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Tintern Abbey: a value-for-money coupling

Few bands can claim immortality on the strength of just one 4 5, bu t the short-lived Tintern Abbey certainly qualify. T he m asterful Beeside / Vacuum Cleanerappeared in November 1967, but sold poorly. Itsreputation has never stopped growing, however, and inrecent years copies have changed hands on eBay forover £1000. The flippantly-named A-side is a woozy Mellotron-dipped ballad, while the real B-side is astupendous psychedelic rock song, with one of thegreatest distorted guit ar solos of all time, courtesy of Don Smith. Though more pre ss appeared about the band than most one-single-shots of the era, not muchis known about them. Here's what I've found.

Tintern Abbey coalesced at the Overseas Visitors Clubin Earl's Court, where singer / songwriter DaveMacTavish met guitarist Don Smith in late 1966. Smith brought in drummer John Dalton after meeting h im atthe Cromwellian Club in South Kensington, and theline-up was completed when MacTavish met bassistStuart Mackay in a dole queue. They rehearsed atMacTavish's flat in World's End, and made demos of

various songs in the spring of 1967, which can be heard here . These reached the ears of manager NigelSamuel, who signed them up and despatched them to Cornwall to get their sound and act together, after

which they signed to Decca and swiftly recorded a 45 with producer Jonathan Webber, probably inOctober. Here's the press release the label sent out to promote the 45:

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And here's the actual disc, which appeared on November 24th 1967:

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5/16

The band was fortunate to have a wealthy patron in the form of Nigel Samuel, a young publishing heir who was happy to splash his cash around the underground (he also supported International Times andThe Deviants). As such, numerous adverts promoting the disc appeared in the music press - far morethan most such 45s received. Here they are:

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7/16

The ads did little good, though the band did creep into Record Mirror's 'Names & Faces' column at thetime of Beeside's release:

Press reaction was favourable, though for some reason Melody Maker didn't run a review:

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8/16

Samuel also appears to have paid the über-cool design team Hapshash & The Coloured Coat to design apromo poster, which exists in both colour and black & white versions. Here they are:

The band played a few shows to promote the 45, including one at the hip Happening 44 in Gerrard Streeta month before its release:

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9/16

The disc was officially launched at London's Arts Laboratory (at 182 Drury Lane) on November 27th.Melody Maker had only this to say, on December 9th:

A further show followed at the equally hip Speakeasy on December 29th:

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10/16

Oddly, despite these live ads, Don Smith has no recollection of the original quartet ever having played aconcert in Britain. He does, however, recall them travelling to Amsterdam - a trip which this rare postercommemorates:

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11/16

By the end of 1967 the band was being represented by the Ellis-Wright Agency (later to evolve intoChrysalis):

In November 1967 the band recorded further demos, but whatever momentum they had gathered waslost in January, when Smith was asked to leave (essentially because he was into uppers, and the others

were more into pot). Dalton departed soon afterwards, and the duo were replaced by Colin Forster andJohn 'Willie' Wilson. Here's a rare signed picture of the new line-up:

And here they are in action:

You might have noticed that MacTavish has a honey buzzard (named Thor) perched on his shoulder. Iasked his friend Tim Du Feu (bassist with fellow London hipsters The Open Mind) if he could shed any light on this, and he told me: "It was Dave's pet. The band lived in a mews cottage in Chelsea that waspaid for by Nigel Samuel. It had a minstrel's gallery, and that bloody bird used to swoop down to catchping-pong balls thrown by Dave. It was terrifying round there." Apparently Samuel used the band'shouse as a party venue, and expected the band to provide spontaneous live entertainment at all times of day and night (the lucky neighbours). Not many gigs seem to have been played beyond its walls, butSamuel continued to place ads (whose purpose is unclear) in International Times as 1968 wore on. Here'sanother:

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and another:

and another:

In March, Forster was replaced by Paul Brett. Here's the final line up (clockwise from top left:MacTavish, Dalton, Brett and Mackay):

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13/16

At much the same time their management was taken over by Spencer Davis, who was evidently looking toexpand his interests (he also handled July). Here's the announcement:

Other such ads appeared in the first half of 1968 - here are a couple:

The new configuration taped some demos at Tony Pike's studio in Putney, four of which were releasedon this EP in 2006 (click on the back cover image for more info):

