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| 29.07.08 | Updates: | The City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 26.10.69 gig, previously said to be catalogued as existing in the vaults of Island Records, appears not to be. It remains in the list for reference at the moment, but probably should be removed. |
| 18.06.08 | Updates: | John Peel's 'Sounds Of The Seventies' programmes on the 13.10.71 (recorded 5.10.71), 29.8.72 (recorded 14.8.72), 6.3.73 (recorded 26.2.73) and 23.10.73 (recorded 9.10.73) continued to use the 'Top Gear' title. The 17.3.72 (recorded 29.2.72) 'Sounds Of The Seventies' show was not a 'Top Gear' one, but a new Friday night show, sometimes refered to as 'Friday night is boogie night' due to the jingles used. |
| 21.04.08 | Additions: | 'Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air' US Radio Advertisement, Late 1971/Early 1972. |
| Updates: | Confirm the jig titles for POP 2, ORTF, May 1972. | |
| 20.02.08 | Updates: |
Corrected the track listing for the Fillmore East, New York, 14.12.69 Videofreex footage and provide a link to a clip of 'Dust Be Diamonds'. In several places 'Dust Be Diamonds' was credited as a Robin composition instead of a joint Heron/Williamson one. |
| 21.12.07 | Updates: |
The Balmore Tapes were most likely recorded between October 1966 and February 1967. Further information on the 'Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending' film, the Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.3.68 sequences, the previously unmentioned snippet of 'Douglas Traherne Harding' and the lost version of 'A Very Cellular Song. The 'Seasons They Change' LP version of 'Queen Juanita And Her Fisherman Lover' is an out-take from the 'I Looked Up' sessions (late 1969/early 1970) rather than 'Changing Horses' as previously suggested. Was the 'Hard Rope And Silken Twine' version of 'Cold Days Of February' recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, 12.11.73 or the New Theatre, Oxford, 20.11.73? |
| 17.10.07 | Additions: |
Ozit DVD of the 1972 Bickershaw Festival released, including the ISB performing 'Weather The Storm'. French TV footage - POP 2, ORTF, May 1972. Lyrics to 'George Collins' and 'Sir Patrick Spens'. |
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The Videofreex footage, previously dated to late November 1969, actually comes from the band's appearance at the Fillmore East on the 14.12.69. The German 'Beatclub' footage from the 24.10.70 is now officially available on DVD. |
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| 31.07.07 | Updates: | The Fillmore West, San Francisco, 11.5.70 Stone Monkey-less 'U' show is available on Wolfgang's Vault Concert Vault, with the possibility that they also have a tape of the 13.5.70 show. |
| 27.06.07 | Additions: | Salle Industrielle, Lille, 1.10.73. |
| 16.04.07 | Updates: |
The John Peel's 'Top Gear' session version of 'Dark Eyed Lady' (recorded on the 20.7.70) may have been included in the original broadcast on the 25.7.70 after all. The Stuart Henry's 'Sounds Of The Seventies' session recorded on the 17.9.70 didn't include 'Raga Puti' in it's repeat broadcast on the 29.10.70. The arrangement of 'Raga Puti' was by Mike. Details of BBC recordings included on the new Hux Records 2 CD set 'Across The Airwaves' (HUX 087). 'You've Been A Friend To Me' was written by William Shakespeare Hays, also corrections to the lyrics. |
| 19.03.07 | Updates: |
Thanks to Ken Garner (who's working on a new book covering all of John Peel's BBC programmes) and an existing tape of the complete show, confirmation of the content of the 6.3.68 (recorded 4.3.68) 'Nightride' session and the repeat broadcast on the 26.6.68. The 24.8.69 (recorded 5.8.69) BBC session was for John Peel's 'Top Gear' programme, not 'Nightride'. Also confirm that the repeat broadcast, where 'Black Jack Davy' was added, was on the 1.11.69. The John Peel's 'Top Gear', 25.7.70 (recorded 20.7.70) version of 'Dark Eyed Lady' was only broadcast when the session was repeated on the 3.10.70. The Stuart Henry's 'Sounds Of The Seventies', 24.9.70 (recorded 17.9.70) version of 'Ring Dance' was only broadcast when the session was repeated on the 29.10.70. |
| 12.02.07 | Updates: |
