He irons my clothes, washes them, too. Packs all my casses and carries all 27 of them." According to a newspaper report, in June 1969, Farnham was suing Sambell for monies owed, amounting to $30,000. Farnham's father had initiated legal proceedings when his accountant had checked his son's financial records. After returning from their current tour, Sambell provided the missing receipts, the case never went to court and Farnham told media, "There's no ill feeling at all. It is unfortunate that this happened, and I stress that there are absolutely no plans for changing my management." In mid-1968 Sambell had taken over the management of pop, rock band, the Masters Apprentices, which had formed in Adelaide but were based in Melbourne. According to Duncan Kimball of "Milesago" website, "it turned out to be a mixed blessing. He was a master networker and great at getting publicity... He was also a partner in the newly-formed AMBO booking agency... this proved very helpful for concert bookings. But in the long run Sambell was more interested in promoting Farnham's career... Sambell's pop tastes were also were at odds with the developing progressive direction of the Masters' music." Late in 1968 he took over management of another Adelaide-formed pop, rock band, Zoot. Sambell had already worked with Zoot back in Adelaide when they were known as Down the Line in 1965 and had used them as a backing band for Harrell's early performances. He also used them in mid-1967 to back Farnham on his demo recordings prior to signing with EMI. The Masters Apprentices and Zoot had been rivals in Adelaide, further animosity occurred as both groups competed at the Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds, "when Zoot refused to let the Masters use some of their equipment." The Masters Apprentices' bass guitarist, Glenn Wheatley, took over their management and promotion, early in 1970, before they relocated to England in mid-year. Sambell worked with Farnham into the 1970s where the artist branched out into TV series and stage musicals. Sambell was Farnham's best man at his wedding to Jillian Billman, a former musical theatre dancer, in April 1973. Sambell disapproved of the wedding: Australian music critic, Ed Nimmervoll, opined, "it's a symbol of just how out of touch Sambell had become with Farnham's needs personally as well as professionally."