Incredible String Band

[teach1st]

Any other ISB lovers here on DU?

Nightfall o river of night flow through me
Washing thoughts of the day on your waters away
For the morrow that dawns never knew me

Nightfall nightfall folding her dark locks around you
Her eyes they have found you would show you
This new dream they're holding

O sleep o come to me you who are night's daughter
And I'll give you my eyes for the colours that rise
As time's echoes reflect on you water.

[Zensea]

1. me

but it's been so long since I heard them I can't remember what they sound like precisely. I take that back the song "May the Long time sun shine upon you" just popped into my head.
Makes me think of another band that I know doesn't sound the same but has a similar sensibility that you rarely hear mentioned anymore --
"It's a Beautiful Day"

[teach1st]

3. Hard to say what they sound like...

Incredible String Band was so eclectic, but they did have roots in Celtic/English/Irish folk mixed with some acid and Eastern and every weird instrument in the universe.

Beautiful Day (White Bird) had violin to augment their breezy California stuff.

Incredible String Band did "White Bird" also, but it's an entirely different song.

[Zensea]

6. as soon as I remembered long time sun shine upon you

It came back to me.
But your description is good too.

[teach1st]

8. I can upload that song if you'd like..

A Very Cellular Song

[Zensea]

13. I'll get back to you on that

I'll bookmark this thread and get back to you on that.
I access a computer at work and have not been able to afford anything except an original powerbook until now, but I am buying a computer in the next couple of weeks at which point I can get uploads.

Thanks for the offer.

[teach1st]

15. I uploaded just in case

See post# 14

[Zensea]

17. Thanks!

bookmarked

[Placebo]

2. How did you make that box around the text?

Inquiring minds (ME!) would like to know. :hi:

[teach1st]

4. Here's how...

Use a brackets instead of < >:

<div class="excerpt">Message</div>

[Placebo]

5. Thanks!

Thanks a lot.

:yourock:

[The Magistrate]

7. That Was A Great Bunch, Sir

Spent many hours listening to them long ago....

[greendog]

9. "Big Ted's dead, he was a great old pig..."

...actualy, I'm more of a Robin Williamson fan. ISB tends to be a little "out there" for my taste.

[welshTerrier2]

10. robin williamson

saw robin williamson in concert several times at Passim's in Harvard Square ... he was among the best I've ever seen ... my favorite song he did was called: The Tune I Hear So Well ...

did the ISB also record this ??

[teach1st]

11. Just Robin Williamson

A beautiful song

[welshTerrier2]

16. not just Robin ...

he was with his "Merry Band" ... they really were incredible ...

[greendog]

12. "The Tune I Hear So Well"....

...great tune. I think Robin recorded that one with his "Merry Band"...all three of their records were wonderful.

[teach1st]

14. Two downloads..

A Very Cellular Song:

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/isbcell.mp3


The Tune I Hear So Well:

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/isbtune.mp3

[welshTerrier2]

18. that was great ...

i was able to play "The Tune I Hear So Well" in Windows Media Player ... it was great hearing it ... it's been a really long time ...

any idea if there's a way i can save the song to my computer ??

[teach1st]

19. Yes, there is...

..in Internet Explorer, RIGHT click on the link and when a menu pops up choose Save Target As. Save it to your desktop or favorite folder.

[welshTerrier2]

20. beautiful ...

thanks so much !!!

[welshTerrier2]

21. Woodcutter's Song ...

at least i think that was the name of it ... it was a song about hardwood trees ... "and buy up all that comes your way, they're worth their weight in gold sir ..."

do you know if this is downloadable anywhere ??

[teach1st]

22. You've got me on that one..

..can't find it in my stash, nor online.

[welshTerrier2]

23. Woodcutter's Song: Lyrics

well, that's OK ... i'll have to search the net for the song ... here are the lyrics though:

Oak logs will warm you well
That are old and dry
Logs of pine will sweetly smell
But the sparks will fly
Birchs long will burn too fast
Chestnut scarce at all sir
Hawthorn logs are good to last
That are cut well in the fall sir

Surely you will find
There´s no compare with the hard wood logs
That´s cut in the winter time

Holly logs will burn like wax
You could burn them green
Elm logs burn like smouldering flax
With no flame to be seen
Beech logs for winter time
Yew logs as well sir
Green elder logs it is a crime
For any man to sell sir

Surely you will find
There´s no compare with the hard wood logs
That´s cut in the winter time

Pear logs and apple logs
They will scent your room
and cherry logs across the dogs
They smell like flowers of broom
But ash logs smooth and grey
Buy them green or old, sir
and buy up all that come your way
They´re worth their weight in gold sir

[Lautremont]

24. I'm a fan.

I love all those onion layers.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

25. Log Cabin Home in the Sky, Ducks On a Pond

Farewell sorrow, praise God the open door
I ain't got no home in this world any more

Wee Tam's my favorite next to Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, esp. 'Koeeoaddi There.' 'The Tune I Hear So Well' is perhaps my all-time favorite Robin Williamson song. I saw him perform at a small club many years ago and it was beyond wonderful.

This is the perfect time of year for Log Cabin Home in the Sky. :)

[Squeech]

26. Kick for minotaurs

Also, I hear that the emperor of China used to wear iron shoes with ease.

I was aware of ISB back in the day, and actually saw them once at the Boston Tea Party (I remember they opened with "This Moment," and also did "Hirem Pawnitof" among a bunch of other stuff I didn't recognize because U wasn't out yet). But I didn't really delve into their work until the Ryko CD reissue of their first six albums. Which are wonderful.

Is there anything remotely like that nowadays?

[teach1st]

27. Download Minotaur

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/minotaur.mp3

http://www.incrediblestringband.com (current - no Robin)

http://www.makingtime.co.uk/beglad/index1.htm

Here's a good resource, though it hasn't been updated lately.

http://www.robotwisdom.com/jorn/isb.html