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==Members in Australia==

*Frank Kennington -– [[Singing|vocals]]

*Mick Liber -– [[guitar]]

*David Montgomery -– [[Drum kit|drums]]

*Roy James -– [[Bass guitar|bass]]

*Bob Brady -– [[Singing|vocals]]

*Lloyd Hardy aka Lloyd Hudson -– [[Bass guitar|bass]]

*David Bentley -– [[songwriter]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], vocals

*Malcolm McGee -– [[human voice|vocals]]

*Bob Welsh -– [[piano]]

*Duncan McGuire -– [[Bass guitar|bass]]

*Dave MacTaggart -– [[Bass guitar|bass]]

*Bernie McGann -– [[sax]]

*Laurie Arthur -– [[guitar]]

==Australian period==

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==Members in UK==

*David Bentley -– [[songwriter]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Singing|vocals]]

*David Montgomery -– [[Drum kit|drums]]

*Mick Liber -– [[guitar]]

*John Helman -– [[Bass guitar|bass]]

*Jamie Byrne -– [[Bass guitar|bass]]

*Tony Cahill -– [[bass guitar]]

*Gary Boyle -– [[guitar]]

==British period and "In A Broken Dream"==

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 several other songs sung by Stewart sat on the shelf and languished until [[1970]] when [[Miki Dallon]] re-produced the track for his [[Youngblood]] label and released it. The single flopped on it's release but Dallon persevered and re-released it in early [[1972]]. The single rose to number three in the [[UK Singles Chart]] and #56 in the [[United States|U.S.]] [[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 had continued to make sporadic live appearances and [[Time Out]] magazine advertised one show at the Bottleneck Club in the Railway Tavern, Stratford in London's East End on June 28th, 1969. After a hiatus, during which the band members explored separate projects in the years from 1970 to 1972, David Bentley, Mick Liber, David Montgomery and Tony Cahill (bass) (who had played drums with [[The Easybeats]]) made some recordings in 1972 with English guitarist Gary Boyle. 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.