Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup was a 1960s British

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act. 'Boeing Duveen' was Sam Hutt, a qualified doctor and associate of

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who has been described as "the underground community's de facto house doctor" by David Wells, curator of

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. Hutt later became known for his work in the

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genre under the name of Hank Wangford. The band released one single on 10 May 1968, "Jabberwock" backed by "Which Dreamed It", on the

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label. The single is one of the earliest productions by

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. Both songs' lyrics were adapted from poems from ''

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'' by

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, and Carroll was credited as co-writer with Hutt. Hutt would later reflect "I'd learnt the guitar in the Fifties, but I couldn't write words". Hutt played

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on "Which Dreamed It". Initial copies of the single featured a picture sleeve reproducing John Tenniel's original illustration of the

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. The band's name also comes from a poem by Lewis Carroll, ''Beautiful Soup'', from ''

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''. Both sides of the single were included in the

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- "Jabberwock" in the 14th volume and "Which Dreamed It" in the 20th. The single is included in David Wells' 2005 book ''Record Collector 100 Greatest Psychedelic Records''.

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