My favorite Master's song - I lived across the road from Steve Hopgood (drummer) RIP and heard him practice all day when I was young - I remember they did a Beatles kinda thing up top of the hill larking around near the "Pitt Mansion" which is
I'm 58 too shortly LOL. Man, some of the memories coming back from this era.... all the other Aussie bands previously mentioned, and also The Easybeats
Gday ..Im 63 aussie now live in Canada ..was in Adelaide 66-72.Being in a band,we got to meet all the groups around,these guys,the zoot with rick springfield ( an incredible guitar player at 15!) and the Twilights...what a great time to grow up.Im getting all misty.
@slutiva Amazing stories you must have! I am in my mid 20s and feel so privileged to have seen Chisels, Angels, Noiseworks, Mondo Rock (twice in one week! they played as Daddy Cool a couple days at uni later - about a dozen guys knew who they were and they loved us). I think though there is some good Aussie bands out there, too many though try to be too "American Commercial". Can't blame them though, nature of the game I suppose.
I met Jim Keayes when I was 16 at Pioneer Hall Wollongong NSW thanks to my neighbours The Tornadoes..... the memories will always remain ....so great to find this!!! thanks
@treezacarr the Tornadoes were all brothers - they would have played at many venues in the Illawarra, - they seemed to be around forever from the 60's. Originally they all lived in Windang.NSW. Cheers
52? I'm 62 and I was there at their first gig, toured with them as the driver, all through Sth Aust in the 60's.Had an absolute blast. I still catch up occasionally with Peter Tilbrook who is still playing rock n roll about town here in Adelaide
@189grumpy Hey buddy. You might be able to confirm if they did a Saturday afternoon gig at the Woodville Bowl on Port road. Would have been 67-69. foggy memory of time but remember the event clearly and I swear to this day it was MA and Jim. Would have been 13 at the time i suppose.
Hey, who says young people have no taste! I'm 18, and I've loved this song since I was three. 15 years today, and I remember how! Raised on good ol' Aussie rock 'n' roll, just the way it should be! I'd say my mother taught me well...
I´m also a child of the 60s and I´ve never heard of this band before. Maybe it´s because I´m from northern Europe and grow up with rock groups from England, USA and Sweden. But MA are really something. A tip: Check up THE ZETTLERS from somewhere in Scandinavia and their versions of "Skinnie Minnie" and "Beautiful Delilah". The recordings were made as early as 1965. Super!!!!!
did you know that the foo fighters last 3 albums were written about what i have discovered? dont believe me? i have proof. press "see all" and read my 2 comments i have posted below and find out why. i am not lying. honest. regards from leith tasmania.
i came up with theory that involves the book of genesis (fig leaves) buddha (sitting under the bodhi fig tree) jesus (many sayings about figs) ross horne's book (new health revolution) and science (figs are the most important source of food for fruit eating rainforest animals). i then experimented on the figs by eating mainly dried figs (same brand) for over 6 years now and found cycles which i related to the numbers in psgs 11/12 of the book of revelations. this theory has gone everywhere.
so far i have had eliminations at days 504, 840, 1176, 1512, 1848, and expect my 7th at day 2520. today is day 2322. i have definitely found something. i am not lying. many songs have been written about what i have discovered. it has gone around the world..the foo fighters last 3 albums..."vertigo" by U2 (my first name is phil)...coldplays last 2 albums. an elimination is a day when you experience strong flu-like symptoms and feel terrible. bad stuff is washed out of your body, maybe disease.
In those days, the entertainment industry paid so little Jim Keyes used to have a govt. job in downtown Melbourne and used to ride the Glen Waverly line train to work each morning, and he had hits in the charts!
@yallatup I'm 52 (in 2 months), so I'm a child of the 60s and 70s. I've never heard of these guys. So far, they sound pretty good to me like the other bands of the day. It's like discovering another rock group in my teens all over again. My hat's off to them. And God bless Australia, mate! My dad (RIP) was there during the war and had a lot of great memories of it. I'd trade 1000 Californians (where I live) for one Aussie! G'day!
@TrekToons I'm glad you liked the Masters - a great oz band of the era and I'm convinced they would have been huge if they had been in USA or UK. Make sure you catch "Because I love you" - one of the best love ballads in all of R&R. Turn up your radio is great for summertime driving (be it California or down here in Oz).
@TrekToons I turned 52 a few months ago and still remember the Masters Apprentice and many other bands. I used to record the songs by connecting my tape recorder to the speaker inside the TV at mums shop. Suggest you research the history of aussie rock - The Zoot, Daddy Cool and Axiom are a few bands that had top songs in the 60's. Moving forward there was Little River Band, Cold Chisel and AC DC. Worth the journey to explore what we have down under.
