The Incredible String Band (album)
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| The Incredible String Band | ||
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| Studio album by The Incredible String Band | ||
| Released | 1966 | |
| Recorded | 1966 | |
| Genre | Folk | |
| Length | 45:07 | |
| Label | Elektra | |
| Producer(s) | Joe Boyd | |
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| The Incredible String Band chronology | ||
| The Incredible String Band (1966) |
The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion (1967) |
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The Incredible String Band is the band's eponymous debut. Originally released in 1966, it is the only Incredible String Band album to feature the original line-up with Clive Palmer.
Although the band's surreal imagery is less prevalent on this album than its follow-up The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion (1967), it is still by most standards an unusual record; as characterized by the liner notes' tale of the band's encounter with a magic blackbird.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Maybe Someday" (Mike Heron) – 2:20
- "October Song" (Robin Williamson) – 4:09
- "When the Music Starts to Play" (Heron) – 2:43
- "Schaeffer's Jig" (traditional) – 0:58
- "Womankind" (Williamson) – 3:45
- "The Tree" (Heron) – 2:55
- "Whistle Tune" (trad, arr. Williamson) – 1:02
- "Dandelion Blues" (Williamson) – 3:02
[edit] Side two
- "How Happy I Am" (Heron) – 2:20
- "Empty Pocket Blues" (Clive Palmer) – 4:47
- "Smoke Shovelling Song" (Williamson) – 3:47
- "Can't Keep Me Here" (Heron) – 2:14
- "Good as Gone" (Williamson) – 3:30
- "Footsteps of the Heron" (Heron) – 3:14
- "Niggertown" (trad, arr. Palmer) – 2:09
- "Everything's Fine Right Now" (Heron) – 2:12
[edit] Personnel
- Mike Heron - vocals, guitar
- Clive Palmer - banjo, guitar, vocals, kazoo
- Robin Williamson - violin, vocals, whistle, guitar, mandolin
