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Arriving in the UK in October 1968 Bentley, Liber and Montgomery (joined by former [[Levi Smith Clefs]]' bass player John Helman) played at the Vesuvio club on [[Tottenham Court Road]]. In early 1969 they performed at the [[Arts Lab]] on [[Drury Lane]] for several months where they were spotted by DJ [[John Peel]]. In April 1969 Bentley, Liber and Montgomery, joined by Jamie Byrne from The Groove, recorded three tracks in the studio with British singer [[Rod Stewart]].
Stewart was brought in to sing a few songs and one in particular, since Bentley had informed his bandmates that he didn't think his own voice was right for it. Recorded by [[John Peel]], "[[In a Broken Dream]]" and two other songs sung by Stewart, "Doin' Fine" (a version of "Cloud Nine") and "The Blues", remained unreleased until 1970 when [[Miki Dallon]] re-produced the track for his Youngblood label and released it, having bought the masters from John Peel. Rod Stewart was paid a set of seat covers for his car for doing the session. The single was not a success on its release but Dallon re-released it in August 1972 to coincide with Rod Stewart's release of "You Wear It Well", his second big solo single. With Rod being more famous by then, "In A Broken Dream" rose to number three in the [[UK Singles Chart]] and #56 in the [[United States|U.S.]] [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Rock File 3 Chartlog – Sources of British Hit Songs:Writers, American Hits and Original Versions |author=Gillett, Charlie & Frith, Simon |year=1975 |publisher=Panther |___location=St. Albans, Herts. |isbn=0-586-04261-X |page=126 }}</ref>
Following the recording of the songs with Stewart the group continued to make sporadic live appearances and ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' magazine advertised one show at the Bottleneck Club in the Railway Tavern, [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] in East London on 28 June 1969. The band went into hiatus in the years from 1969 to 1972, during which period the band members explored separate projects.
In 1972, David Bentley, Mick Liber, and David Montgomery made some recordings with new members Gary Boyle (guitar) and former [[The Easybeats]]' member Tony Cahill (bass). These tracks subsequently appeared on the band's only album (also titled "In A Broken Dream") alongside the earlier Rod Stewart recordings from 1969 resulting in the release of the song and the subsequent charting. The song was popular in Europe and appeared on the [[soundtrack]] of [[film]]s and documentaries (including the art house [[film|movie]] ''[[Breaking the Waves]]'') and became the subject of many [[cover version]]s. [[Rod Stewart]] included the [[song]] on two anthologies of previously recorded work and, in 1996, an English band, [[Thunder (band)|Thunder]], delivered a high-octane rendering that propelled it into the [[United Kingdom|UK]] chart for the second time. In 2004 a cover of the song on ''[[Relations (album)|Relations]]'' recorded by British [[singer]] [[Kathryn Williams]]. In 2009, [[Half A Cow]] released ''[[Sweet Consolation (album)|Sweet Consolation]]'', a 24 track anthology of their work. Meant to be a definitive collection, it does not however, contain "In A Broken Dream" as the producers were unable to obtain the required licences needed to include their most famous song.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sweet Consolation|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-consolation-r1697276/review|publisher=www.allmusic.com|accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> Cahill was replaced on bass by Chris Belshaw shortly before the band dissolved.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}
Following the dissolution of the band, Montgomery would go on to briefly play drums for the [[United States|American]] band [[King Harvest]]. He had been due to meet with [[Brian Jones]] on the day of Jones's death to discuss a collaboration.
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