▁November ▁ 1 st , ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁but ▁it ▁failed ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁charts . ▁ ▁In ▁summer ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁the ▁band ▁were ▁spons ored ▁by ▁S ears , ▁Ro eb uck , ▁as ▁a ▁market ing ▁p loy , ▁to ▁tour ▁nation ally . ▁ ▁However , ▁after ▁Arthur ▁closed ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁the ▁band ▁soon ▁split ▁up . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Lin er ▁notes ▁for ▁The ▁Arthur ▁Sound ▁▁ ▁Original ▁United ▁Art ists ▁press ▁release ▁for ▁" W ild ▁Th ing " ▁ ▁Category : Mus ical ▁groups ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁Category : Mus ical ▁groups ▁from ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Category : R ock ▁music ▁groups ▁from ▁New ▁York ▁( state ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Fem mes ▁fant ast iques ▁is ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁ten ▁short ▁stories ▁in ▁French ▁by ▁Canadian ▁writer ▁Paul ▁Laur ende au , ▁published ▁by ▁Ed itions ▁J ets ▁d ' en cre ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁Set ▁in ▁the ▁imag inary ▁lands ▁of ▁New - Nav ar re ▁and ▁the ▁D oman ial ▁Republic , ▁Fem mes ▁fant ast iques ▁g athers ▁the ▁stories ▁of ▁some ▁twenty ▁women ▁( and ▁four ▁or ▁five ▁men ), ▁rel ating ▁the ▁tum ult ▁and ▁complexity ▁of ▁their ▁int imate ▁and ▁social ▁ ▁lives . ▁The ▁stories ▁are ▁bound ▁together ▁by ▁a ▁web ▁of ▁connections , ▁some ▁characters ▁making ▁appearances ▁in ▁the ▁stories ▁of ▁others . ▁S