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Posted by Richard at 12:14

Labels: British psychedelia , Tintern Abbey

Do What You Must and How Do I Feel Today? are said to have been pencilled in for release as a 45 (ITannounced that it was 'in production' in mid-March), but it never materialised. The songs are pretty good, but - in my opinion - not as inspired as the earlier 45. In its 'Pop Supplement' of March 8th-21st1968 IT described Tintern Abbey as 'an emergent progressive pop group coming onto the club scene', butin the following issue John Peel criticised their inclusion:

Though they'd received relatively prominent promotion and had a well-received single behind them, work seems to have been intermittent, and an LP that was reportedly planned for August was neverrecorded. That autumn Melody Maker announced that:

By the late summer, however, things had more or less ground to a halt, and by the end of the yearTintern Abbey had petered out.

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Lord Teacup 20 July 2011 at 09:26

yet again more stupendous resea rch by Lord Morton Jack. Never realise d the oft-used pic of band cum bird of prey, was the second line-up.Beeside is such a great record, and strangely under-comped compared to Vacuum Cleaner, which is of

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course great too. All I wish for now is the lyrics, particular ly for Vacuum Cleaner , which I assume is about taking drugs: 'fixme up with your sweet dose, now I'm feeling like a ghost ...all the time. Now my head is really spinning,lately now I've shown some willing...to help you with the housework.. it's (inaudible). Break it up break itup (hash?) lets have it now..etc etc'

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nan 21 July 2011 at 12:59

good gracious, this is amazing! thanks for all of your hard work.

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Leffe 2 August 2011 at 11:59

Wow, another amazing post. Where do you find all of these photos, ads and documents? Very interest ingstuff! Thanks a lot!

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Cassy 7 August 2011 at 02:58

They are handsome looking guys. Honestly, I know nothing about these guys but because of yourinformative post then I now know them. I am just wondering if you have a link of some of their music. If so,please do share. Thanks in advance.

Cassy from Teach Yourself To Play Guitar

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Richard 7 August 2011 at 03:14

Hi Cassy, good to hear from you. I suggest you look them up on youtube, where both songs are availablefrom multiple sources.

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paul 15 August 2011 at 20:18

can you tell me where you sourced the photos for the hapshash posters? i had never heard themmentioned in any listings of their work. The style of this poster is similar to the Mike Mcinnerney/Dudley Edwards work done under the name Om Tenticle. Let me know what you can

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Richard 19 August 2011 at 10:17

Hi Paul - in the book Underground Graphics (Academy Editions, London, 1970, ed. Graham Keen &Michel La Rue), the picture is credited to Michael English. The colour version used in my blog was takenfrom an eBay listing, while the B&W version is scanned from my copy of the book.

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paul 22 August 2011 at 09:17

ah, that is one book i don't have so i didn't realize it was in there. I am going to seek this book out for sure.thanks for the info

_Paul

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Anonymous 28 August 2011 at 04:59

Tremendous material, many thanks Richard.

// Patrick Lysergia

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Richard 19 January 2012 at 01:40

The tricky bits in the Vacuum Cleaner lyrics are 'in my heart I really know, gold clothes don't buy my soul'and 'to help you with the housework, pick up all the dirt'. And yes, the 'break it up' bit does refer to hash,as confirmed by Don Smith. So there you go!

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Sir Henry Rawlinson 23 January 2012 at 10:36

Hello Richard, an excellent job compiling this information. Many thanks,

Sir Henry.

Anonymous 24 November 2013 at 12:08

I recall reading somewhere that David Gilmour auditioned for them. Can't recall where I r ead that. But if true it must have happened prior to him joining Pink Floyd in December 1967. ie just prior to Smithleaving.

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Anon 7 December 2013 at 07:47

re: Anon 24 November

http://www.pinkfloydz.com/intgilmourrcmay2003_.htm refers in passing to a relationshiphttp://forums.naimaudio.com/topic/pyschprogfolk-thread-for-anybody-interested?reply=1566878606877467 refers to an audition.

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Roger Houdaille 23 December 2015 at 11:51

A grunge/powerpop take on 'Beeside ' by my band Ex Norwegian, complete with 3 part harmonies:https://youtu.be/9X__K-VCH5g?t=6m1s God save Tintern Abbey!

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