The Fillmore East 27.11.68 jig set comprises the tunes 'Ten Penny Money' and 'The Kid On The Mountain' (not 'Comb Your Hair And Curl It' as originally thought). The third tune in the 'Chief O'Neill's Favourite' jigs set is 'Rags And Tatters'. 'Secret Temple' is a Likky and Mike co-composition. Further confirmation that the Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY, April 1973 recording from WLIR radio dates to the 24.4.73. |
| 02.01.07 | Updates: |
The 'Got No Shoes, Got No Blues' bootleg video from the 1969 Texas International Pop Festival does not include the String Band, although they are mentioned in the opening credits. The Paris Theatre, London, 18.3.71 BBC Radio One 'In Concert' programme was actually broadcast on the 28.3.71 (with a repeat on the 31.3.71). Corrections to the lyrics to 'Lowlands Away'. The lyrics to the missing extended version of 'Sunday Song' are taken from a long lost audience tape from Birmingham Town Hall, 8.10.71. |
| 27.11.06 | Additions: | Added the UK LP release dates for Mike's 'Smiling Men With Bad Reputations' and Robin's 'Myrrh' as background information. |
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Confirm the jig titles for the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.7.70. The jig titles listed as 'Coleman's Fancy', 'Rakish Paddy', 'The Wayward Fox' and 'Johnny Grey', taken from the 'In Session Tonight' book listing for the Stuart Henry's 'Sounds Of The Seventies', 24.9.70 (Recorded 17.9.70) session, are incorrect. They are infact 'Chief O'Neill's Favourite', 'The Mountain Road' and two, as yet, unidentified reels of possibly Scottish and Appalachian origin. Corrections and questions on the lyrics to 'The Fourth Of August'. |
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| 25.10.06 | Additions: | Lyrics to 'Likky's Memoir', 'Noah And The Dove', 'The Fourth Of August', 'I'd Cry', 'Out Of The Dark Waters' and 'St Giles And The Dragon'. |
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Confirm the jig titles for Newcastle City Hall, 7.12.72. According to the BBC Radio International web-site, the BBC Radio One 'In Concert' programme from the Paris Theatre, London, 9.12.72 was recorded on the 23.11.72. Confirm the piano solo, medley content and jig titles for Bristol University, 18.2.73. Confirm the jig titles for the State Theatre, Dublin, 20.3.73, one set was also missing. 'King Biscuit Flower Hour', London 1973 is a partial version of the BBC Radio One 'In Concert' show from the Paris Theatre, London, 9.12.72. |
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| 19.09.06 | Updates: | Wolfgang's Vault Radio versions of 'Glad To See You', 'Cutting The Strings' and 'This Moment', most likely from the Fillmore West, San Francisco, 11 or 13.5.70. Due to the number of non-'U' songs featured in this show, assuming they are all from the same date, this is no longer listed as a 'U' performance. |
| 15.08.06 | Additions: | Lyrics to 'As I Roved Out', 'I Ain't Goin' To Work Tomorrow', 'The Little Gypsy Girl', 'How Sweet To Be A Cloud', 'Anach Cuin', 'A Ballynure Ballad', 'The Month Of January', 'The Twa Sisters' and 'The Cruel Brother'. |
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The Balmore Tapes song 'Going To Leave This Country' is the Carter Family's 'I Ain't Goin' To Work Tomorrow' and 'Ring-A-Doo-A-Daddy-O' is the Irish tradional song 'A Ballynure Ballad'. Wolfgang's Vault Radio version of 'Puppet Song', most likely from the Fillmore West, San Francisco, 11 or 13.5.70. |
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| 20.07.06 | Additions: |
Granada TV Show, Manchester, 18.2.74. Lyrics to 'Cindy's Crying', 'Every Time', 'Relax Your Mind', 'More Pretty Girls Than One' and 'Engine 143'. |
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The Balmore Tapes song 'Bleeker Street Blues' is a version of Tom Paxton's 'Cindy's Crying', 'As I Walked Out On A May Morning' is really 'As I Roved Out', 'Relax Your Mind' is a Ledbelly song, 'One Hundred Forty Three' is the Carter Family's 'Engine 143', 'Gypsy Girl' is really 'The Little Gypsy Girl' and 'The Dreadful Wind And Rain' is really 'The Twa Sisters'. Lyric corrections to 'Blues For The Muse'. 'God Dog' from 'The Chelsea Sessions 1967' CD most likely dates from 'The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter' sessions rather than '5000 Spirits'. 