The Masters Apprentice: Turn Up your Radio (Psychedelic Rock classic): Reaction
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- So for Day 3 of Aussie week two we move to this blinding track with a second bonus track if you stick around.
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The blonde in the light colour pants is Glen Wheatley, later to become John Farnham's manager. R.I.P Glen xxxxx This song was so new and radical in the day. We loved it...
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One of their earlier songs, A Dog, a Siren and Memors, I always considered it would have been a fitting ending for the film Red Dog.
Saw them live at the local institute when I was 15, The Masters Apprentices one of the first albums I bought, unique backing riff on Undecided.
Sadly he died from Covid complications.
Not me. The worst of Masters trying too hard after return from UK. Nothing beats their early efforts like Undecided or Hot Gully Wind.
The Master's best song was "It's because I love you". Great band. RIP Glen Wheatley, a great musician, a great manger, a great friend and a great guy.
Yes def give 'It's because I love you' a listen.
I used to play alto sax in High School and this song is designed to basically fall out of an alto sax, and so every kid learns it. Or used to. It's almost like "chopsticks" on the piano.
Just before Jim Keays passed on, he was a patient of mine, and I thanked him for this song . He said that the best song he ever wrote was a song called...and we went into unison "It's Because I Love You".
He fixed his eyes on me and said "Most people think that's called 'Do What You Wanna Do Be What You Wanna Be. That song has seen me through a lot of hard times, Matthew."
"You've got an ad on at the moment for Jeeps I see." I was referring to the 70 year anniversary of Jeep ads we had featuring a 70 year old ex-footballer called Tommy Hafey I used to train with at the gym.
"I do? Shit, Matt, they've used that song to sell everything now."
He was more interested in my shitty little pub band, and the people we knew in common. Wanted to know how I knew Tommy, and when he found the singer and guitar player and I were good mates with Tommy's nephew, a very good blues harp player he was so stoked I had trouble getting an IV line in him. He kept jumping around.
He didn't live a lot longer, but he was, like most of the former stars I have met, massively down to earth and a decent bloke.
What a lovely story and what a way to share. Sounds a lovely and good man. Thanks for taking time to share
So glad I grew up through the seventies and eighties in Oz we had so much great music the rest of the world never heard
Thank you so much. Loved it. For me ‘It’s Because I Love You’ was their masterpiece. It is still one of my all-time favourite songs.
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An absolute classic by the masters apprentices , hard to think it was 52 years ago. I’ll just go and get my walking frame now.
And yeah, rip glen Wheatley and Jim Keys. and now to the Hoodoo Gurus. Yeah .
Time flies by when you are having fun!
They actually won the Battle of The Bands and won a recording session at Apple Studios in London....For some visa issues they could not perform live in London......Check out a track named "Its because I Love You", which is recorded in the same studio as the Imagine Album....
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70's Aussie pub rock. Leave the punters wanting more.
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60's i think mate or was it 1070.
I used to dance to The Masters Apprentices (and the other big bands of the time) at "Devil's Disco", held on Friday nights in the Catholic Hall at the back of the convent in Ipswich Queensland 1968-1970 aged 14-15yrs. It was well supervised. Memories.
Around that time in Australia, everything was nuts. Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs "Mama, live on GTK" was/is berserk! The funny thing was, it was filmed, drug soaked and manic, a mad jam, shown before the ever so staid 7pm ABC News! It remains one of the great heart starters, an early heavy rock song, one of the first.
I miss GTK, Rage and Countdown. I don't know if they have Rage anymore as I live in the US now. Great shows!
@@someonesomewhere1600 Rage carries on. Same same. At least 1 hour every night, plus the old normal 8, 9, 12 hour? show.
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So many great songs in such a short time. "Easy to Lie", "Elevator Driver", "Living in a Child's Dream" "5:10 Man", "Love Is", "Future of our Nation" and more....................
