This is the spirit of the `60s that I remember and probably my favorite band. When the corporate media seek to dismiss us who were hippies as all hedonists and drug-crazed (sure, there were some like that) they have to deny the existence of this spirit. This spirit brought so much good to the world: return to respect for and love of nature, healthy food and medicine, rejection of the socio-economic system that has now brought us to near extinction, and the efforts to create new, better societies. Also, an enormous sense of what might be possible and the will to go there.

You only had a few friends who listened to the Incredible String Band, they were too close to 'some other world' even back in the day. When I play their music now, I often skip the tracks because I know most people just scratch their heads. I love their music so much.

The meaning of life may be found in their lyrics.....("the opposite is also true"!)... I (still) love this band...from the age of 15 to now at 65....so glad to be born into a generation when such music was created. So often, the ISB music has lifted me up and out of many miserable maya moments.

An unforgettable band with authentic lyrics that nourishes the soul

I saw Robin last week, we were talking about this performance and he said that he had met up with Julie recently. Both are now in their mid-seventies and still making great music..................................

It was a special time. And the ISB were simply unique.

we had a golden dream back then of a healed world ecosystem, justice and equality, and peace. a world where all could express their best potential. the music such as this was an inspiration and an ideal.

When I saw this performance for the first time it changed my life. I now have every string band cover on my walls, and I found my eternally favorite band.

They all have the most amazing faces, like elves & wizards from an old English tapestry. Just beautiful to hear & watch.

I've loved the Incredible String Band since I was 14! They were absolutely magnificent and miles above the rest.

The first truly world music band. Brave music that any musicians would not write and perform for fear of ridicule and rejection. I've been following them and their solo adventures since a friend told me about them in 1967 in Scotland when Clive Palmer was with them.

I saw The String band play many times in the late 60's and early 70's. What a great band, thanks for uploading.

This brings me back to a beautiful place. "There's something forgotten I want you to know. The freckles of rain they are telling me so." So grateful we have this recorded live testimony. This moment in time proves it was real and true. Thanks for posting!

Who moved the white Castle? Who moved the black Queen When Gimel and Dalet were standing between? And out of the evening, was growing a veil, That pined for the pine woods and ached for the sail.. There's something forgotten I want you to know - The freckles of rain they are telling me so - Oh, it's the half remarkable question: What is that we are part of? And what is it that we are? An elephant madness has covered the sun, And the judge and the juries still play for the fun. They've torn all the roses and washed all the soap, And the martyr who marries them dares not elope. Oh, it's the never realised question... What is it that we are part of And what is it that we are? Oh long; oh long e're yet my eyes Braved the gate's enormous fire, And the body folded 'round me, And the person in me grew... The flower and its petal, The root and its grasp, The earth and its bigness, The breath and its gasp. The mind and its motion, The foot and its move, The life and its pattern, The heart and its love... Oh, it's the old forgotten question! What is it that we are part of What is it that we are?

The Incredible Stringband. From 1966 - 1968 they where among the greatest artist in the music of the 60s. First Album. 5000 spirits .... The Hangman´s Beautiful Daughter. Wee Tam. 4 albums - and then it all changed. I still enjoy these 4 Albums. I can´t live without them💚💙💜

Excellent to see ISB in their youth. Why do we not have such good music shows on TV today. Thank god for bbc4

It is 2024 and I am still pondering.

25 and 26 years old at the time. and the talent....

One of the greatest songs ever. I'm still moved after 55 years.

not a day has gone by since 1970 without their lirics in my ears

I agree with other comments. No one writes lyrics like this nowadays. How sad is that? The big questions that music and art can explore are missing in much of what is put forth by young musicians raised by years of conformity.

I was this close to them in the small club they played in in 1969. Was it incredible? Yes, very.

Robin asks the most existential half-remarkable questions.

Wonderful to hear again, I remember going to the Roundhouse to see their musical 'U"

this is so amazing!! so happy this still exists for us to enjoy!! thank you very much!! :)

Wonderful - takes me right back to Gandalf's Garden, World's End, Chelsea late 60s...

What a great song i love the Lyrics and very catchy Guitar and Sitar.

I love singing along with this song, so lovely

Rest in peace, lovely Julie

Quite possibly my favourite thing on the entire interweb.