@TrekToons Hey lol they say if you can remember the 60's u weren't there. I'm an older than you aussie and remember them well (and the 60's). The MA's 'Its Because I love You' is a fave song of mine. We rocked downunder in the 60's while everyone else was heading to Woodstock.
Jim Keays is the lead singer of Masters Apprentices, he is normally on the left of the trio, center is Russell Morris and right is normally Darrel Cotton, Zoot Fame. We saw these guys 2 nights ago and they are better than ever
It's a little known fact that Jim was drunk when he recorded this. I was in regular contact with him during the 1990's and he mentioned it during one of our many chin wags. It was also later confirmed in one of Glenn Wheatleys books as well. Australia's first 'Bad Boys of Rock' were brilliant live, especially when they reformed in the 1990's
for a psychedelic early 70's basic Oz rocker- not bad, but 'better than anything that came out of the US or UK at the time" ? Don't think so....one name that comes to mind- Deep Purple (amongst many others)...peace
@badmuddy Calling you on yer ignorance buddy. These guys had like 2 corny tunes. One where they try to get revenge for Dr.King's murder. And this where they predict Happy Days. Let's face it as Americans, Australian music is a pillar of fire.
The Masters songs - this one and `It's Because I Love You' - were featured on "Paper Giants" on the ABC on Sun & Mon last. This rekindled my passion for these two songs. Brilliant music!
My dad lived next door to the drummer in Felixstow, South Australia :) - he said that about once a week the band would come around to practice on the front lawn, and the street would fill up with people to watch! Wish I could've been there.
When I was 15, I had a poster of this fab band on the inside of my wardrobe door. had a huge crush on Jim, and would pash his face every morning before going to school!!! Funny how life turns out.... My partner recorded this song in 2008, Jim played the harmonica on it and yep....I got to kiss him for real!!!
Not a pash, mind you....Jims happily married and I'm devoted to my love. Sigh...
A Y/T friend sent me this,I had never heard of them before,I wasn't born yet. in 1967. Man this is good old fashion rock n roll.Love it! I think I was born in the wrong era.
This song was not a chart hit in Australia because, quite ironically, EMI and other record labels were in dispute with radio stations over royalties (record companies wanted radio to pay to play their songs....not surprisingly this position did not last long. A slightly different mix of the song appeared on an EMI 20 hits LP, until that came out I had never heard of this song. This is now rightly regarded as an Australian classic but was a victim of the radio ban at the time.
-My Mother went to the local Record Bar & the Dude conned her into buying this EP for Me...She regretted doing so, for Years! Full Blast...Turn up Your PC Monitor!
Quite a departure from their earlier psych hits like Elevator Driver. In many ways, I prefer this phase of their career. And for my money, this was their best track overall! It's quite a courageous statement for 1970. It stood for truth in music at a time when such virtues were suddenly in short supply.
@arffrossco yes that is Glenn. When he realised that bands were being ripped off, he got more and more into management with great success - the Little River Band and John Farnham to mention a couple.
Hey guy, just checked and you seem cool, you probly never herd them before becos they were popular in Australia in the 60s and 70s and probly nowhere else. Aurtsralia was a very small market internally but it created a particulaer sound that all Aussies can recognise and say "Hey! Thats an Aussie fukkin band!"
Fantastic...Brings me back to Melbourne in the 70s The Masters Daddy Cool Zoot Skyhooks AC/DC The Aztecs Chain Sherbet Lobby Lloyde Great times incredable music. Thanks for the memories....
They played this song live in the assembly hall at Melbourne High School in 1970 when i was a third former. Blew me away then and it still rocks my socks off nearly 40-years later. Long may it live!
Earlier Masters Apprentices tracks like Elevator Driver and Living In A Child's Dream have been the subject of many accolades, and with good reason. They are classics! But for my money, Turn Up Your Radio is their masterpiece. An exuberant celebration and defiant stance against the excesses of the hippie era that came along at just the right time. It was to their eternal credit that Masters Apprentices followed their vision instead of defaulting to the flavor of the month mentality.
If you like this song - and personally I like it a lot - you would do well to check out Screaming Lord Sutch's album with 'heavy friends,' which was released the same year. It's remarkably similar kind of material and I suspect that this track was actually inspired by the SLS album.
these guys probably didn't sell well in scandinavia, I have never seen their albums in the record stores. too bad, they´re a good band. Is anybody willing to sell vinyl copies of their stuff??
