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Jones was replaced by Mike d ' Abo in July 1966, and the group switched labels to Fontana Records, where they were produced by Shel Talmy.

Their first Fontana single, Dylan's " Just Like a Woman ", released in July, scraped in the UK top ten, reaching number one in Sweden.

Their annual long-player, As Is, followed in October, with increased studio technique sidelining jazz, soul and blues roots and centering on the group's strongest set of songs so far.

The next two singles " Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr James " and " Ha Ha Said The Clown " both reached the Top 5.

In December another EP set of instrumentals, Instrumental Assassination, was released but an instrumental version of Tommy Roe's " Sweet Pea " only reached # 36 when issued as a single and the follow-up, Randy Newman's " So Long, Dad ", with its intricate keyboard arrangement, missed the top twenty altogether, making 1967 an unsuccessful year in the charts with no album as Mann and Hugg explored other avenues of their career.

1968 brought two albums, the Mann-Hugg soundtrack to the film Up the Junction in February and Mighty Garvey!

in July.

They had a resounding success with " Mighty Quinn ", their third UK # 1 and third hit Dylan song, which also peaked at # 3 in Canada and # 10 in the U. S. A.