The Apostolic Intervention were a British

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band in the mid-1960s, who are best known for their 1967

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" (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me?". The band originally formed in

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in late 1965 as The Little People, and comprised Angus Shirley (lead guitar), Peter "Dino" Dines (organ, vocals), Bob Argent (bass), and Angus' younger brother

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(drums). They began by playing covers of American R&B records, and emulated the music of their heroes,

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. After they supported the latter band on a local bill,

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became their mentor, and persuaded

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to sign them in early 1967. Marriott wanted them to change their name to The Nice, but Oldham insisted on them using the name The Apostolic Intervention, giving the name

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to another band instead. Marriott offered the band a song that he and

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had written, " Tell Me (Have You Ever Seen Me)", producing their single and playing

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on the record in preference to Bob Argent. The record failed to make the charts, and the song was soon recorded by The Small Faces themselves on their album ''

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'' (issued in the US in a different form as ''There are But Four Small Faces''). Further attempts at recording The Apostolic Intervention were unsuccessful, and the band split up before the end of 1967. Dines and Jerry Shirley joined

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in a band known variously as Little Women and the Wages of Sin. Dines later joined the

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and T. Rex, while Shirley played sessions before joining Steve Marriott in

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in 1969. "Tell Me (Have You Ever Seen Me)" by The Apostolic Intervention has subsequently featured on several compilations of British

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,For example, ''This Is London'', Pazzazz 1PAZZ065, Atom Music Ltd., 2006. and has been described as "as solid a single as Immediate released from a new act in its history, catchy and filled with hooks, as well as showing off some superb playing."

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