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The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 970 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 294 MB
Cat#: Elektra K 42001 | Country/Year: UK 1976, 1967 (Reissue)
Genre: Psych Folk, Folk Rock | Hoster: FS + HF/FF

The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion was the second LP by The Incredible String Band, released in July 1967. The album demonstrated considerable musical development and a more unified ISB sound. It displayed their abilities as multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters, and gained them wide acclaim. As well as winning favourable reviews in the music press, it was received enthusiastically by the DJ John Peel, who regularly featured tracks from the album on his influential Perfumed Garden programme on the pirate radio ship Radio London. The 5000 Spirits… went to Number One in the UK folk chart, and was named by Paul McCartney as one of his favourite records of that year. wikipedia

This is a particularly intriguing project, for producer Pete Welding in 1966 gathered together four veteran Chicago blues musicians (three of whom were playing electric blues at the time) and had them re-create the style of a 1920s/'30s string band. Carl Martin (60 at the time) was part of the original era, and he is heard on violin and guitar. Also featured in different combinations are Johnny Young on mandolin, guitarist John Lee Granderson, and John Wrencher on harmonica; all four musicians have their spots taking vocals. The music is very much in the early tradition, and the music is both spirited and delightful.–by Scott Yanow

Described as one of the most engaging groups to emerge from the esoteric 1960s, The Incredible String Band was essentially the duo of Mike Heron and Robin Williamson. Their sound was comprised of haunting Celtic folk melodies augmented by a variety of Middle Eastern and Asian instruments. During the summer of 1968, The Incredible String Band played a remarkable concert at the legendary Fillmore East venue in New York. The concert was recorded by the venue's sound desk. This is a 24-bit remaster, approved by the band, taken from that original 1968 concert tape.

The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 951 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 282 MB
Cat#: Elektra K 42002 | Country/Year: UK 1976, 1968 (ReIssue)
Genre: Psych Folk, Folk Rock | Hoster: FS + HF/FF/Oron

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter was the third album by The Incredible String Band, released in March 1968. It is regarded by many critics as a quintessential example of hippie culture, with its promotion of ideas such as communal living, eastern mysticism and pantheism. wikipedia