THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND 5000 Spirits 1971 UK ELEKTRA NEAR MINT
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THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND 5000 Spirits 1971 UK ELEKTRA NEAR MINT

THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND ?
The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion

1971 UK ELEKTRA (EKS 7257)
SECOND PRESSING WITH THE BUTTERFLY LABEL
LOVELY COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
MATRIX: K-42001 - A2, EUKS 7257 A1 / K 42001 B
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED AND DEEPLY GLOSSY SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLUE

In 1967, Joe Boyd had signed the Incredible String Band, who were then down to Robin Williamson, Mike Heron, and Licorice McKechnie, to Elektra. The 5000 Spirits or Layers of the Onion had been crafted in a cottage in Glasgow, but Boyd wanted a proper recording studio to get it on tape. He chose engineer John Wood's Chelsea studio for the sessions. Recorded on a four-track machine, Boyd and Wood proceeded to capture the very best of the dozens of songs Williamson and Heron brought in. Influenced heavily by the era -- this was the summer of love, after all -- and North African music due to Williamson’s recent trip to Morocco, the set is one of the most ambitious albums in the band’s catalog. The trio were also accompanied by Danny Thompson on bass on seven tracks, as well as Nazir Jarazbhoy on sitar. The standout tracks include “First Girl I Loved” (later covered by Judy Collins and Jackson Browne), and the cosmic folk-blues “The Mad Hatter’s Song.” On this set, British folk often comes up against against Williamson’s fascination with Middle Eastern sounds -- check the bowed gimbri hovering and flitting about the acoustic guitar on “Chinese White,” and the hand drums underscoring the acoustic slide guitar on “The Hedgehog Song.” Thompson’s bass and Williamson’s harmonica are the only elements that keep “Blues for the Muse” on the ground -- barely a blues at all because of the way it pushes the 12-bar envelope. The brief “My Name Is Death” begins as a one-chord drone before it moves back to a more formally constructed 18th century traditional song. The meld of all ISB’s influences are heard on “Gently Tender,” a beautiful if somewhat anarchic tune where flutes, acoustic blues, hand drums, bass, gimbri, and sitar are all employed. This set stands as one of the true masterpieces in the group's catalogue

Side 1:
Chinese White (3:35)
No Sleep Blues (3:50)
Painting Box (4:00)
The Mad Hatter's Song (5:35)
Little Cloud (4:02)
The Eyes Of Fate (4:57)
Side 2:
Blues For The Muse (2:43)
The Hedgehog's Song (3:25)
First Girl I Loved (4:50)
You Know What You Could Be (2:45)
My Name Is Death (2:42)
Gently Tender (4:42)
Way Back In The 1960s (3:07)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new and even under bright light there is barely a wispy hairline to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing of note to fault.
No clicks or pops and clean
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Deep gloss to the laminated surfaces with scrap, sharp unworn edges and spine where all text is clear and bold

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A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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 856 (GS 7.0.20 (856))


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