That's my cousin on drums lol.. i've been told many times that these guys where huge but this is the 1st time i've heard their music that i know of LOL..
I can still remember that bonehead Jim Keays and that crap song 'Boy from the stars" Damn radio would NOT stop playing that when it came out in 74. Utter shite.
classic guitar riif and no my parent didnt mind turning it up coz if the songs gonna say turn it up then u go turn it up. they may have left the room occassionally. but thats wot i do now hehehe
Hey ! that is not good news, Glenn Wheatley reckons their early management were thieves.... he is our ex Prime Minister... that just makes him a money hungry jerk...!!!
According to Glenn, he took over management of the band because their current management, P Keatings company had been ripping them off, they were only paid appearance money......They could not go to England, where they had a hit song, because they could not afford it and their management would not pay fares........
What Wheatley went to jail for was pretty innocuous. It was bugger all compared to hundreds of money / business people in Australia who were doing far worse. The tax department claimed that they had many cases pending but after Wheatley, everything went quiet. The tax department has their scalp and the other cases went away.
The "investigation" has been quietly shelved and the legal people who were claiming Wheatley was innocent have become strangely quiet ............... Scapegoat anyone?
Where on earth did you get the notion that Paul Keating managed the Masters Apprentices? He managed a little-known Blacktown group called The Ramrods and, as he put it, took them "from nowhere to obscurity".
we just got home from seeing the Russell Morriss, Darryl Cotton & Him Keyes show, just fantastic. They were awesome. Thanks guys. I was in total awe in the first row, my ears are still ringing lol.
Masters Apprentices were ahead of their time. I am a '58 model and I can tell you, when I was a teenager they rocked my world. And I enjoyed that clip all over again, thanks for posting.
Jim Keyes, Darryl Cotton and Russell Morris are all playing together at the Mount Gravatt Bowls Club on the 14/5/09. We have front row. Saw Russell Morriss and Brian Cadd 2 weeks ago. just awesome.
My favorite Master's song - I lived across the road from Steve Hopgood (drummer) RIP and heard him practice all day when I was young - I remember they did a Beatles kinda thing up top of the hill larking around near the "Pitt Mansion" which is
now gone sadly.
alanhoward7777 5 days ago
also Ted Mulry gang, Russell Morris, Normie Rowe, Spectrum
macfuddled 1 week ago
I'm 58 too shortly LOL. Man, some of the memories coming back from this era.... all the other Aussie bands previously mentioned, and also The Easybeats
macfuddled 1 week ago
This song - Dargo Pub and Phil rocking to the jukebox, absolutely classic and always an absolute HOOT of a night - ah, the memories :)
Chrissy063 2 weeks ago
Gday ..Im 63 aussie now live in Canada ..was in Adelaide 66-72.Being in a band,we got to meet all the groups around,these guys,the zoot with rick springfield ( an incredible guitar player at 15!) and the Twilights...what a great time to grow up.Im getting all misty.
slutiva 3 weeks ago
@slutiva Amazing stories you must have! I am in my mid 20s and feel so privileged to have seen Chisels, Angels, Noiseworks, Mondo Rock (twice in one week! they played as Daddy Cool a couple days at uni later - about a dozen guys knew who they were and they loved us). I think though there is some good Aussie bands out there, too many though try to be too "American Commercial". Can't blame them though, nature of the game I suppose.
gnarkillkicksass 3 weeks ago
@Deolisful thanks for that info. We are talking about the same band. They were the good 'ol days.
treezacarr 1 month ago
I was 8 when this came out. Still my fav song. Got is my ringtone.
33sirvo 1 month ago
The best Australian band of the 60's / 70's !!!!!
shadyalan1 1 month ago
I met Jim Keayes when I was 16 at Pioneer Hall Wollongong NSW thanks to my neighbours The Tornadoes..... the memories will always remain ....so great to find this!!! thanks
Deolisful 1 month ago
@Deolisful The Tornados...were they the guys who used to do the Beach boys type music covers? They used to play at Dapto Leagues Club for a while.
treezacarr 1 month ago
@treezacarr the Tornadoes were all brothers - they would have played at many venues in the Illawarra, - they seemed to be around forever from the 60's. Originally they all lived in Windang.NSW. Cheers
Deolisful 1 month ago
I am 64. Great song, great band. I used to watch The Missing Links In Sydney 1964/65. Long hair, feedback.........never saw anything like it.
pauliepattaya 1 month ago
52? I'm 62 and I was there at their first gig, toured with them as the driver, all through Sth Aust in the 60's.Had an absolute blast. I still catch up occasionally with Peter Tilbrook who is still playing rock n roll about town here in Adelaide
189grumpy 2 months ago
@189grumpy Hey buddy. You might be able to confirm if they did a Saturday afternoon gig at the Woodville Bowl on Port road. Would have been 67-69. foggy memory of time but remember the event clearly and I swear to this day it was MA and Jim. Would have been 13 at the time i suppose.
