the incredible string band / the 5000 spirits or the layers of the onion / the hangmans beautiful da

The Incredibles’ first three albums for Elektra Records, dating from 1966, 1967 and 1968

Clive Palmer left the group after the first album, resurfacing at a later date to form C.O.B. Mike Heron and Robin Williamson continued as a duo; ‘The 5000 Spirits’ made the UK Top 30 albums while ‘The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter’ was a UK Top 5 album, spending nearly 6 months on the charts, and also made the US Top 200

Heron and Williamson are still gigging and recording

Digitally remastered, slipcased and with extensive new notes

Track Listing

The Incredible String Band

• 1-1 Maybe Someday
• 1-2 October Song
• 1-3 When The Music Starts To Play
• 1-4 Schaeffer's Jig
• 1-5 Womankind
• 1-6 The Tree
• 1-7 Whistle Tune
• 1-8 Dandelion Blues
• 1-9 How Happy I Am
• 1-10 Empty Pocket Blues
• 1-11 Smoke Shovelling Song
• 1-12 Can't Keep Me Here
• 1-13 Good As Gone
• 1-14 Footsteps Of The Heron
• 1-15 Niggertown
• 1-16 Everything's Fine Right Now

The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion

• 1-17 Chinese White
• 1-18 No Sleep Blues
• 1-19 Painting Box
• 1-20 The Mad Hatter's Song
• 1-21 Little Cloud
• 1-22 The Eyes Of Fate
• 2-1 Blues For The Muse
• 2-2 The Hedgehog's Song
• 2-3 The First Girl I Loved
• 2-4 You Know What I Could Be
• 2-5 My Name Is Death
• 2-6 Gently Tender
• 2-7 Way Back In The 1960s

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

• 2-8 Koeeaddi There
• 2-9 The Minotaur's Song
• 2-10 Witches Hat
• 2-11 A Very Cellular Song
• 2-12 Mercy I Cry City
• 2-13 Waltz Of The New Moon
• 2-14 The Water Song
• 2-15 Three Is A Green Crown
• 2-16 Swift As The Wind
• 2-17 Nightfall