THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,689) Peter Tilbrook — “All Mine to Play With”
Ex-Masters Apprentice [see #297, 1,688] guitarist/bassist rips it up with a “superb fuzz psych” (Popsike.com, https://www.popsike.com/PETER-TILBROOK-All-Mine-To-Play-With-FANTASTIC-OZ-FUZZ-PSYCH-SOLO-45-HEAR/331633292550.html) solo B-side, “[a] ton o’ fuzz – monster”. (narinderdhanjal221, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTikC8cO_I8) Indeed. Oh, and it’s funky as heck.
Peter Tilbrook’s website tells us that:
Peter’s very first two bands were The Avengers with his best friend Graham Cox and later Roger Ball & The Bouncers, but his first serious and highly successful band was called The Bentbeaks. The Bentbeaks played regularly at top Adelaide Club the Oxford Club and went on to come equal second in the South Australian heat of Hoadley’s Battle of the Bands in 1966 the prize being a trip to Sydney to record on the Spin label and was produced by Nat Kipner. . . . They recorded one single . . . called “Caught Red Handed”/”Raining Sunshine”[, the latter being] the first song Peter wrote in collaboration with Steve Adorian the singer of the band . . . . The Bentbeaks played in Sydney, in Melbourne and all over country Victoria, and in Adelaide and all over country South Australia. The Bentbeaks broke up when the singer’s girlfriend got pregnant and Peter quickly changed from lead guitar to bass guitar and joined top Adelaide band The Sounds of Silence who were about to leave for Melbourne where all the music action was at the time. The Sounds of Silence recorded . . . two singles “Running High” and “Mary’s got a daisy” . . . . Whilst living in Melbourne and playing in The Sounds of Silence, Peter was approached to join The Masters Apprentices that were also in Melbourne at the time. The Masters knew of Peter Tilbrook from his days in the Bentbeaks. . . . [and his] wild guitar playing and on-stage antics . . . . Peter was in the Masters Apprentices in 1967 and 1968 . . . . When Peter eventually decided to leave the Master’s Apprentices at Xmas time in 1968, he left to form a duo with another great Adelaide singer Richard Hay . . . . called Paradise and [they] were immediately signed to the Sweet Peach record label for recording, song writing and management. They recorded two singles on the Sweet Peach label called “Jessie” and “Sin”. . . . [the latter] ended up being banned. Paradise played all over Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and did countless television appearances. . . . After Paradise ended, Peter went solo and recorded two singles “Stop the time”/”All Mine to Play With” and “I Wonder Why”/”A Madman Roams Tonight” all written by Peter. “Stop the Time” was on the Australian charts for about 4.5 months and reached number 8 and because of its success, he was offered a contract to be a regular singer on the popular Channel 7 Adelaide tonight show . . . The Barry Ion Show . . . . As a solo act, Peter performed in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. When disco came in in the 70’s, Peter’s career went quiet from around 1973 like so many other’s in the music industry at the time and he didn’t start playing again until around 1986 when he joined a band called Crosstown with Attilla Deveney. Subsequently he played in a duo called The Spoilers with Jok Howlett. . . . [and then] teamed up with Brian Davidge to form The Party Cats . . . . They played together for almost (26) years and were one of the most successful acts in Adelaide. . . .
As to Tilbrook’s departure from the Master’s Apprentices, Glenn Baker writes that “[d]issatisfied with Peter Tilbrook’s songwriting (and his demands for recording of same), the new group prepared to dismiss him by recruiting Bay City Union bassist Gregg Wheatley . . . .” (liner notes to the CD comp Hands of Time: The Masters Apprentices 1965-72)
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