Although their live set was mostly Top 40 and British Invasion covers, Stoecklein, Scott and Chapman began composing songs for the band to record, which they did in the fall of '64. At Damon Recording Studios in Kansas City, the Blue Boys demoed five Stoecklein originals and two covers (Dale Hawkins' "La Do Da Da" and Buddy Holly's "Love's Made a Fool of You,". "La Do Da Da" would eventually be re-cut for their RCA album). (Several of these demos have since surfaced on Cicadelic Records' and Collectables Records' "The Blue Things Story" series.) The demos attracted Texas' Ruff Records, who subsequently signed the group.