The Incredible String Band
The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion (1967)
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Length:  50:14
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Chinese White    3:40
      2.  
      		 No Sleep Blues    3:53
      3.  
      		 Painting Box    4:04
      4.  
      		 The Mad Hatter's Song    5:40
      5.  
      		 Little Cloud    4:05
      6.  
      		 The Eyes Of Fate    4:02
      7.  
      		 Blues For The Muse    2:49
      8.  
      		 The Hedgehog's Song    3:30
      9.  
      		 First Girl I Loved    4:55
      10.  
      		 You Know What You Could Be    2:46
      11.  
      		 My Name Is Death    2:46
      12.  
      		 Gently Tender    4:49
      13.  
      		 Way Back In the 1960s    3:11
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      The Incredible String Band
      The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion

      LP Elektra EUKS-7257, 1967
      CD Elektra 7559-60913-2, 1992

      1. Chinese White (Mike Heron) – 3:40
      2. No Sleep Blues (Robin Williamson) – 3:53
      3. Painting Box (Heron) – 4:04
      4. The Mad Hatter's Song (Williamson) – 5:40
      5. Little Cloud (Heron) – 4:05
      6. The Eyes of Fate (Williamson) – 4:02
      7. Blues for the Muse (Williamson) – 2:49
      8. The Hedgehog's Song (Heron) – 3:30
      9. First Girl I Loved (Williamson) – 4:55
      10. You Know What You Could Be (Heron) – 2:46
      11. My Name Is Death (Williamson) – 2:46
      12. Gently Tender (Heron) – 4:49
      13. Way Back in the 1960s (Williamson) – 3:11


      Robin Williamson - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Oud, Gimbri, Flute, Bass Guitar, Percussion
      Mike Heron - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
      Licorice McKechnie - Vocals, Percussion
      Danny Thompson - Double Bass
      John Hopkins - Piano
      Soma (Nazir Jairazbhoy) - Sitar, Tamboura

      Engineer: John Wood
      Producer: Joe Boyd


      Stone psychedelic freaks Robin Williamson and Mike Heron were two talented multi-instrumentalists who were eventually joined in the Incredible String Band by their earth-goddess lovers, Licorice and Rose. They tapped into the British Isles' centuries-old traditions of myths and folklore, updating the ancient sounds with inspired, multi-layered recordings and a modern twist that helped you envision fair maidens riding unicorns through green and fertile fields while simultaneously advocating better living through chemistry. Hell, the title alone of this, their second album, is more psychedelic than anything the Jefferson Airplane ever did. --Jim Derogatis
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