Origin: London, England
Originally called the Next Collection and then the Moving Finger, this London prog-psych group changed their moniker to the Second Hand in 1968 to avoid confusion with another, Norwich act called the Moving Finger that had just released a single. They called themselves the Second Hand due to the fact that all of their instruments had been purchased used. Original members included Ken Elliott (keyboards, vocals), Kieran O'Connor (drums, percussion), Bob Gibbons (guitar) and Arthur Kitchener (bass). After signing to Polydor, they began working in the studio on their first LP, but partway through…