Stevie Wright - Evie 1, 2 and 3. Undisputed forgotten masterpiece of 1974. It's a roller coaster, marathon of a story but the chart buster of 1974 for sure.
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A totally different style and their ultimate track ..... "It's Because I love You" - you'll love it as much as Russell Morriss for sure !
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Dejavu.
I was all excited for a minute thinking week 3 had started. But more than happy to watch these guys again ...and again!! I really loved the 2nd track as well. Nice flash backs as well
#meetoo
They must of licked a toad.
More to come!
Yes!! What's My Scene? Hoodoo Gurus!
How on earth did I miss this reaction? They wrote this song as a protest to radio stations that wouldn't play their music, because, they said, they were too loud. So they thought, "Loud you say? We'll give you loud!" They also have a beautiful ballad, their first big hit I think 🤔, don't quote me on that, called It's because I love you.
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Another great band from little old Adelaide. By the way Chas Chandler was also manager of Slade. What a ripper band
Great band, great track, Aussie rock has always deserved much more international acclaim.
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Hi. Because of its isolation, Australia had a great little music scene, especially in the 70's and 80's. Bands like Mental as Anything (If You Leave Me Can I Come Too and The Nips Are Getting Bigger), or The Radiators (Coming Home or Give Me Head). We had our Kiwi invasion, bands like Dragon or Misex. It was a great time
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'Nother piece of trivia, the drummer for the Masters, Colin Burgess, was one of the earliest drummers for AC/DC
I recall seeing this band play in Victoria Park, Sydney in '69. Sydney pub scene was out of this world with great live bands. Jolly good fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely brilliant Aussie band. RIP Jim and Glenn ❤
It's been decades since I've heard the version by the Masters and the Hoodoos, and almost forgotten how good it was.
The pub rock scene in Melbourne in the 60's& 70's was hard and fast loud and rock solid with Billy Thorpe, The Twilights, The EasyBeats, Axiom in the late sixties then in the 70's we had Skyhooks, Sherbert, Hush, Lobby Loyde, Kevin Borich, ACDC Stevie Wright, Split Ends, Dragon, TMG and many more who just made the pub scene huge so every week you had so many choices to go see who ever you wanted but they didn't just play in pub's they played everywhere so if you were to young to get into the pub you could see them in halls and out door's concerts as well it was fantastic
It wasn't just Melbourne, Sydney's pub scene was jumping out of its skin as well. And given the number of bands in that era that came out of Adelaide, I would say things were just as insane.
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That was completely new to me, and I loved it! 🤠
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met Jim quite a few times as his son James was the boyfriend of a barmaid at my local and Jim popped in reasonably frequently. Top bloke!
That’s great!
That was fantastic! We loved Master’s Apprentices.
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RIP drummer Colin Burgess, later to be the original drummer for AC/DC. Up there now with his old Masters bandmate Jim Keays.
Lots of people have already suggested it, but “It’s because I love you” should’ve been a massive international hit. It’s a classic that still sounds great today. Tell your mate in Aus to chuck it on the list for week 3.
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G'day This gentlemen is how we grew up down under.
Really not terrible!
Always reminds me of St Louis by The Easybeats, although they’re very different songs. I think it’s just the delivery and the rock sound with the wall of brass/horns.
I remember when St Louis was “panned” on the Saturday morning show Uptight. Personally, I think it is a great track that I still play today.
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Definitely. I can see someone giving it a kicking for being simplistic, but it’s the energy and Stevie’s vocal phrasing and attitude. I love it.
Used to play it in a cover band that had a three piece horn section. Never failed to get people dancing.
Wowww, another teaser for Aussie Week 3? It doesn't matter, this was a fantastic double shot. I am going to have to sneak into Patreon and stalk George's 4 'Guru tracks. I am interested to see what he came up with.
You guys have the greatest contributors who suggest simply massive material. I love it.
Keep the good stuff coming.
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"In 1970...Jim Keays was recording an album with the Masters at Abbey Road at the same time Lennon was recording his first solo album. Keays was left speechless when Lennon stood alongside him to pee at the Abbey Road urinal. “Because it was John Lennon, I couldn’t utter a syllable, and I went ‘Aaah, aah, waah, waah!’ And he finished his wee and walked out.”
Don't forget "Think About Tomorrow Today"
as rough and corny Prisoner could be every episode had a gem of humanity it . And the old lady was Lizzy or Elspeth Florence , great show and still current
Russel Morris (1970s) and his song/video 'The Real Thing' is THE pschedeliclic masterpiece. His classic, 'Wings of an Eagle' one of Australia's great songs (not many would argue). Please, if you haven't, check Russel out.
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Man the scene in Oz is still pumping get down here and listen to us go OFF!!!
Would love to go back. Hope so one day
Have a look at 5:10 man - and my personal favourite Living In a Childs Dream. They were in the UK for some time by the way
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Brian Jones ( Stones)taught Jim Keyes how to play blues harmonica well in London.
My mother had this song play as we carried her coffin out, it’s very special to me
Sorry for your loss but what a great way to go. Respect
Funny Glen Wheatley story he was very annoyed when found out that while away one of the assistants had reject a novelty song called "Shaddap You Face' by Joe Dolce No. 1 in Australia for 8 weeks the UK for 3 and reached number one 11 other countries It is the most successful Australian produced single in Australian music history, with sales of over 350,000 copies. and sold over 6 million copies world wide
Wow, I had no idea Joe sold that many copies world wide. Funny though, we often still sing the song or just say the title lol, even my adult children know and say it.
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Just as good second time around :P
Well exactly!
Australian bands found it nearly impossible to break into the British and American live circuit's.
The Masters were it! We were sooooo isolated in Oz in the 60s but we had these amazing blues based fiends of players. Chain, Easybeats, Billy Thorpe. Evie by Stevie Wright is the killer track. Parts 1, 2 and 3. Heartbreaking. I still listen to it 50 years later. And the second version is just fantastic. All great players. Rick Grossman on bass, Faulkner would have been in awe of Keays. Wheatley, so good.
Love the Hoodoo’s brilliant live band....
he recalled later he couldnt remember doing this song as he was drunk
It got through this time gents!😮👍 Glad to see.
A classic gem❤️
More places it shows up the better!
Jim Keays. Died 2014
Australian Rock Legend.
The second video was the Masters Apprentices with the Hoodo Gurus, another great Australian band.
Love the HG
The Masters Apprentices went to England and recorded at Abbey Road.
Jim Keays, the lead singer, spoke to John Lennon apparently.
Love your show. I hate to say this but the Master's Apprentices plagerised the main guitar rift from Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky 1966 ! . . check it out
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It's Because I love You
Is a number 1 classic by the Masters
Thanks for support
Masters Apprentices became super popular again in the late 80s - we were right into them when I was in high school. I think it was when their greatest hits album was released and this track was all over the radio. It used to pack the dance floor at a school formal. I'm pretty sure we were the only country where the DJ at a school formal followed a Prince Song with Turn up your Radio.
So bloody fantastic
A classic reaction to a classic song.
Literally heard that again on the radio just yesterday - still getting play time on current FM!
I suffer from vertigo and had forgotten how psychedelic this video was 😂 Glad you enjoyed the track; it's considered a seminal song in Oz music history. Because I Love You was the band's other big hit. Completely different feel from Turn Up Your Radio but just as good.
As for the Hoodoo Gurus, I saw them several times in my 'yoof' and they are absolutely cracking 😊 My Girl, Bittersweet and The Right Time are worth checking out if you haven't already.
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excellent choice gentlemen
You bet we had a good time!! Saw The Masters & The Gurus live many times!!
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I hope your man has the saints on his list. I'm stranded was the world's first punk song but it's their song KNOW YOUR PRODUCT that I want you to see. A punk song with trumpets doesn't sound like something anyone would want to hear but it's great.
