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

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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.