Sunday, October 25, 2020

The Masters Apprentices [Aust] - Discography

 The Masters Apprentices

One could easily make the case for designating the Masters Apprentices as the best Australian rock band of the '60s. Featuring singer Jim Keays and songwriter/rhythm guitarist Mick Bower, the band's earliest recordings combined the gritty R&B/rock of Brits like the Pretty Things with the minor-key melodies of the Yardbirds. The compelling "Wars or Hands of Time" and the dreamy psychedelia of "Living in a Child's Dream" were undiscovered classics, although the latter was a Top Ten hit in Australia. Bower left the group after suffering a nervous breakdown in late 1967, and the Masters grew steadily less interesting, moving from flower pop and hard rock to progressive and acoustic sounds. Plagued by instability (undergoing eight personnel changes between 1966 and 1968), the group moved to England in the early '70s, achieving some cult success with progressive rock albums before breaking up in 1972.


1967 - The Master's Apprentices




2019 - John Street Blues
CD01 - CD02

6 comments:

BigGray said...

Thank you for John Street Blues. I didn't have that one.

The single disc Choice Cuts / A Toast To Panama Red leaves out A Toast To Panama Red's treck 6 "When I've Got Your Soul" [between The Lesson So Listen and Love Is].

Download it here

http://www.imagenetz.de/aU5EW

G.

Racati said...

A very great group! Many thanks.

BigGray said...

It appears that the ImageNetz server is down.

Here is a Zippy link for When I've Got Your Soul (A Toast To Panama Red - Track 6)

https://www90.zippyshare.com/v/sDvRfqPA/file.html

Sorry about that,

G.

Ozzieguy said...

THanks BigGray

Oldrocker67 said...

ZIPPYSHARE INK EXPIRED. NO LONGER FOUND ON SERVBR.
Masters Apprentices have produced really great music.
Oldrocker68 NZ

Freddie said...

@BigGray - I'm puzzled! Discogs have 13 versions of A Toast To Panama Red listed. None of them have 'I've got your soul' listed as a track.

What Panama Red version do you have, ie label/catalog number/year of release?

Cheers