield, Berkshire (Reading Evening Post)

15 September 1967 – Diss Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk (North Norfolk News)

16 September 1967 – Imperial, Nelson, Lancashire with The Cave Dwellers and The Intermediates (Lancashire Evening Telegraph)

17 September 1967 – Locarno, Blackburn, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Telegraph)

21 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

22 September 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Maxine Brown (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

25 September 1967 – Barnsley Civic Hall, Barnsley, West Yorkshire with Paul Adams Workshop (Barnsley Chronicle & South Yorkshire News)

1 October 1967 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

7 October 1967 – Penthouse, Birmingham with The Penny Peep Show (Birmingham Evening Mail)

15 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Modes Mode (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)

19 October 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Harrow Weekly Post)

20 October 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Melody Maker)

21 October 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

22 October 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

3 November 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Plastic Dreamboat and The Track (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

4 November 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Sugar Machine (Cambridge Times)

10 November 1967 – Municipal Hall, Pontypridd, Wales with Chapter V (Glamorgan County Times)

18 November 1967 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire with The Say Chells (Evening Post: Hemel Hempstead)

24 November 1967 – Thing-A-Me-Jig Club, Reading, Berkshire (Reading Evening Post)

9 December 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Alan Price Set (East Kent Times & Mail)

10 December 1967 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

17 December 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

23 December 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)

29 December 1967 – Thing-A-Me-Jig Club, Reading, Berkshire (Reading Evening Post)

1968

8 January 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Nice (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

19 January 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

20 January 1968 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)

21 January 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Crawley Advertiser)

27 January 1968 – Public Hall, Barrow, Cumbria with Angels Pavement (North Western Evening Mail)

28 January 1968 – Savoy Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire with The Amboy Dukes (Portsmouth News)

4 February 1968 – Embassy Suite, Colchester, Essex with The Time (Essex County Standard)

10 February 1968 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey with The Mover (Woking Herald)

14 February 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

19 February 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday/Herts and Essex Observer)

24 February 1968 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Jo Jo Gunn and Almond Marizpan (Southend Standard)

25 February 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Jo Jo Gunne (Crawley Advertiser)

8 March 1968 – Jubilee Hall, Maldon, Essex with Little John & The Shadrocks (Essex Chronicle)

9 March 1968 – Lion Hotel, Warrington with Almost Blues (Warrington Guardian)

10 March 1968 – Carlton Club, Warrington (Warrington Guardian)

16 March 1968 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Bohemians (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

18 March 1968 – Barnsley Civic Hall, Barnsley, West Yorkshire with Essence (Barnsley Chronicle & South Yorkshire News)

15 April 1968 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Track (Cambridge News)

The band split in September 1968 and returned to New Zealand, although Maurice Greer would bring a new version back to England in early 1969.