The Incredible String Band

Artist: The Incredible String Band
Label: Hannibal
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 031257443722
EAN: 0031257443722
ASIN: B00000064H

Release Date: 1994-05-16

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Another Cool BluesRock, FolkRock, AcidRock & Underground Music of '60
15 that have served me well...

Tracks:

Maybe Someday
October Song
When The Music Starts To Play
Schaeffer's Jig
Womankind
The Tree
Whistle Tune
Dandelion Blues
How Happy I Am
Empty Pocket Blues
Smoke Shovelling Song
Can't Keep Me Here
Good As Gone
Footsteps Of The Heron
Niggertown
Everything's Fine Right Now

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Customer Reviews:

First Incredibles.......2000-03-15

A delightful album which showcases the emerging talents of songwriter/minstrels Mike Heron and Robin Williamson along with the (slightly) more conventional musical abilities of their friend and mentor Clive Palmer. Clive contributes the more traditional banjo and blues pieces while Robin and Mike drop fascinating hints about the diverse musical territories they were about to venture into. "Womankind" and especially "October Song" stand out as timeless classics but everything else is pretty fine. If this is a true reflection of the music to be heard regularly in Clive's Incredible Folk Club in the mid 1960's, it must have been an extraordinary time and place. The original Incredibles are now touring again after all these years, which makes this first album all the more fascinating.

The "Incredible" certainly were: out in CD -- hooray!.......1999-03-31

I remember first hearing the wonderfully eclectic mix of styles/content (including East Indian myth!) that the Incredible String Band brought to their songs -- and being absolutely amazed! Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull obviously struck a more popular note, but all lovers of thoughtful lyrics and hauntingly experimental/evocative musical styles -- and especially of the British acoustic "minstrel" tradition -- owe it to themselves to buy at least one "Incredible" CD!

The Incredible String Band: enjoyment guaranteed.......1998-08-24

This first album shows the ISB in very good spirits and it shows a transition from pure folk and R&B to the unique ISB-sound later to appear on the second album. In contrast to some other ISB-records it ages very well and it contains nothing but feel-good songs, even if some are meant to be a blues - it's humor, mostly ! What's more, Heron's liner notes make a fine contribution to the general sense of fun and well-being.

Mike Heron makes a powerful impression with songs like "Maybe Someday" and "Everything's fine" and Williamson hints at things to come in his beautiful "October Song" and "Womankind". Palmer's contributions, though very nice, show that he was not keeping up with the pace and direction of the other two, and he's not come back to record with the other two since.

This record may not be a classic in the vein of "5000 Spirits" or "Hangman's" but it easily matches those records in pace, freshness and joy. A feast for the ears and highly recommended to anybody, ISB-fan or no.

Hans Wigman

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