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Revised &amp; expanded edition
</strong><strong>Edited by Adrian Whit</strong><strong>taker</strong>
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<strong>704pp, HB/ PB,
165 x 221 mm
220+ b/w illus,
8pp of colour
</strong><strong>ISBN:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>978-1-913689-50-6<span class="Apple-converted-space">
£40 /£25</span></strong>

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<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; color: #444444; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px;">Our collectors' hardback edition is limited to 350 copies. It features debossed boards, ribbon and a variant dust jacket. It also comes with a chapbook containing Allan Frewin's ISB comix from the original zines, with a card signed by the artist.</p>
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A wide-ranging collection of interviews, anecdotes, essays, and ephemera concerning one of the most enigmatic bands to emerge from the 1960s psych-folk scene.

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First published in 2003 and long out of print, <em>Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending: An Incredible String Band Compendium</em> 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. Other contributors include Mike Heron, Robin Williamson, Rowan Williams, ISB manager and producer Joe Boyd, Andy Roberts, Billy Connolly, and Raymond Greenoaken.

<strong>About the editor</strong>

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

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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, <em>The Wire</em>)
<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; color: #444444; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px;"><strong>Contents:</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; color: #444444; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px;"><em>Introduction</em> to the new edition
<em>Forewords</em> and a brief ISB history<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>One</em>: The Edinburgh years<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Two</em>: From onion layers to a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>beautiful daughter, plus Mimi and Mouse<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Three</em>: 1968: <i>Wee Tam And The Big Huge, </i>US gigs, Sound Techniques, Witchseason and on to <i>Changing Horses<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span></i>Interlude
<em>Four</em>: The Penwern era<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Five</em>: Woodstock and the U show<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Six</em>: Life at Glen Row<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Seven</em>: Individual views – Joe Boyd,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Rose Simpson, Bruce Findlay<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Eight</em>: Mike and Robin go solo<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Nine</em>: The Island years – <i>Liquid Acrobat</i>,<i>Earthspan</i>, Likky, Gerard Dott<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and <i>No Ruinous Feud
</i><em>Ten</em>: Mike, Scientology, Zen and Wyrd<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Eleven</em>: An anthology of pieces from <i>beGLAD </i>magazine, plus Neil Tennant’s days as a ‘dedicated fan.’<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Twelve</em>: The Malcolm Le Maistre<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>story and Stan Schnier, Graham Forbes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and Steve Blacknell<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Thirteen</em>: ‘Did we step wrong somewhere?’ – the final years – in which we consider the band’s Seventies soundtrack work and assess their final year, final album and eventual split.<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span><em>Appendix</em>: Where are they now? Family tree, A-Z guide to ISB instruments, Robin Williamson<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on ISB instruments, ISB early musical influences,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Wee Tam </i>and the Bible, the copyright issue,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>quiz, crossword, discography/bibliography,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>contributors’ details
<em>Index</em></p>
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