(M) The Music Encyclopedia of The Gravis Sub Humus

Masters Apprentices: Undecided 1967(ep), Volume 2 1968 (ep), Turn Up The Radio 1969 (ep), The Masters Apprentices 1967, Masterpiece 1970, Choice Cuts 1971, Nickelodeon 1971, A Toast to Panama Red 1972, Now That It's Over (Best Of)1974, Hands of Time 1981

The group Masters Apprentices are one of the most respected Australian Rock acts of the 60s & 70s time period. Those using this data base as a curio for prospective Heavy Music collecting should be aware that just a select number of albums from their catalog will be of interest. Namely those being, Choice Cuts, Nickelodeon & A Toast To Panama Red. By the time these 3 albums had been released, with Nickelodeon being a live album that captured them at their peak, the Masters Apprentices, a band that started out playing Garage Beat music, had become an incredibly competent guitar oriented Heavy Rock band that had amassed a huge following inside and outside of Oz. The band unfortunately seemed to encounter one business set back after another. They never really "synced up" with the label heads in order to get the kind of backing and promotion that would have helped to ward off the tribulations that came with a demanding practice and performance regiment. It seems as though for a band with as much promise as any could hope for, that (not) quite surprisingly the corporate incompetents at the various record labels never managed to wise up in time. All three of the aforementioned albums are amongst the best examples of Australian Heavy Rock ever made containing superb song writing craft and musical talent. Although Masters Apprentices somehow at times get labeled a "progressive" band, the majority of what they did post 1970 was straight up Heavy Rock. A Toast To Panama Red does have definite Heavy Prog leanings, but it's all seemingly based on typical evolutionary defusing of their previously styled efforts.