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The Incredible String Band: Wee Tam and The Big Huge (1968)

...my own private amusement I will sing aloud The Incredible String Band's The Son of Noah's Brother in its entirety.... ...into a style, and bump'n'grind MTV. But the Incredible String Band broke past the limitations of nostalgic...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/3015/the-incredible-string-band-wee-tam-and-the-big-huge-1968/

The Incredible String Band: No Sleep Blues (1967)

...the great producer Joe Boyd spoke about the Incredible String Band whom he had worked with -- until they got into... ...remember them that way. There is more on the Incredible String Band here. Sort of the case for the defense. For...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5862/the-incredible-string-band-no-sleep-blues-1967/

THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND: Away with the faeries and poets

...people are into the Incredible String Band: Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin you can... ...I have every colour . . . it's true" The Incredible String Band were a melting pot in which the elements were... ...even dodecahedrons) and by this point the Incredible String Band were inhabiting their own world. And an odd...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3080/the-incredible-string-band-away-with-the-faeries-and-poets/

Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band Machine: Big Machine (Topic/Southbound)

...it. At the strange end of the spectrum is the Incredible String Band, then there were the folk-rockers like...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7910/eliza-carthy-and-the-wayward-band-machine-big-machine-topic-southbound/

The Moon Band: The Moon Band (wisdomtwinsrecords)

...are Canadians Nicholas Tomlinson (a one-man Incredible String Band who plays guitar, bouzouki, sitar, fiddle and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7039/the-moon-band-the-moon-band-wisdomtwinsrecords/

Ellis Island Sound: The Good Seed (Peacefrog)

...(without quite the forced quirkiness) and the Incredible String Band, and comes off as full of low-key charm...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/1159/ellis-island-sound-the-good-seed-peacefrog/

JOE BOYD INTERVIEWED (2013): The Zelig of the zeitgeist

...like Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, the Incredible String Band and many others who brought British folk and... ...the Barbican. And I did a celebration of the Incredible String Band at the Barbican too. The following summer when... ...could sure pick 'em then. Oh yeah [laughs] The Incredible String Band were one of my favourite bands of that era....

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5714/joe-boyd-interviewed-2013-the-zelig-of-the-zeitgeist/

RECOMMENDED RECORD: Mali Mali: Spirit Tide (Home Alone/digital outlets)

...Cohen, Sun Kil Moon, Don McGlashan and the Incredible String Band as favourable (but far from exact) reference...

Music at Elsewhere: music/10651/recommended-record-mali-mali-spirit-tide-home-alone-digital-outlets/

Stornoway: Beachcomber's Windowsill (4AD)

...to mind a little, a very little though, of the Incredible String Band. But while these are all valuable reference...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3220/stornoway-beachcombers-windowsill-4ad/

Joanna Newsom, Ys (Drag City)

...arrangements by Van Dyke Parks it is as if the Incredible String Band have collided with an orchestra. Oh, and the...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/1018/joanna-newsom-ys-drag-city/

Spiro: Kaleidophonica (Real World/Southbound)

...Fairport Convention and John Martyn, the Incredible String Band, the Beatles' Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane,...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5290/spiro-kaleidophonica-real-world-southbound/

AROUND THE CORNER, OUT TO THE EDGE, a memoir by JONATHAN BESSER

...Europe, forming a folk trio, listening to the Incredible String Band, rock festivals on the West Coast, playing...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10537/around-the-corner-out-to-the-edge-a-memoir-by-jonathan-besser/

MILES FROM INDIA CONSIDERED (2016): Davis, in a sitar way

...the British folk world through groups like The Incredible String Band from Scotland, sitar player Shawn Phillips...