'Mercy I Cry City' was missing from the Fillmore East, New York, 5.6.68. Ludlow's Garage, Cincinnati, May 1969, Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville (near Dallas), 31.8.69 and Berkeley Community Theatre, 31.12.69 are all soundboard recordings, not audience tapes. Wolfgang's Vault Radio versions of 'Light In Time of Darkness', 'Log Cabin Home In The Sky' and 'Worlds They Rise And Fall', most likely from the Fillmore West, San Francisco, 11 or 13.5.70. The versions of 'Down Before Cathay' from John Peel's 'Sounds Of The Seventies', 17.3.72 (Recorded 29.2.72) and Eide Kino, Bergen, Norway, 23.3.72 feature a different (and superior) arrangement to the 'No Ruinous Feud' LP. The version of 'Banks Of Sweet Italy' from Eide Kino, Bergen, Norway, 23.3.72 features an additional verse absent from the 'Earthspan' LP. The pantomime 'The Worthy Woodcutter, The Wicked Wizard And The Wicked Weasel' was missing from Eide Kino, Bergen, Norway, 23.3.72. Add individual song credits to the 'Job's Tears'/'Koeeoaddi There'/'A Very Cellular Song' medley performed at the Bickershaw Festival, Lancashire, 6.5.72 and also the 'Witches Hat'/'Koeeoaddi There'/'A Very Cellular Song' 'Hangman's Medley' performed during 1972-73. 'St Gilles And The Dragon' should be 'St Giles And The Dragon', it's 'Giles Crocodile' part 2. |
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| 12.06.06 | Additions: |
Champness Hall, Rochdale, 16.2.74. Lyrics to 'Beneath The Larked Sky' and 'Strong Thing'. Added the UK LP release dates as background information. |
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The Balmore Tapes song 'Are You Ready?' is actually a version of the traditional song 'Join The Band', as performed as part of a medley during 1970. 'Lover Man' was also missing from the track listing. Correct the lyrics to 'Secret Temple'. |
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| 16.05.06 | Additions: |
The list now includes pre-ISB recordings - Robin and Owen Hand at the St Andrews Folk Club, Edinburgh, October 1963, Robin and Clive's 'Jazz Bo's Holiday' from the Decca 'Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 1' LP and Robin and Clive at the St Andrews Folk Club, Edinburgh, November 1964. Also added lyrics for most of these traditional songs. U, Fillmore West, San Francisco, 11 or 13.5.70. A more complete version of the Toronto, Canada, October 1972 live recording has been released as part of the two CD set 'The Circle Is Unbroken: Live And Studio 1967-1972'. Rainbow Theatre, London, 12.11.73. Swiss TV, Lugano, Late 1973 or Early 1974 and the possibility of a further live TV show from Rome. Rehearsals, Probably Mid-1974. The Bottom Line, New York, 25.8.74. |
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Background details to the Corries Folk Festival, Edinburgh, 1.8.67. A BBC 'Top Of The Pops' transcription disc LP has surfaced, containing an edited version of 'Restless Night' from John Peel's 'Sounds Of The Seventies', 17.3.72 (Recorded 29.2.72) and, more importantly, the only known studio recording of 'Secret Temple'. Details of a BBC 'Day In The Life' TV documentary from the Bickershaw Festival, Lancashire, 6.5.72, believed to feature the String Band. Details of the BBC transcription disc LP of the Radio One 'In Concert' show from the Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 17.5.74 (Broadcast 1.6.74), including an alternate version of 'Jack Straw's Wishes'. Correct lyrics to 'Long Long Road'. Moved the full update history to a seperate page. |
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| 27.03.06 | Additions: | Palau De La Musica, Barcelona, 25.5.73. |
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The Julie Felix 'Once More With Felix', 23.3.68, version of 'The Half Remarkable Question' was shown as part of BBC4's 'Folk Britannia' series on 10.02.06. Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, 15.8.69 - was 'Come With Me' also played? Correct set lists for BBC Radio One 'In Concert', Paris Theatre, London, 9.12.72 and Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY, April 1973. Speculation on the recording and broadcast dates of 'King Biscuit Flower Hour', London 1973. |
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| 19.04.05 | Additions: |
VJOEW (Dutch TV), Early To Mid 1968. New York(?), Late November 1969 (missing Videofreex footage). U, The Roundhouse, London, 8 to 18.4.70 (missing TVX video footage). U Rehearsals, Fillmore East, New York, April 1970 (missing Jackie Cassen video footage). Newcastle City Hall, 7.12.72 |
| Updates: | Film footage from the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville (near Dallas), 31.8.69. | |
| 26.01.05 | Additions: |