56nackers 1 month ago
Well bugga me ...... geees we had some GREAT bands back then ,,,,
DaquiriSippa 2 months ago
Hey, who says young people have no taste! I'm 18, and I've loved this song since I was three. 15 years today, and I remember how! Raised on good ol' Aussie rock 'n' roll, just the way it should be! I'd say my mother taught me well...
watchingdragons 2 months ago
Iam 52 and this was a local band from my home town in south australia. They were great.
buyworkwear 2 months ago
what a bunch of old dicks I'm 58 and seriously you guys sound like my grandfather.get over ti .Was a great song and had balls ,remember them.
permie11 3 months ago
Fab.
HAPPYHALLOWEENA 3 months ago
Im 52 as well and they dont know what they missed :)
elicat1 3 months ago
Love the song, heard it when I was 8 years old. Especially the subtle singing at 2:33......
wekakiwi 3 months ago
Hey, I'm 52 toooo!!! I remember my father playing this really loud in 1970 when I was 11 & my mum used to hate it. Great old Aussie Rock...
sandypie33 3 months ago
i am also 52 and still rocking
debbiejohnson559 4 months ago
I´m also a child of the 60s and I´ve never heard of this band before. Maybe it´s because I´m from northern Europe and grow up with rock groups from England, USA and Sweden. But MA are really something. A tip: Check up THE ZETTLERS from somewhere in Scandinavia and their versions of "Skinnie Minnie" and "Beautiful Delilah". The recordings were made as early as 1965. Super!!!!!
TheSunbau 4 months ago
Had a poster of these guys on my wall back in the 70s in Footscray Melb
great to see the video again Thanks
Labhrasdebuck 4 months ago
Must be the 52 club..I'm 52 too, as well...I remember my mother not appreciating me playing this...:)
TheBluesharpoon 4 months ago
I remember the boys well
sunlinesusie 4 months ago
York to Perth...love you soo much xxx
SandiAnne 4 months ago
God damnit, i got sick because of the constant zooming in and out -.-'
ChaplainDMK 4 months ago 2
@ChaplainDMK lol
wozza2341 4 months ago
They were one of our super groups, The Easybeats are another.
lostraxx 5 months ago in playlist Aussie Pop
The Masters where masters, a great Aussie band........
Spazza40 5 months ago
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Spazza40 5 months ago
Yeeeeeeeeaeaeaaaaeeeahhhhhhh!!!!!!
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did you know that the foo fighters last 3 albums were written about what i have discovered? dont believe me? i have proof. press "see all" and read my 2 comments i have posted below and find out why. i am not lying. honest. regards from leith tasmania.
figbat1 6 months ago
i came up with theory that involves the book of genesis (fig leaves) buddha (sitting under the bodhi fig tree) jesus (many sayings about figs) ross horne's book (new health revolution) and science (figs are the most important source of food for fruit eating rainforest animals). i then experimented on the figs by eating mainly dried figs (same brand) for over 6 years now and found cycles which i related to the numbers in psgs 11/12 of the book of revelations. this theory has gone everywhere.
figbat1 6 months ago
so far i have had eliminations at days 504, 840, 1176, 1512, 1848, and expect my 7th at day 2520. today is day 2322. i have definitely found something. i am not lying. many songs have been written about what i have discovered. it has gone around the world..the foo fighters last 3 albums..."vertigo" by U2 (my first name is phil)...coldplays last 2 albums. an elimination is a day when you experience strong flu-like symptoms and feel terrible. bad stuff is washed out of your body, maybe disease.
figbat1 6 months ago
In those days, the entertainment industry paid so little Jim Keyes used to have a govt. job in downtown Melbourne and used to ride the Glen Waverly line train to work each morning, and he had hits in the charts!
lostraxx 6 months ago
I am also a child of the 60's and 70's - love the music and now my kids love them as well.
allahart 6 months ago
they also played on Hey Hey its Saturday!
6ULDV8PETE 6 months ago
Bloody brilliant! Love these guys and this song today just as much as back then!!
platinumtrumps 6 months ago
@mudrat70 I've heard of the Easybeats. My daughter is a big fan of The Living End. I hear they are from Australia, too.