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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7666/miles-from-india-considered-2016-davis-in-a-sitar-way/

Espers: Espers II (EMI)

...it's no surprise they have performed with the Incredible String Band (whom I thought split in about '72) and backed...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/905/espers-espers-ii-emi/

Dodson and Fogg: Follow The Path (wisdomtwins)

...the more contained and melodic end of the Incredible String Band, acoustic Marc Bolan at his most focused and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7999/dodson-and-fogg-follow-the-path-wisdomtwins/

Tuung: And Then We Saw Land (Full Time Hobby)

...blend which had Elsewhere reaching to the Incredible String Band, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra and the Beta Band...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3063/tuung-and-then-we-saw-land-full-time-hobby/

RICHARD THOMPSON INTERVIEWED (2001): Short and bitter-sweet

...was Gracie Fields. In my car I've got the Incredible String Band's 5000 Layers of the Onion, some Django...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10554/richard-thompson-interviewed-2001-short-and-bitter-sweet/

Tole Puddle: Frodo (1973)

...and singers like Donovan, groups such as the Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Lindisfarne, Fotheringay...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5263/tole-puddle-frodo-1973/

Dodson and Fogg: When the Night Draws Near (Wisdom Twins/digital outlets)

...Wade has worked with members of the former Incredible String Band, Nigel Planer (Neil in The Young Ones),...

Music at Elsewhere: music/10121/dodson-and-fogg-when-the-night-draws-near-wisdom-twins-digital-outlets/

Steve Gunn and Mike Cooper: Cantos de Lisboa (FRKWYS)

...in New Zealand). Whether you hear the Incredible String Band or Pharoah Sanders in his work, Cooper remains...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6448/steve-gunn-and-mike-cooper-cantos-de-lisboa-frkwys/

The Tokey Tones: Butterfly, Caterpillar (2007)

...albums Wee Tam and The Big Huge ('68) by the Incredible String Band which, coincidentally, was a double album...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/425/the-tokey-tones-butterfly-caterpillar-2007/

Davy Graham: Maajun (1964)

...known names in British folk -- Donovan, the Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Strawbs et al...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5251/davy-graham-maajun-1964/

Grizzly Bear: Shields (Warp/Border)

...you've already had Donovan, Marc Bolan and the Incredible String Band? Okay, he's a grump. But he could just be onto...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5284/grizzly-bear-shields-warp-border/

Josephine Foster: Godmother (Fire/digital outlets)

...it's impressive. Imagine a more rock-oriented Incredible String Band influenced by San Fran psychedelics and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/10192/josephine-foster-godmother-fire-digital-outlets/

The Album Leaf: A Chorus of Storytellers (SubPop)

...and has collaborated with Mike Heron of the Incredible String Band. Band member Gram LeBron is also in Port...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3233/the-album-leaf-a-chorus-of-storytellers-subpop/

Rose Windows: The Sun Dogs (Sub Pop)

...Siouxsie Banshee and the hippie-vibe of the Incredible String Band . . . and expect to get away with it....

Music at Elsewhere: music/5773/rose-windows-the-sun-dogs-sub-pop/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2009 Various: Stroke; Songs for Chris Knox (Rhythmethod)

...of the beautiful Lapse, Yo La Tengo go to the Incredible String Band as much as Knox for their folk-take on...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2663/best-of-elsewhere-2009-various-stroke-songs-for-chris-knox-rhythmethod/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Chris Wade

...grounded in the late Sixties (the folk-pop/Incredible String Band end of the spectrum) yet also sounds... ...be . . . Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter by Incredible String Band. You are allowed just one tattoo, and it is of...

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BRITISH PROG 1970-75: (2022): Yes, but is it rock?

...at the UFO Club where Pink Floyd and the Incredible String Band also played), supported Jimi Hendrix in the US... ...-- that it owed much to rock at all. The Incredible String Band Originally a folk trio from Scotland, they...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6248/british-prog-1970-75-2022-yes-but-is-it-rock/

Pictish Trail: Thumb World (Fire/digital)

...Sixties it spawned artists as diverse as the Incredible String Band, Procol Harum and early Pink Floyd (before...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9291/pictish-trail-thumb-world-fire-digital/

Various: The Roots of Led Zeppelin (Proper/Southbound)

...here is the Anglo-folk of people like The Incredible String Band, Bert Jansch and others which was also an...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/2403/various-the-roots-of-led-zeppelin-proper-southbound/

Dodson and Fogg: The Active Listener Introduces . . . (theactivelistener)

...Child Linda and Sunny Goodge Street. Or the Incredible String Band at their most song-inclined. (ie, verses and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6215/dodson-and-fogg-the-active-listener-introduces-theactivelistener/

I'D LOVE TO TURN YOU ON (2022): The psychedelic year of 1967 in Britain

...is a Mountain (based on a Buddhist text) The Incredible String Band from Scotland who blended folk, Indian and...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6245/id-love-to-turn-you-on-2022-the-psychedelic-year-of-1967-in-britain/

DODSON AND FOGG. REVISITED. AGAIN (2019): Through the English countryside to dark and light . . .

