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The Flying Machine descended from British band Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours. Pinkerton’s (as they were often known) had scored a major UK hit with “Mirror Mirror” in 1966 and continued recording over the next few years. However, by 1969, singer/guitarist Tony Newman, singer/autoharpist/original frontman Sam Kempe,[3] and bassist Stuart Colman from Pinkerton’s had teamed up with lead guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Wilkinson to form a new iteration of the group and, with Newman now assuming lead vocal/frontman duties, took the name The Flying Machine.[4]
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