Very little is known about this Jamaican soul outfit that moved to London around 1964/1965 and worked as the house band at Count Suckle’s Cue Club on Praed Street in Paddington.

According to the Rhyl & Prestatyn Gazette’s 28 January 1966 issue, page 13, which features a picture of the seven-piece, The Links backed American soul legend Wilson Pickett on his debut British tour in November 1965.

Judging by adverts in Melody Maker and regional newspapers, the band was still working on the London club circuit (and surrounding counties) in the spring of 1968 (see below) .

Dominica-born drummer Conrad Isidore who was a member of The Grenades, Joe E Young & The Tonicks and The Sundae Times in the 1960s told me he played with The Links but he is not featured in this picture.

Isidore told me he met John Maxwell who used to work for Ken Edwards, the owner of the New All-Star Club near Liverpool Street, while playing a gig in Kilburn with The Links. Maxwell, who was friends with The Links, recommended Isidore for The Tonicks, who he joined in late 1966. This would suggest he was with The Links during 1966.

It does look like the photo shows lead guitarist Tony Ellis (b. Tony Cornel Lloyd Ellis, 28 March 1950, Kingston, Jamaica), who currently works as Babatunde Tony Ellis in Stockholm, Sweden, together with bass player Ronald Simmonds and drummer Danny Evans. These three subsequently moved to Spain where they recorded two singles as The Explosion, one of which featured Carl Douglas on lead vocals.

Garage Hangover would welcome any further information on this band in the comments section below, including its history, personnel and any recordings.