Be Glad: An Incredible String Band Compendium : Dream the World Alive

Whittaker, Adrian, Editor

ISBN 10: 1900924641 / ISBN 13: 9781900924641

Published by Helter Skelter Publishing, London, 2003

About this Item

9 1/8? x 6 1/8?, 448 pages, many black and white illustrations, detailed appendix, including a brief UK discography. The Incredible String Band pioneered "world music" on ?60s albums like The Hangman?s Beautiful Daughter - Paul McCartney?s favourite album of 1967!; they experimented with theatre, film, and lifestyle; and inspired Led Zeppelin. Be Glad features interviews with all the ISB key players, as well as a wealth of background information, reminiscence, critical evaluations, and arcane trivia, this is a book that will delight any reader with more than a passing interest in the ISB. Signed on title-page ?for Mark / with love / Adrien Whitaker / Sept 2003?. Soft covers, a fine copy, virtually as new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Be Glad: An Incredible String Band Compendium : Dream the World Alive
• Publisher: Helter Skelter Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1900924641
• ISBN 13: 9781900924641
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The ISB pioneered "world music" on ’60s albums like The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter—Paul McCartney’s favorite album of 1967!—experimented with theater, film, and lifestyle; and inspired Led Zeppelin.Be Glad features interviews with all the ISB key players, as well as a wealth of background information, reminiscence, critical evaluations, and arcane trivia, this is a book that will delight any reader with more than a passing interest in the ISB.

From the Author

The book features forewords by Joe Boyd and by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury. We've also assembled an interesting selection of archive photos, programmes and so on.