TrekToons 6 months ago
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yallatup 7 months ago
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yallatup 7 months ago
@yallatup I'm 52 (in 2 months), so I'm a child of the 60s and 70s. I've never heard of these guys. So far, they sound pretty good to me like the other bands of the day. It's like discovering another rock group in my teens all over again. My hat's off to them. And God bless Australia, mate! My dad (RIP) was there during the war and had a lot of great memories of it. I'd trade 1000 Californians (where I live) for one Aussie! G'day!
TrekToons 7 months ago 37
@TrekToons and we love you yanks too :)
dancingterrorist 6 months ago
@TrekToons I'm glad you liked the Masters - a great oz band of the era and I'm convinced they would have been huge if they had been in USA or UK. Make sure you catch "Because I love you" - one of the best love ballads in all of R&R. Turn up your radio is great for summertime driving (be it California or down here in Oz).
echidna1955 5 months ago
@TrekToons I turned 52 a few months ago and still remember the Masters Apprentice and many other bands. I used to record the songs by connecting my tape recorder to the speaker inside the TV at mums shop. Suggest you research the history of aussie rock - The Zoot, Daddy Cool and Axiom are a few bands that had top songs in the 60's. Moving forward there was Little River Band, Cold Chisel and AC DC. Worth the journey to explore what we have down under.
jhpowlton 4 months ago 9
@jhpowlton I agree 100% My Dad was there during WW2. He said many good things about Australia. I'd like to go there some day.
TrekToons 3 months ago
@jhpowlton i listened to these guys on a small radio with an ear peace in bed so i didnt get caught not sleeping lol
Electricchris1 2 months ago
@TrekToons Hey lol they say if you can remember the 60's u weren't there. I'm an older than you aussie and remember them well (and the 60's). The MA's 'Its Because I love You' is a fave song of mine. We rocked downunder in the 60's while everyone else was heading to Woodstock.
suze190 3 months ago
@TrekToons Try listening to UNDECIDED their first recording - it rocks!
suze190 3 months ago
@TrekToons
Search for Cotton, Keys & Morris
Jim Keays is the lead singer of Masters Apprentices, he is normally on the left of the trio, center is Russell Morris and right is normally Darrel Cotton, Zoot Fame. We saw these guys 2 nights ago and they are better than ever
TrevorJ56 3 months ago
@TrevorJ56
Sorry should be Keays
TrevorJ56 3 months ago
@TrevorJ56 Dont forget Glenn Wheatly on bass guitar who went on to become Farnsy's manager.
cjlloyd53 2 months ago
@TrekToons mate im 55 and these blokes where huge gday and hows your mothers ducks lol
Electricchris1 2 months ago
@TrekToons "I'd trade 1000 Californians (where I live) for one Aussie! G'day!" just made my day :D
But although im just 20 years old i like to listen to this kind of music, just like jefferson airplane for example.
Greets from Germany ;)
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@TrekToons ..........G`DAY MATE!!
knutz7 1 month ago
It's a little known fact that Jim was drunk when he recorded this. I was in regular contact with him during the 1990's and he mentioned it during one of our many chin wags. It was also later confirmed in one of Glenn Wheatleys books as well. Australia's first 'Bad Boys of Rock' were brilliant live, especially when they reformed in the 1990's
wotsgoinonnow 7 months ago
for a psychedelic early 70's basic Oz rocker- not bad, but 'better than anything that came out of the US or UK at the time" ? Don't think so....one name that comes to mind- Deep Purple (amongst many others)...peace
physiologist1 8 months ago
@physiologist1 pfft they have 1 good song
blehtubezzz 8 months ago
as good as anything we or the poms came up with? this is SO embarrassingly bad & cornball, & you have the audacity to call US seppos? puh-LEEZ...
badmuddy 8 months ago
@badmuddy Calling you on yer ignorance buddy. These guys had like 2 corny tunes. One where they try to get revenge for Dr.King's murder. And this where they predict Happy Days. Let's face it as Americans, Australian music is a pillar of fire.
TheMagmagoblin 8 months ago
@badmuddy -Fuck off back to MacAmerica septic.
webaroos 8 months ago
This song is made of AWESOME!
lilly2kool 8 months ago
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iriaiden 8 months ago
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iriaiden 8 months ago
HOT
multifruitish 9 months ago
It doesn't get much better than this... CLASSIC!
