Incredible String Band-5000 Spirits-1967-US Pressing-NM

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Mar 13, 2011 Sold Date

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Title: 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion

Artist: The Incredible String Band

Music Format: Stereo

Label: Eletra

Catalogue Number: EKS-74010

Issue Year: 1967

Tracks:

1. Chinese White — 3:34
2. No Sleep Blues — 3:48
3. Painting Box — 3:58
4. The Mad Hatter's Song — 5:35
5. Little Cloud — 3:52
6. The Eyes of Fate — 3:56
7. Blues for the Muse — 2:44
8. The Hedgehog's Song — 3:26
9. First Girl I Loved — 4:51
10. You Know What You Could Be — 2:44
11. My Name Is Death — 2:42
12. Gently Tender — 4:45
13. Way Back in the 1960s — 3:08

The 5000 Spirits is an enjoyable Lp -- given its ambitious title and eye-popping cover art, and you can expect to hear a something caught in the black-light throes of psychedelic ecstasy only in subtle folkrock weavings sprinkled with magical mysticisms. Something heard from the far corners in a wide, ancient room of an Indian temple: Heron's sitar and Williamson's melismatic vocals invoking death and joy and torment all at once.

The band's soon-to-be-crystallized sound is coming into view. First, there is an expansion of the instrumental palette. In addition to the contributions of Pentangle bassist Danny Thompson (something which wouldn't really return), Williamson's gimbri (North African lute) is now on board, the sitar makes its first appearance though mostly in a supportive role, and there's the rollicking bongo-percussion that would become increasingly prominent. This album also marks the first appearance of vocalist Licorice 'Likky' McKhenie. Second, the band's mysticism, typically represented in Williamson's material, also clearly begins to emerge here. "The Mad Hatter's Song" sounds like a decent prototype to what would be perfected on "Three Is a Green Crown" on The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter. "My Name is Death" and "The Eyes of Fate" also show Williamson stretching his lyrical and structural ambitions.

Special Comments: Rare UK 1967 Underground Folkpsych, GOLD ELEKTRA ORIGINAL! Original US Pressing, with the Original Inner Slevees

Cover Condition: Near Mint, Minimal Wear, No Split or Stain

Vinyl Condition: Near Mint, Not Any Detectable Defect

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