The debut release from the original Incredible String Band trio -- Robin Williamson (violin/whistle/mandolin/guitar/vocals), Clive Palmer (banjo/guitar/vocals), and Mike Heron (guitar/vocals) -- was also their most simple. It is this minimalism that allowed the natural radiance of the band's (mostly) original material to be evident in the purist sense, and likewise without many of the somewhat intricate distractions and musical tangents that their future work would incorporate. Immediately s...   [ read more ]

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Conventional wisdom has it that the Incredible String Band had already peaked by the time they released this double-LP soundtrack to their ambitious stage show ("A Surreal Parable in Song and Dance") in 1970. Further, a little of the group -- which could be rather precious -- tended to go a long way. A two-pronged vocal attack, courtesy of Mike Heron and Robin Williamson, that leaned toward the whiny and droning didn't help (female vocalists of a more traditional folk bent augmented most rec...   [ read more ]

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