In early 1966, Kennington was deported to the UK, and former the Missing Links singer, Bob Brady, filled in for several months before Lieber and Montgomery put a new line-up together.
[2][3] In June, the quartet added former Wild Cherries' Melbourne-born singer, Malcolm McGee (1 November 1945 – 17 May 2012), and opened Rhubarb's club in Sydney's Liverpool Street.
"[3] Jackie Lee Lewes of The Australian Women's Weekly opined in November 1966 that "Their music is loud and furious" and cited McGee, who felt their sound was in "the Chicago-style city blues idiom.
The new line-up released the band's final Australian single, "It's a Wonder", backed by "I Keep Forgetting", in August before Welsh left to be replaced by saxophone player.
Python Lee Jackson continued to play gigs, appearing at Melbourne clubs, Sebastians, and Berties until the band broke up in January 1968.
McGee then joined vocal trio the Virgil Brothers with Rob Lovett (formerly of the Loved Ones) and Mick Hadley (ex-Purple Hearts).
McGee recorded two singles with the Virgil Brothers, including their Australian hit, "Temptation 'Bout to Get Me", but he left the group after they moved to the UK in late 1969 and was replaced by Danny Robinson (ex-the Wild Cherries).
[6] The band played at the Vesuvio club on Tottenham Court Road, and in early 1969 performed at the Arts Lab on Drury Lane for several months, where it was spotted by DJ John Peel.
In April 1969 Bentley, Lieber and Montgomery were joined by Jamie Byrne from the Groove, and recorded three tracks in the studio with Rod Stewart as a guest vocalist.
[10] Following the recording of the songs with Stewart, the group made sporadic live appearances; Time Out magazine advertised one show at the Bottleneck Club in the Railway Tavern, Stratford in East London on 28 June 1969.
The song was popular in Europe and appeared on the soundtrack of films and documentaries (including the arthouse movie Breaking the Waves) and became the subject of many cover versions.
Rod Stewart included the song on two anthologies of previously recorded work and, in 1996, English band, Thunder, delivered a high-octane rendering that propelled it into the UK chart for the second time.
Meant to be a definitive collection, it does not contain "In a Broken Dream" as the producers were unable to obtain the required licences needed to include their most famous song.