Tuesday, September 23, 2025

The Incredible String Band - BBC Sessions, Volume 4: In Concert, Paris Theatre, London, Britain, 3-18-1971

Some months back, I posted a poll asking which musical acts would you like to see more BBC albums from. That project has taken a back seat for me in recent weeks, because I keep finding interesting stuff that I want to post first. But I'm going to keep going back to that poll until I finish. It may take me years, since there are many hundreds of albums involved, but I'll get there. Here's another one from one of the top voter getters in the poll, the Incredible String Band. This one is a full BBC concert from 1971.

I've mentioned that I'm not that keen on the music of this band, and I'm posting these albums due to the poll results. But maybe they're growing on me a bit, because I liked this one more than the previous three volumes. Perhaps it's helped by the live concert vibe, and the explanations about the songs.

This concert has been officially released in part, but not in full. Most of it was released on "Across The Airwaves" as well as "BBC Radio One Live In Concert," but a few songs were missing, as well as some of the banter. I found a full version via bootleg. The sound quality is excellent. 

The album is an hour long.

01 talk by John Peel (Incredible String Band)
02 Bright Morning Stars (Incredible String Band)
03 talk (Incredible String Band)
04 Worlds They Rise and Fall (Incredible String Band)
05 talk (Incredible String Band)
06 Sunday Is My Wedding Day-Drops of Whiskey-Grumbling Old Men-Eyes like Leaves [Instrumental] (Incredible String Band)
07 talk (Incredible String Band)
08 Spirit Beautiful (Incredible String Band)
09 talk (Incredible String Band)
10 Willow Pattern (Incredible String Band)
11 talk (Incredible String Band)
12 Cosmic Boy (Incredible String Band)
13 talk (Incredible String Band)
14 Turquoise Blue (Incredible String Band)
15 talk (Incredible String Band)
16 Whistle Tune [Instrumental] (Incredible String Band)
17 talk (Incredible String Band)
18 Darling Belle (Incredible String Band)
19 talk by John Peel (Incredible String Band)
20 Adam and Eve (Incredible String Band)
21 talk (Incredible String Band)
22 You've Been a Friend to Me (Incredible String Band)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/juydxUuh

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/p870NIJiQm6E6HU/file

The cover photo is from a concert at the album Fillmore East, in New York City, circa 1969.

4 comments:

  1. good evening, thanks for so much music! Both links to this one 404 out. Have a good sleep, i'll look again tomorrow.

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  2. I'd love to hear this one too--thanks if you can get it up again.

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  3. I'm looking forward to it too. Cheers.

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  4. The links should be fixed. Sometimes I make a last minute change and then forget to update the links.

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