January 9, 2012

THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion



The Incredible String Band (abbreviated as ISB) were a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1965. The band built a considerable following, especially within Britishcounter-culture before splitting up in 1974. The members of the group are considered musical pioneers in psych folk and, by integrating a very wide variety of traditional music forms and instruments, in the development of world music. The group reformed in 1999 and continued to perform until 2006.

1967 - The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion

Robin Williamson - Vocals, guitar, mandolin, oud, gimbri, flute, bass guitar, percussion
Mike Heron - Vocals, guitar, harmonica
Licorice McKechnie - Vocals, percussion
Danny Thompson - Double bass
John Hopkins - Piano
Soma (Nazir Jairazbhoy)- Sitar, tamboura




"Chinese White" (Mike Heron) – 3:40
"No Sleep Blues" (Robin Williamson) – 3:53
"Painting Box" (Heron) – 4:04
"The Mad Hatter's Song" (Williamson) – 5:40
"Little Cloud" (Heron) – 4:05
"The Eyes of Fate" (Williamson) – 4:02
"Blues for the Muse" (Williamson) – 2:49
"The Hedgehog's Song" (Heron) – 3:30
"First Girl I Loved" (Williamson) – 4:55
"You Know What You Could Be" (Heron) – 2:46
"My Name Is Death" (Williamson) – 2:46
"Gently Tender" (Heron) – 4:49
"Way Back in the 1960s" (Williamson) – 3:11

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