East Of Eden

East Of Eden's were formed as Picture of Dorian Gray, by Dave Arbus (b. David Arbus, 8 October 1941, Leicester died 21 March 2025 – violin, flute, saxophone, trumpet), Ron Caines (b. Ronald Arthur Caines, 13 December 1939, Bristol – alto saxophone), Geoff Nicholson (b. Geoffrey Nicholson, 27 June 1948, near Bristol – guitar, vocals), Mike Price (bass), and Stuart Rossiter (drums). Price left in spring 1968 and was replaced by Terry Brace (born Terrence Brace, 28 September 1943, died 2006 (Bristol). Vocalist and guitarist Al Read (b. Alan G Read, 26 March 1942, Chelsea, London, died 2009) joined at the same time. With this line-up the band released the now very-rare single, "King Of Siam", on 25 July 1968. They also appeared in the rarely seen Tony Richardson film of Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark