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The Incredible String Band

The Incredible String Band is a group from the UK, active from 1966.

Group GB 1966–1974 folk psychedelic folk folk rock

TOTAL PLAYS

174

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2007-12-12 07:57 · 6 Music — "First Girl I Loved"

LAST PLAYED

1 week ago · 6 Music — "Cousin Caterpillar"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2026

20 15 10 5 0

'07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 159 91%

Radio 2 15 9%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 October Song 17 2025-10-22

2 The Hedgehog's Song 10 2022-08-07

3 Witches Hat 8 2025-08-06

4 Dear Old Battlefield 8 2019-04-23

5 Air 8 2017-05-07

6 Painting Box 7 2025-04-09

7 First Girl I Loved 6 2021-07-25

8 Black Jack Davy 6 2019-04-23

9 Maker Of Islands 6 2017-11-18

10 Gently Tender (The Chelsea Demo Sessions Version) 5 2022-03-20

11 Dreams Of No Return 5 2013-09-24

12 Black Jack Davey - BBC Session 14/08/1972 4 2015-07-24

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-10 11:28 Cousin Caterpillar 6 Music

2025-10-22 20:37 October Song Radio 2

2025-10-13 21:30 October Song 6 Music

2025-10-02 00:07 The First Girl I Loved 6 Music

2025-08-06 19:24 Witches Hat 6 Music

2025-04-09 20:12 Painting Box Radio 2

2025-03-23 21:44 Painting Box 6 Music

2024-11-03 21:11 The Mad Hatter's Song 6 Music

2024-10-10 21:02 October Song 6 Music

2024-03-21 00:11 Witches Hat 6 Music

2023-12-03 22:23 Little Cloud 6 Music

2023-11-16 23:48 October Song 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

77 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

1968 (Radio 1 In Concert, 1 Jun 1974) —

1 2017-11-18 ▶

1968 Once More —

1 2011-02-15 ▶

1968 Once More - BBC Paris Theater 1974 —

2 2015-06-01 ▶

1968 Once More - Golders Green Hippodrome 1974 —

1 2015-10-24 ▶

A Very Cellular Song —

2 2020-10-18 ▶

A very celular song —

1 2016-08-16 ▶

Air —

8 2017-05-07 ▶

All Writ Down (Top Gear Session, 5th March 1969) —

1 2014-04-29 ▶

At The Lighthouse Dance (Radio 1 Session, 27 Feb 1973) —

1 2018-02-21 ▶

At The Lighthouse Dance - BBC Session 27/02/1973 —

2 2013-01-09 ▶

Big Ted —

1 2017-03-22 ▶

Black Jack Davey - BBC Session 14/08/1972 —

4 2015-07-24 ▶

Black Jack Davy —

6 2019-04-23 ▶

Black Jack Davy (Radio 1 Session, 9 Sept 1973) —

1 2016-09-08 ▶

Changing Horses —

1 2014-04-06 ▶

Chinese White —

2 2021-04-08 ▶

Cold Days Of Feburary —

1 2011-01-14 ▶

Cold Days Of Feburary (Radio 1 Session, 27 Feb 1973) —

1 2018-02-21 ▶

Cold Days Of Feburary - BBC Session 27/02/1973 —

1 2013-01-09 ▶

Cousin Caterpillar —

3 2026-05-10 ▶

Dandelion Blues —

1 2017-08-09 ▶

Dear Old Battlefield —

8 2019-04-23 ▶

Dear Old Battlefield (Radio 1 Session, 9 Sept 1973) —

1 2016-09-08 ▶

Dear Old Battlefield - BBC Paris Theater 1974 —

1 2008-09-18 ▶

Dear Old Battlefield - BBC Session 09/10/1973 —

1 2008-05-19 ▶

Dear Old Battlefield - Golders Green Hippodrome 1974 —

2 2017-11-18 ▶

Did I Love A Dream - BBC Session 14/08/1972 —

1 2011-09-19 ▶

Douglas Traherne Harding —

1 2013-01-06 ▶

Dreams Of No Return —

5 2013-09-24 ▶

Dreams Of No Return (Radio 1 Session, 9 Sept 1973) —

1 2016-09-08 ▶

Dreams Of No Return - BBC Session 09/10/1973 —

1 2008-05-19 ▶

Dust Be Diamonds (Top Gear Session, 5th March 1969) —

1 2014-04-30 ▶

Elite Syncopations —

1 2011-01-14 ▶

Elite Syncopations (Radio 1 Session, 27 Feb 1973) —

1 2018-02-21 ▶

Elite Syncopations - BBC Session 27/02/1973 —

1 2012-01-13 ▶

First Girl I Loved —

6 2021-07-25 ▶

Gently Tender —

3 2022-01-09 ▶

Gently Tender (The Chelsea Demo Sessions Version) —

5 2022-03-20 ▶

Ithkos —

1 2010-01-03 ▶

Ithkos - Golders Green Hippodrome 1974 —

2 2017-11-18 ▶

Jack Straw's Wishes - Golders Green Hippodrome 1974 —

2 2017-11-18 ▶

Jane —

3 2013-09-24 ▶

Jane (Radio 1 Session, 9 Sept 1973) —

1 2016-09-08 ▶

Little Cloud —

1 2023-12-03 ▶

Little Girl —

2 2011-01-14 ▶

Little Girl (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 27 Feb 1973) —

1 2018-02-21 ▶

Little Girl - BBC Session 27/02/1973 —

2 2013-01-09 ▶

Log Cabin Home In The Sky - Golders Green Hippodrome 1974 —

2 2017-11-18 ▶

Log Cabin In The Sky —

1 2014-11-12 ▶

Mad Hatters Song —

1 2012-10-21 ▶

Maker Of Islands —

6 2017-11-18 ▶

Maker Of Islands - BBC Paris Theater 1974 —

1 2008-09-18 ▶

Maker Of Islands - Golders Green Hippodrome 1974 —

1 2015-10-24 ▶

Maybe Someday —

1 2017-03-23 ▶

Mercy I Cry City —

1 2017-05-11 ▶

Mr And Mrs —

1 2012-06-10 ▶

No Sleep Blues (Remastered) —

1 2019-08-05 ▶

October Song —

17 2025-10-22 ▶

Painted Chariot —

1 2012-03-19 ▶

Painting Box —

7 2025-04-09 ▶

Puppies —

1 2011-10-06 ▶

Rends Moi - BBC Session 14/08/1972 —

1 2011-09-19 ▶

Sailor and the Dancer —

2 2011-01-14 ▶

Sailor And The Dancer - BBC Session 27/02/1973 —

2 2013-01-09 ▶

Saturday Maybe —

1 2010-08-26 ▶

The First Girl I Loved —

1 2025-10-02 ▶

The Half-Remarkable Question —

1 2017-05-07 ▶

The Hedgehog's Song —

10 2022-08-07 ▶

The Mad Hatter's Song —

1 2024-11-03 ▶

The Minotaur's Song —

1 2013-07-27 ▶

The Water Song —

2 2022-12-08 ▶

Theta (Top Gear Session, 5th March 1969) —

1 2014-04-28 ▶

Way Back In the 1960s —

1 2017-08-05 ▶

When The Music Starts To Play —

1 2017-03-18 ▶

Whitches Hat/Ladybird/Bid You Goodnight/Long Time Sunshine - BBC Session 14/08/1972 —

1 2011-09-19 ▶

Witches Hat —

8 2025-08-06 ▶

You Get Brighter (BBC Session) —

1 2013-09-26 ▶