Misukoneko 9 months ago 2
great classic.
iriaiden 9 months ago
The Masters songs - this one and `It's Because I Love You' - were featured on "Paper Giants" on the ABC on Sun & Mon last. This rekindled my passion for these two songs. Brilliant music!
ppm4eva 9 months ago
strikes the right note :p
Jbieberlykesdick 9 months ago
I love how everybody smiles for the camera
Pippin76 9 months ago
I bloody love this!I always turn it up loud!
MrMacca6969 9 months ago
classics
juopperiman 9 months ago
THIS IS JUST TOO GROOVY FOR WORDS. I LOVE IT.
zapkvr 9 months ago
The bass player is Glen Wheatley, John Farnham's long-time friend and manager.
jimincairns 9 months ago
Hardly a one hit wonder. Had about 10??? top ten hits. And I know for a fact somne songs are being synced regularly these days.
abbeyroadart 10 months ago
And for 500 bux,, they would play your highschool formal !!!
Marion High ,, early 70's !!
AUDIOPHILE1956 10 months ago
@AUDIOPHILE1956 Only because their record company was ripping them off blind.
zapkvr 9 months ago
My dad lived next door to the drummer in Felixstow, South Australia :) - he said that about once a week the band would come around to practice on the front lawn, and the street would fill up with people to watch! Wish I could've been there.
yomumma92 10 months ago 2
Ah.... the last comment was by Steves girlfriend...!!!! Not Steve!!!!
Steveromig 11 months ago
When I was 15, I had a poster of this fab band on the inside of my wardrobe door. had a huge crush on Jim, and would pash his face every morning before going to school!!! Funny how life turns out.... My partner recorded this song in 2008, Jim played the harmonica on it and yep....I got to kiss him for real!!!
Not a pash, mind you....Jims happily married and I'm devoted to my love. Sigh...
Steveromig 11 months ago
back when they started out he would watch em practice in the garage
armaholic99 11 months ago
my dad lived next door to these guys
armaholic99 11 months ago
I loved this song as a 15 year old and I still do!!
HixonOz 11 months ago
note the special effects and no fukin mobiles going off, basic legends. puts a smile on an old fukkers face : ))
bigboondi 11 months ago 2
not very creative, but a lot of attitude.
TheStatue1 1 year ago
I reckon I saw this clip on coutdown? Damn that was a long time ago, great song still. Imagine if Justin Beiber was 1/3 as good! LOL
unreal22000 1 year ago
One of their best.......love it!!....
Spazza40 1 year ago
so excellent, makes my pants wanna get up and dance!... even now..........
Msbehaving2010 1 year ago
This is the best song ever, Masters Apprentice "Turn Up Your Radio". Rocked me in the 70's and I still love it. What do you think?
FandangleProductions 1 year ago
Wow,this is the best.
eelsdoors 1 year ago
sweeet!
acerb45666555 1 year ago
jim keys admitted he cant rember recording this song because he was drunk at the time
lake40 1 year ago
God... the camera work... I'm gonna throw up...ummmph
TheWitchOvAgnesi 1 year ago
A Y/T friend sent me this,I had never heard of them before,I wasn't born yet. in 1967. Man this is good old fashion rock n roll.Love it! I think I was born in the wrong era.
USAdude30 1 year ago
Master Apprentices owed me a radio when i was a kid , way back then.
I did what they said, i turned it up and then blew it up.
greg0058 1 year ago
great song,its a shame music is the way it is today...
khuorutstz 1 year ago
1970 - the year we arrived in Oz - but the Masters were already huge in the UK from whence we had just come!!
What a band!! Australia has produced a few classics - check out Zoot's cover of Eleanor Rigby linked here - also awesome!!
UriahHeep100 1 year ago
This song was not a chart hit in Australia because, quite ironically, EMI and other record labels were in dispute with radio stations over royalties (record companies wanted radio to pay to play their songs....not surprisingly this position did not last long. A slightly different mix of the song appeared on an EMI 20 hits LP, until that came out I had never heard of this song. This is now rightly regarded as an Australian classic but was a victim of the radio ban at the time.
goonsquid 1 year ago
When I was an apprentice, we used to drive the tradies crazy by playing this on the worksite.
deewhytony 1 year ago
zoot suit brilliant then and now
spider15able 1 year ago
-My Mother went to the local Record Bar & the Dude conned her into buying this EP for Me...She regretted doing so, for Years! Full Blast...Turn up Your PC Monitor!
BigAussieJoe 1 year ago
Quite a departure from their earlier psych hits like Elevator Driver. In many ways, I prefer this phase of their career. And for my money, this was their best track overall! It's quite a courageous statement for 1970. It stood for truth in music at a time when such virtues were suddenly in short supply.
