The Incredible String Band - Peel Session 1973

The complete session recorded by The Incredible String Band on 9 October 1973 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 23rd of that month.
Tracklist:
1. Dreams of No Return (0:07)
2. Black Jack David (5:32)
3. Jane (7:56)
4. Dear Old Battlefield (12:12)

[@brucefindlay]

I was a friend of Mike and Robin from the mid 60s and promoted them at the Edinburgh Pop Festival in August 1973. A unique and magical band and magical times...ah sweet memories.

[@RAinteractive]

I saw them at Brighton Dome on the 17th October 1973 just a few days after these sessions. Absolutely enchanting show and sounds. I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity.

[@neilpiper9889]

1973, the year my 1st daughter was born, she is coming with my first granddaughter to deliver my shopping because of covid, I am 75 now and a great fan of the ISB and Bert Jansch. I love my life as long as I can watch videos like ike this on my Huawei p10 plus smartphone! I try to keep up leaving one foot in the past.

[@MsLouise1960]

I like how you put that in words 💕

[@douglasanderson8636]

I had a conversation with a very drunk Bert Jansch in a pub in Edinburgh when I was about 18. What a nice chap he was

[@gregorysullivan4554]

...yet it all sounds so present!!..

[@MsLouise1960]

On the dear Old Battlefield x

[@janarnaud8058]

Magic is still there. Dreams of no return is more than a song, is pure beauty and the vision of a nex life. What is music now? and musiciens? How I miss bands like ISB.

[@MsLouise1960]

John Peel sessions my brother and I met him and of course ISB is my heart it is in there still x

[@nicholasblatchley6495]

This was the phase when I first saw them live. I do wish I'd been able to see the Robin/Mike/Rose/Likki lineup, but they were still awesome.

[@crimsonwolf9099]

Still magical, even after all these years. Greatness and originality is timeless. Thanks for posting.

[@MsLouise1960]

❤

[@opheropher9639]

So pleased that I saw them in all their incarnations - duo, trio, quartet and more! All brilliant! It was great to talk to Clive Palmer!!

[@paulcooke2258]

Thank You..

[@Terry-xx6ne]

Absolutely great! Thank you

[@murielmottet]

thank you nice :-)

[@sebuteo]

Groovy stuff!

[@PortoAntico]

dead is unreal the way i feel

[@tonydurack6841]

Classy

[@Saaf62]

Pretty great, even if Likki and Rose weren't there.

[@spacial2]

Phase 3 of ISB. (Or ISB without the fun!). The sitar on Dreams of No Return isn't credited to anyone specific. Makes a big difference.

[@geoffteece265]

It’s Mike on sitar.

[@naradaian]

Oh yes its Mike alright- maybe his most extensive playing on any isb track

[@murielmottet]

psychédélique , :-)

[@naradaian]

Somewhat speedy tunes, Black Jack Davey sounds harsh here…but yeah its late late late isb

[@stanschnier206]

Hi Vibracobra-is there a way I could get a decent copy of that photo? With thanks, Stan S (the guy plunking bass above).

[@lukgai]

very cool! do you have any ISB-related photos of your own online anywhere?

[@stanschnier206]

Though a professional photographer for the past 30 years, in those days was 100% focussed on the music. Didn't even own a camera yet...so funny.

[@stanschnier9543]

sorry for not getting back sooner. funny. I used to give my stuff away. I only have a poster from our second to last tour which my folks had squirreled away. my memories are alive and well and beautiful. I was so fortunate to have crossed their paths when I did and they were just about the most generous two humans I have ever met. Letting the roadie thump away on the bass! Crazy!! What were they thinking? lol

[@tonydurack6841]

@@stanschnier9543 hi. Perhaps thinking 'organic & real'? You've not let them down! Now, how do you carry an amp?