The Incredible String Band
uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, June 1970
SINCE THEIR first album in 1966, almost immediately acclaimed as the work of an important new talent, the Incredible String Band have released albums at fairly lengthy intervals, played live gigs on and off, and generally gone along their own way with a lot of success, both here and in America.
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