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Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending, Revised and Expanded Edition: An Incredible String Band Compendium

Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending, Revised and Expanded Edition: An Incredible String Band Compendium

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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Adrian WhittakerPublish date:2024-02-20Pages:704
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Strange Attractor PressISBN-13:9781913689506ISBN-10:1913689506UPC:9781913689506Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, EssaysBook Topic:Folk & Traditional, New AgeSize:8.70 x 6.60 x 2.10 inchesWeight:2.4Product ID:SCJTV5SECZ
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Strange Attractor PressISBN-13:9781913689506ISBN-10:1913689506UPC:9781913689506Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, EssaysBook Topic:Folk & Traditional, New AgeSize:8.70 x 6.60 x 2.10 inchesWeight:2.4Product ID:SCJTV5SECZ
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.
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

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Adrian Whittaker

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