Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending, revised and expanded edition: An Incredible String Band Compendium

Author:   Adrian Whittaker
Publisher:   Strange Attractor Press
Edition:   Revised and Expanded Edition
ISBN:  

9781913689506


Pages:   704
Publication Date:   20 February 2024
Format:   Paperback
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"""Encyclopaedic in scope, passionate in tone, this book is a minotaur's labyrinth of information about one of the most remarkable groups in 20th century music. Be glad, for everything you need to know is here."" (Rob Young, The Wire) First published in 2003 and long out of print, Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending- An Incredible String Band Compendium is the definitive book about the ISB. Containing a wealth of interviews, essays, and ephemera from the band's brief but tangled history, this new revised and expanded edition includes two new pieces by ISB member Rose Simpson on Witchseason Productions' idiosyncratic offices and on recording with the ISB in the Sound Techniques studio, as well as interviews with Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys, folk musician Alasdair Roberts, and Ossian Brown of Coil and Cyclobe. Contributors include Rowan Williamson (former Archbishop of Canterbury), ISB manager and producer Joe Boyd, Andy Roberts, Billy Connolly, and Raymond Greenoaken. A wide-ranging collection of interviews, anecdotes, essays, and ephemera concerning one of the most enigmatic bands to emerge from the 1960s hippy scene. ""Encyclopaedic in scope, passionate in tone, this book is a minotaur's labyrinth of information about one of the most remarkable groups in 20th century music. Be glad, for everything you need to know is here."" (Rob Young, The Wire) First published in 2003 and long out of print, Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending- An Incredible String Band Compendium is the definitive book about the ISB. Containing a wealth of interviews, essays, and ephemera from the band's brief but tangled history, this new revised and expanded edition includes two new pieces by ISB member Rose Simpson on Witchseason Productions' idiosyncratic offices and on recording with the ISB in the Sound Techniques studio, as well as interviews with Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys, folk musician Alasdair Roberts, and Ossian Brown of Coil and Cyclobe. Contributors include Rowan Williamson (former Archbishop of Canterbury), ISB manager and producer Joe Boyd, Andy Roberts, Billy Connolly, and Raymond Greenoaken."

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Author:   Adrian Whittaker
Publisher:   Strange Attractor Press
Imprint:   Strange Attractor Press
Edition:   Revised and Expanded Edition
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9781913689506


ISBN 10:   1913689506
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   20 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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"""Encyclopaedic in scope, passionate in tone, this book is a minotaur's labyrinth of information about one of the most remarkable groups in 20th-century music. Be glad, for everything you need to know is here."" —Rob Young, The Wire"


Encyclopaedic in scope, passionate in tone, this book is a minotaur's labyrinth of information about one of the most remarkable groups in 20th-century music. Be glad, for everything you need to know is here. -Rob Young, The Wire


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Adrian Whittaker has written for The Wire, Shindig! and Record Collector. In 2003 he edited Be Glad- An Incredible String Band Compendium. In 2019 he published Fitting Pieces To The Jigsaw, the definitive book on Irish psych-folk band Dr. Strangely Strange (Ozymandias Books). He has also written and presented a number of music history documentaries for Resonance FM.

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