Mike's appearance on WMCA, New York, 25.4.70. A rough audience tape of 'U' from the Fillmore East, New York, 26.4.70 has surfaced. Lyrics to 'Geordie', 'Join The Band', 'Let It Shine', 'Take Your Burden To The Lord', 'This Little Light Of Mine' and the complete 'Raga Puti'. |
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'Every Time I Hear The Sweet Birds Singing' by Tom Paxton, as performed on the Balmore Tapes, is actually called 'Every Time' and is from his 1965 Elektra album 'Ain't That News'. An early version, titled 'Ev'ry Time' was released on his rare 1962 Gaslight album 'I'm The Man Who Built The Bridges'. At least one other song was performed on the 'Once More With Felix' pilot show, Summer/Autumn 1967. Updated information on the sources of all the currently available Woodstock footage. 'Join The Band' is a traditional hauling song from the days of the big sailing schooners, performed by John Davis and group on the LP 'Sounds of the South - The Classic Alan Lomax Sessions Recorded Live In The Southern States Of The USA'. The 'Join The Band' medley also includes the traditional negro spiritual 'This Little Light Of Mine'. Further information and correct credits for 'Bright Morning Stars'. An advert from the time gives the date of the 1971 WPLJ show as 11.5.71, rather than 18.5.71. Further information about Stuart Gordon and Mike's show at the Renold Theatre, UMIST, Manchester, 8.12.71. Rename the 'Pantomime Interlude' from the Brighton Dome, 24.2.72 to 'The Worthy Woodcutter, The Wicked Wizard And The Wicked Weasel' as suggested by Raymond Greenoaken. Mike is reported to have sensibly stayed back stage during this so probably does not deserve a writing credit, although Likky possibly does. Arthur Marshall co-wrote 'Swipesy Cakewalk' with Scott Joplin. Lyric corrections to 'All Too Much For Me', 'Blues for the Muse', 'Frutch', 'Giles Crocodile' (Tampa version), 'The Iron Stone', 'Long Long Road', 'Queen Juanita And Her Fisherman Lover' and 'You've Been A Friend To Me'. |
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| 07.01.04 | Additions: |
'Once More With Felix' pilot show, Summer/Autumn 1967. 'Late Night Line-Up', Autumn 1967. Fillmore East, New York, 27.4.69 and the alternate early lyrics to 'When You Find Out Who You Are'. Renold Theatre, UMIST, Manchester, 8.12.71 (Mike Heron solo show). King Biscuit Flower Hour, London 1973. 'Midnight Special', 11.5.73. US Breakfast TV, Atlanta, April/May 1973. Danish TV Special, Copenhagen, 2.3.74, and possibly other European TV shows. |
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The complete 'Chinese White' from the Corries Folk Festival, Edinburgh, 1.8.67 does exist. The 15.10.67 'Top Gear' session was presented by Pete Drummond and Tommy Vance, not John Peel. The 'Mothers Day' Fillmore East concert dates from 5.6.68. Added information on the 'Scottish Jig' from the Fillmore East, New York, 27.11.68, including the title of one of the two tunes, 'Comb Your Hair And Curl It'. 'You Get Brighter' was also missing from this recording. 'Philadelphia Folk Festival 1969' bootleg CD released. Update to City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 26.10.69 - is the untitled instrumental just a long introduction to 'Maya'? Further information on the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.7.70 jigs. Correct the set list for the Brighton Dome, 10.10.70 and resolve the mysterious 'Good To Be Here' (it's just part of 'Rainbow'). Confirm that the 'Beatclub' appearance was broadcast on 24.10.70 on TV station Radio Bremen. Add a link to the TV Tome web-page for this show. Further information on Pacific High Studios, San Francisco, 15.2.71. Correct Pall Mall, Boston, 10.8.72, it should be Paul's Mall and the date should be 8.10.72. Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY, April 1973 most likely dates to 24.4.73. The untitled instrumental from Tampa, Florida, 29.4.73 is the Irish traditional tune 'Brian Boru's March'. Confirm the jig titles for Pacific High Studios, San Francisco, 15.2.71, WPLJ, New York, 18.5.71, Brighton Dome, 24.2.72, Paul's Mall, Boston, 8.10.72, Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, March 1973, Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY, April 1973 and Tampa, Florida, 29.4.73. Confirm medley titles for the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.7.70, Bolton College Of Technology, 23.2.73 and Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, March 1973. Only 'Eyes Like Leaves' in the 'Grumbling Old Men' jig set is a Robin composition, the other three being traditional. Correct the credits for occassions where the set was played without this tune. All four jigs in 'The Bird That Lives On Rain' set are Robin compositions, not traditional. 'Tear The Silk' is not traditional but a Robin composition. |