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Speaking of punk with trumpets, how about some Painters and Dockers? “Die Yuppy Die” for example
Stick around as we may have punk with trumpets sometime soon!
Looks like both bands together and everyone present.... gurus and the masters.
Great band in Phase Two of its life had a mild hit in UK with Because I live you and a great first hit with Undecided
Like The Easybeats fate music tastes changed from Rock to psychedelic music
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Classic song built around a simple rock riff. Saw this band live in the late 60's playing this song - no horn section but the band was so loud you'd swear there was.
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Hey, glad to see it was freed. Watched it on the back channel, will watch it again.
Just noticed so let it free!
Billy Thorpe
"Some where over the rainbow"
Enjoy.
Have you heard of Gerry Humphreys and his band The Loved Ones? A great band from the 60s.
Nope - will check
Great song.. best song was their first "Undecided".... just pure raw rock n roll
Cell Block H is actually called Prisoner. It was renamed in the UK.
In the uk we had the classic called The Prisoner. Ever see that?
@@TheThamesmen Ahh no I havent. Thats why the name change i would assume.
Off kilter, must be an English term for getting old.
Greetings from Sydney.
Doug Ford, the guitarist, was still playing around Brisbane recently.
Thanks Paul. I was busting my brain (what's left) trying to remember his name...I was thinking Billy Green but he didn't look like BG.
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dogs up north like licking the cane toads because they get high!!!
Like to see that!
They had a world wide number 1 with It's Because I love You
Hi Guys the guy doing the video just got into their stash, best fun you could have for 10 bucks in the 70 s. Great pub bands everywhere in Oz Cheers
Very cool
Can highly recommend Daryl Cotton from Zoot (Rick Springfield used to be with them.) Russell Morris and Jim Keays Live at the Basement. Gosh it was great. 🇦🇺🎸⚡️🤘🏿🤘🏼💋🎸
Great suggestion!
Brilliant track but I was 5. 11 years later off the groundbreaking album days of innocence the most Aussie track you could react to, busting loose by moving pictures...or I'll send my auntie Joan round to convince you...Joan Ferguson, think you know her as the freak 🤣
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Looking for Masters Apprentices from the legendary Swedish band 'Opeth' I bumped into this Australian treat of yours: The Masters Apprentice, never heard of them too, fantastic footage, great energie. These tracks do remind me of The Sonics ("live at easy street" is great) from the sixties, they are probably the inspiration for this Aussie band. Check it out, you will see/hear the resemblance. The Hives from Sweden are in the same genre, they are the modern equivalent, a super energetic live band, for years they were headlining the big festivals. Back to the start; Swedish Opeth: don't do them, not here, not in private, it really is to heavy;-) Bye.
What! What ! What ! Has Week 3 started? No-one told me! This is a recording-Remember to do the newer band, The Teskey Brothers. Loved the second, updated version of 'Turn Up Your Radio' with the MAs AND the HGs.
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Another pysch classic from that time worth a listen is Russell Morris the Real thing produced by Aussie ledgend molly meldrum.....so many Oz rock tunes never made their way to the rest of the world But DEFINITELY HAVE A GO AT THE REAL THING!!!!!!
What like this: czcams.com/video/TYc8n9A3h0k/video.html 😀
Couldnt agree more chaps ...if that was an english or yank track- it would be a worldwide classic to this day
Suppose the fact it is out there and we found it does make it a worldwide classic?
@@TheThamesmen you blokes are great ambassadors for aussie music ...you should be employed by the australian gov as cultural attaches like les patterson -
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btw way guys - its 1 30 pm on a COLD summer friday here - but i always look forward to hearing your banter - good job boys
@@TheMichaelseymour thank you. Stay warm!
