In October 1966 The Sevens parted company with manager Martin Meyer. They had been thinking about sacking him for some time, due to a variety of conflicts and many differences of opinion. The group had already written a song called No Mr. Manager more than six months before they took the decision to fire him. The group thought about managing themselves for awhile, but then agreed to enlist the services of Rolf Aemisegger, the ex-manager of The Slaves. He then put them in contact with the ex-Onion Gooks organ player Jelly Pastorini, who accepted the group's offer to join. With this new line-up The Sevens played on the 14. of April 1967 at the legendary Rolling Stones concert in Zürich. Each band (except for The Sevens and Les Sauterelles) had to pay 1000
Swiss Franks so they could open for the Stones. One week before the Stones concert, Jelly Pastorini suddenly disappeared and nobody knew where he was. It was in all the press. Not even his girlfriend knew where he was. So The Sevens had to finish a one week engagement as a three piece and nobody knew if Jelly was going to return for the Stones concert or not. Most of the groups opening were disliked by the audience and so they received no real applause at all. The Sevens was the last opening group, they would play directly before the Stones. So, after Les Sauterelles finished their set, people in the audience were waiting anxiously for The Sevens to appear. They had heard that Jelly had disappeared, so they were curious to find out what was going to happen next. Then The Sevens came on stage and then one moment later Jelly Pastorini appeared and everybody was surprised. People started to scream and applaude. The 12,000 people were screaming and in such a rage, that The Sevens drummer Pit could barely hear Pino´s accoustic guitar intro of The Sevens opening song, but then everything went OK. It was a great show for The Sevens. They were the only opening band to receive a fantastic applause from the audience. Then came the Stones, but after 35 minutes (and 7 songs later) the Stones were already gone. The audience was rather disappointed with the Stones appearance, because they couldn't hear anything above all the screaming. Finally, just for kicks, or maybe out of pure frustration all the 500 wooden chairs at the Hallenstadion got smashed by the angry audience and the cops and press went nuts.

The Sevens continued to play concerts around Switzerland and Germany. At the Hithouse in München they were offered a contract from Liberty records, but again they couldn't sign it, because they were still bound to the Layola contract. During 16. to 28. October 1967 they would play together with The Creation throughout 12 towns around Switzerland. The Sevens finally split in 1968, because it was becoming too tough to exist as a beat band. Michel later became a leading figure in the teachings of Zen. After the break-up of The Sevens, Pino Gasparini played with Pepe Lienhard. Pino has also released some solo CDs and can be spotted now and again on Swiss TV.

The final lineup of The Sevens from November 1967 till early 1968. L to R: Nicholas "Nicky" Partridge (ex-The Surfboards from the U.K., on organ, vocals), Michel Bovay (bass, vocals), Pit Schaefer (drums), and Pino Gasparini (lead guitar, vocals).
Classic promo card from 1966. Left to right: Muggi, Pino, Nando, Pierre, and Michel