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The Incredible String Band: Royal Albert Hall, London

uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 9 November 1968

THREE PEOPLE came from nowhere with patterns of melodies collected while travelling many countries. Their styles were born in other cultures, thus rendering their musical tendencies insubordinate to the rules of English folk, resulting in the initials ISB spreading throughout the clubs like a new taste on a sensitive tongue.

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