If any musical combo ever meshed perfectly with the times it was the Incredible String Band. And heres the proof: their 1966 debut, The Incredible String Band on deep-grooved, 150-gram vinyl. The wildly eclectic Scottish folk outfit,with the airy vocals and
fretboard prowess of Robin Williamson and Mike Heron as its two constants, began life resurrecting wondrous and ancient Celtic ballads, then was transformed by the perfumed winds of 1967s psychedelic revolution to add sitar, oud, gimbri and all manner of exotic axes to its arsenal. The result is a gently mesmerizing psychedelia and anti-folk stance, consummate counterpoint to current psych heroes like Mogwai and Beachwood Sparks, that makes perfectly clear why the Incredible String Band remains just that: Incredible!
Selections:
1. Maybe Someday
2. October Song
3. When The Music Starts To Play
4. Schaeffers Jig
5. Womankind
6. The Tree
7. Whistle Tune
8. Dandelion Blues
9. How Happy I Am
10. Empty Pocket Blues
11. Smoke Shoveling Song
12. Cant Keep Me Here
13. Good As Gone
14. Footsteps Of The Heron
15. Niggertown
16. Everythings Fine Right Now
fretboard prowess of Robin Williamson and Mike Heron as its two constants, began life resurrecting wondrous and ancient Celtic ballads, then was transformed by the perfumed winds of 1967s psychedelic revolution to add sitar, oud, gimbri and all manner of exotic axes to its arsenal. The result is a gently mesmerizing psychedelia and anti-folk stance, consummate counterpoint to current psych heroes like Mogwai and Beachwood Sparks, that makes perfectly clear why the Incredible String Band remains just that: Incredible!
Selections:
1. Maybe Someday
2. October Song
3. When The Music Starts To Play
4. Schaeffers Jig
5. Womankind
6. The Tree
7. Whistle Tune
8. Dandelion Blues
9. How Happy I Am
10. Empty Pocket Blues
11. Smoke Shoveling Song
12. Cant Keep Me Here
13. Good As Gone
14. Footsteps Of The Heron
15. Niggertown
16. Everythings Fine Right Now