Managing
Tired of their ongoing management problems, in late 1969 the band sacked their manager of the time, Darryl Sambell (who also managed Farnham) and Wheatley took over day-to-day business affairs and bookings. The group also set up its own Melbourne-based booking agency, Drum, which soon boasted a roster of several dozen local groups, as well as promoting several international tours.
After winning a national talent contest, the Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds, the group was able to use their prize—free passage to the UK on a cruise liner—to travel to England in early 1970. There they recorded two highly-regarded LPs, but lack of commercial success, limited work opportunities and continuing financial problems eventually led to their break-up 1972.
Wheatley remained in the UK for some time before moving to the United States. During this period he worked for various management and booking agencies, learning the intricacies of management and agency work, contract negotiations and tour promotions.
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