I was lucky enough to see them about 8X in 1968 1969 and NO they did not use drugs, they were talented, thoughtful artists who were immersed in their lives and present in the moments, that were the late 1960's.

It might not have been to everyone's taste but television programmers were certainly far more courageous and imaginative than nowadays. Bravo! Mike Heron was one of the few Western musicians who joined the 'sitar club' around that time and seemed to be reasonably proficient, though I'm no expert in spite of owning one for a short time.

This is amazing!!!! I was one year away from birth at that time.Wish my mom n dad would have had this in their record collections!

Just as magical as when i first heard it, ❤

ooooh I am still in love. brilliant ones thpiough I was born 20 years later.

yes a wonderful band ......well worth discovering their music

In my perfect personal paradise this song would incorporate the mood therein. (The studio version.)

So glad I have never outgrown my appreciation for theses values.

simplemente hermoso, que energia de paz y amor despide esta cancion y los ojos Robin Wlliamson bastante profundos y en quietud. Gracias a la siempre maravillos e inolvidable ISB

Wow, I didn't know you could still play guitar in that particular state of consciousness! This is the whole universe in a soundscape.

....what a beautiful song..what is it that we are part of.....😀🔯🗽✌♋😊...

I'v always loved them too, Anita. Saw them perform this tune at the Fillmore West in 1969.

This is from another world/galaxy. Beautiful.

Was there ever a band less afraid of being themselves?

Loved them at Woodstock little stage

in 68 i was lost, and loster still i was in this music that said of things i dint know

I love this performance!

Far out and Cosmic! So deep! Thanx for posting

Wow, playing that thing looks like a full upper-body workout...!

I love it!

are there other songs of this concert available in YT? This is unbelivable great, finding no words, only tears of being touched...

Amazing stuff, what a different time.

Just wonderful.... I have this on a limited edition VHS tape, obtained through the Be Glad fanzine 😀

Simply wonderful!! Thanks for sharing.

BEST BAND EVER!!!!!

Mesmerizing and inspiring.........wonderful!

Awesome and rare footage of them, thanks to the poster *+1*

absolutely my favourite band and saw them loads Robin can still be seen telling stories and playing harp, still a joy to see and of course hes had a nice life. They reformed a few years ago, that wasn't too good. They are great songs and great times for them to be played now they probably need to be in the hands of new young people, like much of the 60's music. Always seems sad to resurrect the past, we are not there now - sadly the world is currently a much worse place but still a joy to find this TV recording, very gentle was more dramatic live

The first album I ever bought was 5000 Spirits...I still love listening to it and everything the ISB have done.

The moral truth of anti capitalist ,industrialised,consumer, society cannot die !

ja unglaublich schön

Blissful perfection!

Wonderousliness

Gotta love that sitar.

Brilliant magic beautiful song

Wonderful !

My favorite band in the 70's.

I was at their concert in Genoa 1974 at teatro Alcione the band was great and the audience unbelievable... unfortunately no videos nor pictures available

They were the biz. So creative.

my faves , the incredible string band, from my all time fave album , wee tam and the big huge [1968], beautiful robin song , mike sitar

Wow simply sensational.

wonderful

This is a Remarkarable High Water Mark of Humanity xx

Listen to today's uniform mass-produced music and weep

i love still the incredible string band

This is just great.

Astonishing.

The face of a Saxon, if ever I saw one.

Yes, sweetness and light.

One of my few Woodstock regrets was not seeing the Incredible String Band live. Too much rain.

1960's! No-one writes lyrics like these today.

Wonderful

Enchanting

How could anyone take a beautiful 4:3 performance and chop it down and distort it to 16:9 like this? Criminal.

Finest.

einfach nur zum Weinen schön -

Very nice.

The instrument is a sitar. Check it out on Wikipedia for an explanation.

complete unbounded innocence

very innovative folk song nicely done! farr out man! fyi robin looks like my cousin! haha

I'd like to go with Julie Felix a first time, let alone once more

☮️ peace and love

People should wear more cloaks. Shame that's died out.

Nice,

Freckles of rain 💚

It seems this tune has got more comments than any other ISB tune i have seen on youtube.

when more men were beautiful

tito loves this

I want to learn the instrument that held by Mike! Can anyone tells me what's that instrument called?

Transports of delight. (I prefer the studio version, just.)