BTW in Australia we new Cell Black H as Prisoner
In Uk we had a TV show called The Prisoner. Very iconic
Those dancers at the end tag take me back to the old English imported shows with the Pan's People (I think) dancers and those othe dancers called the Young? or New? Generation. When I see the backing dancers on The Graeme Norton Show these days, I think that nothing much has changed in that department over there, except that there are no more brollies, shiny macs and gumboots. We had copies of those type of backing dance routines in the 60's/70's too which Gina Riley (Kim of KATH AND KIM) sent up hilariously. Still on you tube. THE SATURDAY SHOW.
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Not convinced this has stood the test of time, I would be surprised if Jim could talk after the recording. Cheers.
Better than the garbage that passes for music today.
Too true! Cheers.
A lot of Aussies are divided on who were the best 60s band …The Masters or The Easybeats !
John Butler, Ocean studio Yep
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I remember in Oz in the late 60s there was a dispute between the radio stations and English labels (probably over money / royalties or something) that resulted in the stations having a ban on most if not all english music. Can't remember how long it went for but I do remember a mate saying " Oh great now all we're gonna have to listen to is the Beach Boys' cotton fields . We were both very depressed at the prospect. Perhaps that event had something to do with the evolution of Oz Rock.
An absolute fav from childhood, another for you could be Powderfinger - (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind, official vid is very reminiscent of my garage band days..lol
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Try Skyhooks, Sherbet. Two Great Aussie 70s bands. And Zoot!
So many bands and never heard of any of them yet!
Look up Zoot. They did a version of Elenore Rigby that is awesome. Top song in Aus in 1970??
Take a look at The Party Boys doing the John Kongos classic "He's Gonna Step On you Again". Great musicians and a great singer with a little known Englishman on bass (great player).
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By the way, this video of the Masters Apprentices is courtesy of the ABC =Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
I’m amazed nobody has mentioned The Saints yet. One of the earliest punk bands anywhere in the world. You gotta check out “Stranded”
Omg ssshhh. We just recorded Aussie 4 week and that track recorded. Flipping amazing
wow... um... ah.. yeah. I don't know whether to hate it or love it.😜. OK, It's fun. The last bit got me!
I've always liked Hoodoo Gurus and I've never heard this song version... but Dave Faulkner's voice for this song... he's got nothing on Jim Keays
Was interesting none the less!
Dont forget songs by the loved ones in the 60s
Hi Guys …. The Master’s Apprentices High watermark was their Album Choice Cuts recorded at the Famous Abbey Rd Studios in London…. 1970….the album was getting traction in England at the time BUT the Masters were on the way back to Oz and once the heard there album was doing well….they headed back to London but all momentum was lost…. The broke up a year later….. a Masters Apprentices Classic is ….. Because I Love You …. You need to add that to your List … Aussie Week 3 or 4 maybe…. Cheers.
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Party song of all party songs , Jim Keays had some amazing gigging stories .
In the 70s you could just leave your job sign on to the dole and not look for work thanks to the Labor Government , there were bands everywhere and live pub gigs everywhere , Some bands would play 3 gigs a night ,no one was getting rich you could do it because you had a dole check coming in
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The great Billy Thorpe
Hang around and see what is coming soon!
A boatload of acid. You betcha, I had my share, but something more rare, but I had access - was Mescaline. I have no way of telling how muych damage it did to my young brain, but there was some benefits - as Leary said, drop acid, and experience god.
After so many years literally hearing this on the radio, and turning it up, this is the first time I have seen the original video. I actually liked the camera work. Quite mad for the time. The Masters were brilliant. But I do love the Hoodo-Gurus version even better. Such a great Aussie classic song.
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Ok first Cell Block H was actually Prisoner in Australia!
Secondly... haven't we already had this one??? Confused Aussie may have licked too many toads!
It was blocked so we had it on Patreon. Just got cleared so thought shame to not have available on main channel
@@TheThamesmen ahhh so not the toads!
@@jemxs well that too!
This is from the Australian TV show "Uptight" where that camera zoom in & out was used a lot. Even in '68 I found Uptight cringeworthy.
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