Band Members:-
Noel Lavel – vocals
Memories Of You / My Heart Skips A Beat (Soundtrack Productions – acetate)
This band hailed from Toowoomba and may of done some acetates in 1965/66. The late Dean Mittelhauser was on the search for this combo shortly before his untimely death.
Band Members:-
Dave Yelland – vocals
Ian Nancarrow – vocals & guitar
Rick Harrison – guitar
Jeff Gurr – bass
Steve Hopgood – drums
Record Release:-
Dancing Girl / Sharade Blues (Leedon LK-1523) 10-66
Look Through My Window / Why Can She Be Mine (Unreleased tracks) c.67
Band Members:-
Jimmy Hannan – guitar & vocals
Dino Annabelle – guitar
John Brodie – organ
Paul Schorr – bass
Barry Annabelle – drums
Record Releases:-
The House on Soul Hill / Sound of Your Voice (Sunshine QK-1858) ??-67
T.V.’s Countdown LP – Various Artists, track: I’m Not A Bad Guy (Sunshine QL-32468) ??-67
Band Members:-
Marty Rhone – Vocals (1965-66)
Roger Andrew – Drums
Jerry Darmick – Bass Guitar
John Green – Guitar
Barry Kelly – Organ
Record Releases:-
Nature Boy / Every Minute Of You (Spin EK 1221) 01-66
Thirteen Women / I Can Tell (Spin EK-1294) 03-66 (w. Soul Agents)
I Want You Back / What More Can I Do (Spin EK-1383) 06-66 (w. Soul Agents)
She Is Mine / Village Tapestry (Spin EK-1571) 12-66
No, No, No, No, No / Tell Me Love (Spin EK-1790) 05-67
Green Mansions / Lonely Too Long (Spin EK 2053) ??-67
She’s Coming Home / Hurry Poor Working Man (Spin EK-2278) 04-68
Ruby With The Red Hair / Appeal (Spin EK-3158) 07-69
So You Want To Be A Pop Singer / As The Sun Goes Down (Spin EK 3637) ??-70
Band Members:-
John Hughson
Graeme (or Graham) Sands
Hailing from the northern suburbs of Adelaide c.1967-70, this combo played at The Octagon. Apparently this group won the 1969 5AD Radio Coca Cola Battle of the Bands. There is a rumour that they recorded material and were promised airplay on radio station 5AD – was this the prize to winning the Battle of the Bands in ’69?
This band is quite obscure, can anyone provide any other information?
Band Members:-
John Green – Rhythm Guitar (1964-1966)
Marty Van Wynk – Lead Guitar (1966)
Barry Kelly – Organ
Gerry Dean – Bass Guitar
Roger Felice – Drums
Record Release:-
I Just Want To Make Love To You / I’m Still Mad At You (Downunder UK-1512) 10-66
The Soul Agents were the backing band to Marty Rhone from late ’65 to ’66. When they (the combo) split from Rhone in 1966 they recorded this original composition on the shortlived labelled Downunder moniker at Ossie Byrne’s studio in Hurtsville.
Band Members:-
Andre De Moller – Vocal, harmonica & guitar
John Eddy – Guitar
Ken Kramer – Bass
Garry Lynn – Drums
Record Release:-
Help Me/Walk On By (HMV EA-4672) 12-64
This Perth combo recorded the Sonny Boy Williamson cover in late 1964 and by 1965 they had broken up.
Band Members:-
Barry Connors – vocals
Barry Brady – guitar
Gary Moberley – keyboards
Ken Kramer – bass
Quentin Chadwick – drums
Record Releases:-
Since You Broke My Heart/Since I Don’t Have You (Parlophone A-8201) ??-66
You Shoulda Held On/Get Back (Parlophone A-8241) ??-66
This obscure band hailed from Bankstown in Sydney and whom would’ve remained virtually unknown if wasn’t for the future exploits of their young and naive manager Paul Keating. This man not long after the break up of the band became one of the youngest federal parliamentarians at the age of 25 in 1969. He (Keating) would become a long serving federal Treasurer in the Bob Hawke government of the ’80s & 90s. Who finally disposed Hawke from the top spot and led the country between 1991 and 1996.
Band Members:-
Mike Siegele – Vocals & Organ
Bob Van Amstel – Lead Guitar
Dan Schubert – Rhythm Guitar
Rod Schubert – Bass Guitar
Brian Fechner – Drums
Record Releases:-
Is This A Dream/Let Me Down Easy (GO!! G-5044) 12-66
Just A Little Bit (unreleased live track) c.66
I’ll Go Crazy (unreleased live track) c.66
Yet another band of this name, not to be confused with the Newcastle Upon Tyne group or the American outfit, or even the other Australian band of the time in Canberra, A.C.T.
The Chosen Few started as the Outcasts in the South Australian town of Nurioopta, during 1965. They took on their new name in 1966, with a membership of Mike Siegele (vocals, keyboards), Bob Van Amstel (lead guitar), Dan Schubert (rhythm guitar), Rod Schubert (bass), and Brian Fechner (drums). The quintet regularly played clubs like the Octagon and Big Daddy’s in Adelaide, but neverr settled in the City of Churches. Influences were The Zombies, The Animals, James Brown, Wilson Pickett & The Spencer Davis Group, which the band played many covers off.
During the summer of 1966, they competed in a Battle of the Sounds in Adelaide, and didn’t win but did get a deal with the Go!! label for a single, which was a cover of the Zombies’ “Is This A Dream,” issued at the end of the year. The record, despite a tremendously energetic and bracing performance with lots of ’60s punk power, failed to chart outside of Adelaide, and the band broke up in early 1967. A live recording of I’ll Go Crazy from the Battle of the Sounds was issued with another track, Just A Little Bit on the Raven issued Live At Big Daddy’s Discotheque in 1986.