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THE INCREDIBLE STRING
BAND
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If
any musical combo ever meshed perfectly with the times it was the
Incredible String Band. And here’s the proof: their 1966 debut,
The Incredible String Band;1967’s The 5000 Spirits
Or Layers Of The Onion; andThe Hangman’s Beautiful
Daughter from 1968—all on deep-grooved, High-Definition 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 1967’s 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!
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