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| 06.11.02 | Additions: |
Fillmore East, New York, 27.11.68. Ludlow's Garage, Cincinnati, May 1969. 'Gather Round' from the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 18.7.70. 'Joe's Waltz' from the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 28.10.70. Pacific High Studios, San Francisco, 15.2.71. Bickershaw Festival, Lancashire, 6.5.72. The Second British Rock Meeting, Insel Grun, Germersheim, Germany, 21.5.72. New Theatre, Oxford, 20.11.73. Lyrics to 'Gather Round', 'Joe's Waltz' and a partial 'Secret Temple'. |
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Notes on the fate of the John Peel's 'Nightride', 5.3.69 radio session master tape. 'Be Glad For The Song has No Ending' released on DVD. Woodstock - MPEG videos of the band's set have surfaced, a short clip of the ISB is featured on the new 'Woodstock Diaries' DVD, 'Invocation' may have been performed. The Philadelphia Folk Festival appearance dates to the 23 or 24.8.69, not 12.8.69. 'Unbroken Circle' bootleg CD released containing BBC radio sessions from 24.8.69, 25.7.70 and 9.1.71. The Texas International Pop Festival was in Lewisville, north of Dallas, not Austin. The mysterious 'Come Hither' from the City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 26.10.69 is more than likely a mistitled 'Come With Me'. The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, 31.12.69 tape is really from the Berkeley Community Theatre. Details of incorrectly titled copies of the WPLJ, New York, 18.5.71 tape. The Lincoln Folk Festival, 24.7.71 was really named the Tupholme Manor Park Folk Concert. The venue for Bergen, Norway, 23.3.72 was Eide Kino - also add jig titles. Further information on Toronto, Canada, October 1972 ('First Girl I Loved' CD). 'Wild Cat Blues' was written by Thomas 'Fats' Waller and Clarence Williams, not Scott Joplin. Further information and full set list for Sundown, Edmonton, 24.11.72. Add titles of rag, jigs and medley from Fairfield Hall, Croydon, 26.11.72. The venue for Bristol, 18.2.73 was Bristol University. Town Hall, Bolton, 23.2.73 was really Bolton College Of Technology. Further information and full set list for Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.3.73. The Ultrasonic Studios tape from April 1973 came from WLIR radio, the studios are located in Hempstead, New York state. Tampa, Florida, 29.4.73 is a soundboard recording, not a radio broadcast. Add intelligent guesses for the various jigs and medleys, based on similar set lists from the time - unknown and unconfirmed titles are marked by ******. |
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| 10.05.01 | Additions: |
'The Balmore Tapes', Late 1966/Early 1967. The 'Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending' film. Philadelphia Folk Festival, Schwenksville, 12.8.69. City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 26.10.69. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.7.70. Pall Mall, Boston, 10.8.72. Bristol, 18.2.73. Town Hall, Bolton, 23.2.73. Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, March 1973. |
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Further information about the Texas International Pop Festival, Austin, 31.8.69 recording. Confirm Norway, March 1972 is actually Bergen, Norway, 23.3.72. Correct titles of 'Black Jack Davy' / 'David' - early, 'I Looked Up' period, versions are 'Davy', later, 'Earthspan' period, versions are 'David'. Full track listing for Ultrasonic Studios, NYC, April 1973. Correct title of 'Where Are You Living Now Man?' to 'Skiffle Song'. Full track listing for Tampa, Florida, 29.4.73. Split 'Rehearsal' film entry into separate Glen Row, Summer 1973 and Colston Hall, Bristol, 23.10.73 sections. Confirm location and recording date (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 17.5.74) for final BBC Radio One 'In Concert' broadcast (1.6.74). Alternate 'Giles Crocodile' lyrics from Tampa, Florida, 29.4.73. |
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| 26.01.01 | Original version posted to the ISB mailing list | |