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In April 1967, Dave MacTaggart from Adelaide band The Black Pearls replaced Virgil East. On 11 June the group appeared on Opus TV with [[The Loved Ones]] and Ray Hoff and The Offbeats. The new line-up released the band's final Australian single, "It’s a Wonder" c/w "I Keep Forgetting", in August before Welsh left to be replaced by saxophone player [[Bernie McGann]].
A few months later Mick Liber left and worked with [[Billy Thorpe]] and Gulliver Smith’s band, The Noyes, while former member Virgil East joined [[Jeff St John]]’s next project, Yama. Liber's replacement was Laurie Arthur from [[The Strangers (Australian band)|The Strangers]]. The band continued to play gigs, appearing at Melbourne clubs, Sebastians, and Berties. However Python Lee Jackson broke up in January 1968.
Malcolm McGee then joined vocal trio [[The Virgil Brothers]] with [[Rob Lovett]] (ex [[The Loved Ones]]) and [[Peter Doyle (singer)|Peter Doyle]] (who had replaced founding member [[Mick Hadley]] from [[The Purple Hearts]]). McGee recorded two singles with the Virgil Brothers, including their Australian hit "Temptation 'Bout To Get Me", but he left the group just after they moved to the UK in late 1969 and was replaced by [[Danny Robinson]] (ex [[The Wild Cherries]]. McGee later played with McGuire in [[Rush (band)|Rush]]. MacTaggart reunited with Liber briefly in Billy Thorpe's band.
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