The failure of the album and its singles, as well as not being able to produce anything with his subsequent material felt worthy of release, cost Bowie his record contract with Deram Records. They dropped him in April 1968. Bowie immediately went on to form a folk rock trio with Hermione Farthingale and Tony Hill. Named Turquoise, the band quickly recorded a single – with all three taking vocal lead on different verses – called "Ching-a-Ling". Before they could look for a record company to release it, Hill left the band. Recruiting John Hutchinson soon after, the band changed their name to Feathers and had Hutchinson re-record Hill's vocal. Almost immediately Farthingale left Feathers, and soon after, so did Hutchinson. "Ching-a-Ling" thus became Bowie's fourth single in a row which he had failed to release.