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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: September 02, 2022, 12:22:07 AM »Before moving on to new things, I'd like to point out that NoDS played in several different areas of the country throughout August of '71. Obviously it played in my area both the weeks of August 4-10 and August 25-31. But thanks to our very own KMR we know that it also played in MI the week pf August 4-10. And thanks to a sample of newspapers once auctioned off on the Heritage Auctions Web site, it's known that NoDS played in Memphis, TN and surrounding areas the week of August 11-17. And thanks to a posting of a NoDS newspaper ad on Pinterest, it's known that it played in and around Philadelphia, PA as well as parts of NJ the week of August 18-24. And thanks to an interview with Grayson and Sam Hall that appeared in the San Francisco Examiner that was also posted to Pinterest (in two parts: part 1, part 2) it's known that NoDS played in the San Francisco, CA area the week of August 25-31.
Since posting that I've come across other newspaper ads, including this one:
A few things of interest -
- Unlike every other newspaper ad that I had seen up to coming across that one, it is not a design that appears in the NoDS Pressbook - apparently they pieced it together on their own to fit the print space.
- It's interesting that they put the Horror of Frankenstein part of the ad over the right side of the NoDS ad with Collinwood showing through it.
- Like Massachusetts, apparently NoDS played in Pennsylvania at different periods of time. As I've posted, NoDS played in Massachusetts the week of August 4-10 and the week of 25-31. And as is mentioned in the above quote, NoDS played in Pennsylvania (and parts of New Jersey) the week of August 18-24. But thanks to the ad I've posted above, it also played in Pennsylvania the week of September 1-7, which is the reason why I'm posting the ad today. (The Lincoln Drive-in was located in Trevose, PA.)
And speaking of that first week in Pennsylvania (and parts of New Jersey), I have this ad: