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4th November 2011

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Pre Tintern Abbey to the first incarnation

Prior to forming Tintern Abbey, Don Smith was a member of Twickenham band, The Turnkeys.  Below is a newspaper report from 1964 announcing the band's success in securing a contract to provide the score for a film.

Previously unheard demo acetates can be heard here Tintern Abbey acetates



Advert for the newly released Deram single, and a review:


Below are some previously unseen (in their original form) publicity shots for the first incarnation of Tintern Abbey, circa 1967.  Thanks to Don Smith for providing all scans.


First Istanbul gig; Don Smith in action:

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3 comments:

EXPO67 said...

Thanks Sir Henry - top post as usual.

19 January 2012 18:47
Anonymous said...

great photos here thank you!!

21 January 2012 19:14
Butterflyrobot said...

The group look dapper all right. It is up to imagination what variety of colours would be on display.

25 January 2012 07:27

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