MikeBlitzMag 1 year ago
As good as anything that came out of the States or the U.K in 1970
Aqene1000 1 year ago 12
One of the best rock songs ever written, without doubt!!
debiedog1 1 year ago 2
love it love it love it!! made my night
Terrilliser 1 year ago 2
wild! fantastic!
acerb45666555 1 year ago 2
i can't stop thinking about spinal tap when watching this
massiveorangecrayon 1 year ago
Is that Glenn Wheatley with hair!?
arffrossco 1 year ago
@arffrossco yeap!
Gouanaco 1 year ago
@arffrossco yes that is Glenn. When he realised that bands were being ripped off, he got more and more into management with great success - the Little River Band and John Farnham to mention a couple.
debiedog1 1 year ago
fantastic...i loved it when i was 19 and still love it now i am 59. loved them in their leather.....
jakjazzz 1 year ago
Rock doesn't come any better than this
debiedog1 1 year ago
@765tony many good song from these dudes
Mentorcase 1 year ago
cool song, don,t know why never heard it before.
vanhogan16 1 year ago
@vanhogan16
Hey guy, just checked and you seem cool, you probly never herd them before becos they were popular in Australia in the 60s and 70s and probly nowhere else. Aurtsralia was a very small market internally but it created a particulaer sound that all Aussies can recognise and say "Hey! Thats an Aussie fukkin band!"
pathdaly 1 year ago 2
Fantastic...Brings me back to Melbourne in the 70s The Masters Daddy Cool Zoot Skyhooks AC/DC The Aztecs Chain Sherbet Lobby Lloyde Great times incredable music. Thanks for the memories....
Labhrasdebuck 1 year ago
What happened to music?
thesteveus 1 year ago
@thesteveus you grew up - never ever grow up!
Gouanaco 1 year ago
turn it up every day
rvr566 1 year ago
oh shit how i loved Jim Keays !!!!I am now 55 and ---just like Jim look sooo diferent !!! F...k life is harse
hagars57 1 year ago
awesome!! .... even if they were (pretty much) a one hit wonder.
trippylippy1 1 year ago
@trippylippy1 what ?
Mentorcase 1 year ago
there's only one way to listen to this song.....LOUD
selmep 1 year ago
turn up your IPOD and crank this song out haha
Terrilliser 1 year ago
HAH! 1970's screamo lol.
RetroRanga1993 1 year ago
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yeahtash 1 year ago 9
@yeahtash shuddup ya fuckin' paedophile
multiplex123 1 year ago
This isn't a R&B classic! This was the song that made people they could rock, exactly what they wanted! To be taken seriously in the industry...
Sascha4791 2 years ago
@Sascha4791 AGREE TOTALLY!!
Prenty52 1 year ago
This film clip is hilarious, remember recording it back in high school. I'm but a youngin' though. Comparitively speaking that is.
ligeynuts 2 years ago
They played this song live in the assembly hall at Melbourne High School in 1970 when i was a third former. Blew me away then and it still rocks my socks off nearly 40-years later. Long may it live!
nzmagpie1 2 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG !
BIGMERV84 2 years ago 2
good shit
8shanzy8 2 years ago
EVEN BETTER THAN THAT
nzmagpie1 2 years ago
Earlier Masters Apprentices tracks like Elevator Driver and Living In A Child's Dream have been the subject of many accolades, and with good reason. They are classics! But for my money, Turn Up Your Radio is their masterpiece. An exuberant celebration and defiant stance against the excesses of the hippie era that came along at just the right time. It was to their eternal credit that Masters Apprentices followed their vision instead of defaulting to the flavor of the month mentality.
MikeBlitzMag 2 years ago
I LIKE THIS VERY VERY COOL THIS ROCKS !
waylo4526 2 years ago
That girls singer has a really deep voice
adamska101 2 years ago
Who ?
LoveMarriott 2 years ago
If you like this song - and personally I like it a lot - you would do well to check out Screaming Lord Sutch's album with 'heavy friends,' which was released the same year. It's remarkably similar kind of material and I suspect that this track was actually inspired by the SLS album.
ilovechickenkillers2 2 years ago
Classic rock riff only known in Oz - bad luck to the rest of the world...
Borella309 2 years ago
That girl sure has a deep voice.
victor1963 2 years ago
a very annoying song made even more annoying by the camera work.
Coldacre 2 years ago
the lead singer of this band was apparently very drunk when they recorded this song and he said he can't remember recording it
trenttherandom 2 years ago 2
Aussie rock a hole nother style I havnt heard of. Been listening to it all morning
blueridger28 2 years ago
these guys probably didn't sell well in scandinavia, I have never seen their albums in the record stores. too bad, they´re a good band. Is anybody willing to sell vinyl copies of their stuff??
