I saw Simon Dupree at the Assembly Rooms in York in 1968. Ironically, when I was visiting York a couple of years ago we had dinner there and it is featured in the ITV 3 advertising for the Yorkshire Tourist Board.
That's quite ahead of its time - the middle section sounds like modern chill-out music.
I used to think 'Simon Dupree' was some mysterious band leader, but then I found out it was just a made-up name for the group that went on to become Gentle Giant...