...He's as at home in the landscape of the Incredible String Band as flipping out in the Haight-Ashbury of his...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8756/dodson-and-fogg-revisited-again-2019-through-the-english-countryside-to-dark-and-light/

TREES: FROM ARCHIVES INTO A BOX (2021): Seventies Brit-prog-folk onna psyche-American trip

...the time of Strawbs, Magna Carta, Pink Floyd, Incredible String Band, Amazing Blondel and folk-rock Donovan –...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9678/trees-from-archives-into-a-box-2021-seventies-brit-prog-folk-onna-psyche-american-trip/

Kitchen Cynics: The Orra Loon (theactivelistener)

...songs. Useful reference points are few -- the Incredible String Band at their most understated and least trippy on...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6138/kitchen-cynics-the-orra-loon-theactivelistener/

Immaterial Possession: Mercy of the Crane Folk (Fire/digital outlets)

...infatuation with very early Pink Floyd, the Incredible String Band and Donovan as he moved out of the folk period...

Music at Elsewhere: music/10679/immaterial-possession-mercy-of-the-crane-folk-fire-digital-outlets/

THE BARGAIN BUY: Tim Buckley; Original Album Series (Rhino)

...of Sounds of Silence to the charts, and the Incredible String Band started to make gentle impostions on the...

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Shadow Folk: Seagull Visions (theactivelistener)

...closer to Fool on the Hill and the Incredible String Band than say I Am The Walrus, and revert to a line...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6117/shadow-folk-seagull-visions-theactivelistener/

Bunchy's Big Score: Happy Birthday, Daniel Johnston!!! Don't Be Afraid (digital outlets)

...(after Modern Lovers), maybe a hint of the Incredible String Band (without the world music or spiritual...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/11424/bunchys-big-score-happy-birthday-daniel-johnston-dont-be-afraid-digital-outlets/

Faster Pussycat: You're So Vain (1990)

...Blues Band, the MC5, the Stooges, the Incredible String Band, David Peel and the Lower East Side . . ....

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From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4101/faster-pussycat-youre-so-vain-1990/

Mali Mali: Azimuth (Home Alone)

...are one of the few who knows and accepts the Incredible String Band's wayward approach to melodies, dynamic and...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/8478/mali-mali-azimuth-home-alone/

Tunng: Good Arrows (Full Time Hobby)

...the Inner Chorus. At time they sound like the Incredible String Band without the fey folksiness, at others like the...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/1345/tunng-good-arrows-full-time-hobby/

Sundae Painters, Sundae Painters (digital outlets)

...Thin Air (one part Clean and one part Incredible String Band), both written by Woodward. HAP 1 never...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/10998/sundae-painters-sundae-painters-digital-outlets/

Mark Olson: Many Colored Kite (Ryko)

...are little moves in the direction of The Incredible String Band when they slipped free of rigid constraints of...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3396/mark-olson-many-colored-kite-ryko/

Arthur Ahbez: Volume II (soundcloud/bandcamp etc)

...We remain unwavering in our enjoyment of the Incredible String Band and Shawn Phillips for example. So in that...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8116/arthur-ahbez-volume-ii-soundcloud-bandcamp-etc/

James Yorkston: The Year of the Leopard (Domino)

...Bert Jansch and the like. Nick Drake and the Incredible String Band are also reference points. And I can tell you...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/1192/james-yorkston-the-year-of-the-leopard-domino/

Lucky Dragons: Dream Island Laughing Language (Mistletone)

...Glass, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, the Incredible String Band, the repetitions of Kraftwerk and From...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2008/lucky-dragons-dream-island-laughing-language-mistletone/

Elsewhere Art . . . Stephan Micus

...acoustic guitar, Micus is somewhat of a solo Incredible String Band in his musical artillery: Egyptian nay, Indian...

Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/9962/elsewhere-art-stephan-micus/

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