Casar1973 2 years ago
boring
890madjack 2 years ago
Best Song Ever :D
Lost 2 years ago
BLOODY AWESOME MUSIC!!!!!
Darkangel21021 2 years ago
That's my cousin on drums lol.. i've been told many times that these guys where huge but this is the 1st time i've heard their music that i know of LOL..
drumboarder1 2 years ago
This is one damn catchy riff. Does anyone know where i can get the tab for this?
aussieosbourne 2 years ago
I can still remember that bonehead Jim Keays and that crap song 'Boy from the stars" Damn radio would NOT stop playing that when it came out in 74. Utter shite.
zapkvr 2 years ago
classic guitar riif and no my parent didnt mind turning it up coz if the songs gonna say turn it up then u go turn it up. they may have left the room occassionally. but thats wot i do now hehehe
leanda27 2 years ago 2
mddawson1 YOU ARE THE BEST !
THANKYOU THANKYOU for posting this song
l have not heard it for over 30 years when l used to live in australia it was one of my favourites. I LOVE IT
THANKYOU!!!
biersanea 2 years ago
I don't come much better than this for Old Oz Rock!
Toyboy789 2 years ago 23
I think I spotted a tax cheat in there somewhere :-)
Oh well, it's an Aussie pastime.
hellonewman1 2 years ago 4
Oh this is one of my ALL TIME fav songs
Thanks for posting
yutu34 2 years ago
FREAK OUT
pharmajoe990 2 years ago
This was when Paul Keating (ex PM) was their manager..
hink32 2 years ago 2
Hey ! that is not good news, Glenn Wheatley reckons their early management were thieves.... he is our ex Prime Minister... that just makes him a money hungry jerk...!!!
johnscomment 2 years ago
Keating managed The Ramrods
Glen Wheatley didn't he do time for
tax fraud, Talk about the pot calling the kettle black
lawlers69 2 years ago
According to Glenn, he took over management of the band because their current management, P Keatings company had been ripping them off, they were only paid appearance money......They could not go to England, where they had a hit song, because they could not afford it and their management would not pay fares........
johnscomment 2 years ago
Darryl Sambell was sacked as their manager and Glenn Wheatley replaced him as manager
lawlers69 2 years ago
What Wheatley went to jail for was pretty innocuous. It was bugger all compared to hundreds of money / business people in Australia who were doing far worse. The tax department claimed that they had many cases pending but after Wheatley, everything went quiet. The tax department has their scalp and the other cases went away.
The "investigation" has been quietly shelved and the legal people who were claiming Wheatley was innocent have become strangely quiet ............... Scapegoat anyone?
TheRayman56 2 years ago
Where on earth did you get the notion that Paul Keating managed the Masters Apprentices? He managed a little-known Blacktown group called The Ramrods and, as he put it, took them "from nowhere to obscurity".
fernald10 2 years ago
A True Blue Aussie Classic.
Love it!!!
evilbastard13 2 years ago
Still sounds great - classic guitar riff. An underrated song.
Dipso1985 2 years ago 8
we just got home from seeing the Russell Morriss, Darryl Cotton & Him Keyes show, just fantastic. They were awesome. Thanks guys. I was in total awe in the first row, my ears are still ringing lol.
nikko601 2 years ago
Jim*
nikko601 2 years ago
Love it!
EdricODoom 2 years ago
I remember my Father nearly throwing the radio out the window when this came on for the first time......but he warmed to it eventually...........
fjbutch 2 years ago 3
LMAO mate, that's a killer lol.
rob262 2 years ago
This song rocked Australian teenagers all over... this sound was new and loud... Parents hated it.....
carpetcle 2 years ago
the long blond haired guy ...is GLENN WHEATLEY , OMG !!!!!
nikko601 2 years ago 2
nikko601:
OMG ! IT IS TOO ! LMAO.
geez, he looks lol a bit poofey there.
rob262 2 years ago
Masters Apprentices were ahead of their time. I am a '58 model and I can tell you, when I was a teenager they rocked my world. And I enjoyed that clip all over again, thanks for posting.
HRHshirley 2 years ago 4
Jim Keyes, Darryl Cotton and Russell Morris are all playing together at the Mount Gravatt Bowls Club on the 14/5/09. We have front row. Saw Russell Morriss and Brian Cadd 2 weeks ago. just awesome.
nikko601 2 years ago