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Key Information
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| Artist: |
The Incredible String Band |
| Record Label: |
Collectors' Choice Music |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
British Folk Rock |
| Release Date: |
November 16, 2005 |
| Number of Discs: |
2 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Chinese White
2. No Sleep Blues
3. Painting Box
4. Mad Hatter's Song
5. Little Cloud
6. Eyes of Fate
7. Blues for the Muse
8. Hedgehog's Song
9. First Girl I Loved
10. You Know What You Could Be
11. My Name Is Death
12. Gently Tender
13. Way Back in the 1960s |
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Song List: Disc 2
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1. Koeeoaddi There
2. Minotaur's Song
3. Witches Hat
4. Very Cellular Song, A
5. Mercy I Cry City
6. Waltz of the New Moon
7. Water Song
8. Three Is a Green Crown
9. Swift as the Wind
10. Nightfall |
| More Information |
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2 LPs on 2 CDs: 5000 SPIRITS OR THE LAYERS OF THE ONION (1967)/THE HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER (1968). Incredible String Band includes: Robin Williamson, Mike Heron. This two-for-one collection brings together the Incredible String Band's second and third albums, 5000 SPIRITS OR THE LAYERS OF THE ONION and THE HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, respectively. Entirely acoustic, 5000 SPIRITS features guitars, bass, flute, and various percussion instruments, all in the service of the Incredible String Band (comprised mainly of Robin Williamson and Mike Heron here) and their tripped-out British folk. While "The Mad Hatter's Song" is staunchly 1960s underground fare, there is also a heavy minstrel tradition on 5000 SPIRITS, with dashes of blues ("No Sleep Blues"), Middle Eastern music ("The Eyes of Fate"), and Dylan-inspired revivalism ("Blues for the Muse"). On THE HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, the duo's songs have a more open, flowing structure, augmented by unconventional instrumentation (Jew's harp, oud, Pan ... |
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