The Masters Apprentices (or The Masters to their fans) were an Austrailian rock band fronted by Jim Keays on lead vocal, which formed in Adelaide, South Austrailia in 1965, relocated to Melbourne in Feb. 1967 and attempted to break into the United Kingdom market from 1970, until they disbanded in 1972. The band featured singer Fred Keays, along with songwriter/rhythm guitarise Mick Bower. The band's earliest material combined gritty R&B British rock like The Pretty Things, combined with the melodies of the Yardbirds. Bowers left the band after suffering a nervous breakdown in 1967. Plagued by instability, (undergoing eight personnel lineups between 1966 and 1968), the group moved to England in the early 1970's, achieving cult success by releasing progressive albums. Their popular Australian singles are "Undecided", "Living in a Child's Dream", "5:10 Man", "Turn up your Radio", and "Think About Tomorrow Today." The band launched the career of bass guitarist Glen Wheatley, later a record industry entrepreneur and an artist manager for both the Little River Band and John Farnham. They were inducted into the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 1998 along side The Angels. This album, their third, was a first attempt for the band to record an entire album. Both Keays with
His Masters Voice, and Wheatley with
Paper Paradise wrote memoirs in 1999 which chronicled their time in the band. Guitarist Peter Tilbrook released the biography
A Masers Apprentice; Living in the 60's in 2015.
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