Incredible String Band
Scottish band singing self-composed songs often with a mythological or
anthropomorphic content. Instrumentation sometimes has middle-eastern or Indian
flavour.
(Robin Williamson was not related to Roy Williamson of the Corries.)
(Robin Williamson has recorded solo and with Myrrh.)
(Robin Williamson is a story-teller as well as a singer/musician.)
(Mike Heron has recorded solo)
(Clive Palmer has also recorded with COB, and solo)
Albums.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| The Incredible String Band | 1966 | Hannibal/Elektra |
EKL 254 |
| [Reissue] (Vinyl) |
1990 | Sundazed |
|
| [Reissue] (CD) | 1993 |
WEA |
7559-61547-2 |
| [Reissue] (CD) |
2006 | Strange Days |
|
| The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion | 1967 | Hannibal/Elektra |
EUKS 257 |
| [Reissue] (Vinyl) |
1976 | Elektra |
K42001 |
| [Reissue] (CD) |
1992 | Elektra |
744960913-2 |
| [Reissue] (Vinyl) |
2003 | Sundazed |
LP 5128 |
| The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | 1968 | Hannibal/Elektra |
EVKS 7258 |
| The Big Huge | 1968 | Elektra |
EKS 74037 |
| Wee Tam | 1969 | Elektra |
EKS74036 |
| Changing Horses | 1969 | Hannibal/Elektra |
EKS 74057 |
| I Looked Up | 1970 | Hannibal/Elektra |
2469002 |
| U | 1970 | Elektra |
2665001 |
| Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending | 1971 | Island |
|
| Taking Off (OST) | 1971 | Decca |
|
| Liquid Acrobats As Regards The Air | 1971 | Island |
ILPS 9172 |
| Earth Span | 1972 | Edsel/Island |
|
| No Ruinous Fued | 1973 | Edsel/Island |
|
| Hard Rope and Silken Twine | 1974 | Demon/Edsel/Island |
|
| The Chelsea Sessions 1967 | 1997 | Pig's
Whisker/Resurgence |
|
| Nebulous Nearnesses | 2004 |
Quadrant |
|
| Tricks of the Senses - Rare and Unreleased Recordings
1966 - 1972 | 2008 | Hux |
Hux100 |
Multi-volume Albums.
| Title
| Year.
| Label.
| number.
|
| 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion/ The Hangman's
Beautiful Daughter (1 CD)
| 2002
| Collector's Choice
| ?
|
| Changing Horses/ I Looked Up (1 CDs)
| 2002
| Collector's Choice
| ?
|
| Earth Span/ No Ruinous Fued | 2004 | | |
Compilations.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Relics Of The Incredible String Band | 1971 | Elektra |
EKS 74065
|
| Seasons They Change - Best of the Incredible String Band | 1976 | Island |
|
| Here Till There Is Here (An Introduction to the
Incredible String Band) | 2001 | Island |
|
| The Best of the Incredible String Band 1966 - 1970 | 2001 |
Warner Bros |
|
| Heritage | 2003 |
Disky |
|
| Across The Universe | 2007 |
| |
Live Albums.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| On Air (Live) | 1991 | Band
of Joy |
|
| BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert | 1992 | Windsong |
|
| First Girl I Loved (live) | 1998 |
Mooncrest |
|
| Bloomsbury 2000 (live) | 2001 | |
|
| Philadelphia Folk Festival 1969 |
2003 | | |
|
Everything Is Fine - Live | 2007 | | |
Anthology - Waterson:Carthy, Barry Dransfield, A.L. Lloyd, Anne Briggs,
Shirley Collins and Albion Band, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Incredible
String Band, Magna Carta, Lindisfarne, Sandy Denny, Oak, Richard Thompson et al.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| number.
|
| Anthology of English Folk (5 CDs)
| 2007?
| Deja Vu
|
|
Anthology - Maddy Prior, Blowzabella, Incredible String Band, Celtarabia et al.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Strange Coincidences in Speciality Tea Trading
| 2005 | Osmosis |
OSMO 27
|
Best albums(*).
| Title. | year. |
|---|
| Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | 1969 |
| The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion | 1967 |
| Wee Tam | 1969 |
| The Best of the Incredible String Band 1966 - 1970 |
2001 |
(*) Based on critical opinion.
Singles.
| Title. | year. | Label.
| No |
|---|
| Way Back in the 60s/ Chinese White |
1967 | Elektra |
EKSN 45013 |
| Painting Box/ No Sleep Blues |
1968 | | |
| Big Ted/ All Writ Down | 1969 |
| |
| This Moment/ Black Jack Davy
| 1970
|
| |
| Black Jack David/ Moon Hang Low |
1972 | Island |
WIP 6145 |
| At the Lighthouse Dance/ Jigs
| 1973
|
| |
Hit albums.
| Title. | year. | Highest position.
|
|---|
| The Incredible String Band | 1966 | 34 (*)
|
| The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion | 1967 | 25
|
| The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | 1968 | 5
|
| Changing Horses | 1969 | 30
|
| I Looked Up | 1970 | 30
|
| U | 1970 | 34
|
| Liquid Acrobats As Regards The Air | 1971 | 46
|
(* Not a hit until 1968).
DVDs.
| Title | year. | Label. |
|---|
| Incredible String
Band: Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending | 2001 | |
|
Live at the Lowry | 2007 | |
Last updated on 05/04/2010