INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - 5000 Layers of The Onion. EX+
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THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND
'THE 5000 SPIRITS
or THE LAYERS OF THE ONION'
ORIGINAL 1967 1ST PRESSING MONO UK LP
UK 'ORANGE' ELEKTRA LABEL - EUK - 257
A GREAT COPY!!!
ULTRA RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE
1ST PRESS UK MONO ALBUM
'THE 5000 SPIRITS OR LAYERS OF THE ONION'
BY THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND.
RELEASED IN JULY 1967
THIS MONO LP BEING THEIR 2ND UK ALBUM
A SUPERB AND RARE 1ST PRESSING,
WITH ORIGINAL 'ROUGH' LABEL.
Since recording their debut album the previous year, the original trio had been
reduced to two, Mike Heron and Robin Williamson. They recorded The 5000 Spirits...
in London in early 1967. The album also featured Pentangle's Danny Thompson on
double bass, Williamson's girlfriend Licorice McKechnie on vocals and percussion,
master sitar player Nazir Jairazbhoy (credited as "Soma"), and, on piano, counter-
culture activist John "Hoppy" Hopkins, who had just set up London's UFO Club
with the album's producer, Joe Boyd. The album demonstrated excellent musical
development and a more unified ISB sound.
It displayed their abilities as multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters,
and gained them wide acclaim.
AN ESSENTIAL AND CLASSIC UK PROG ROCK/FOLK MASTERPIECE!!!
THE RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT + CONDITION.
DIFFICULT TO SEE UNDER A LIGHT,
THERE ARE VERY FEW, VERY LIGHT AND FAINT TRACES, SIDE 'A'
IT HAS A BRIGHT SHEEN AND IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AFTER
THE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION,
THERE ARE SOME SPINDLE MARKS AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE ON EACH LABEL.
THE RECORD COMES IN IT'S ORIGINAL PAPER INNER SLEEVE
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION,
THE OUTER SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION,
THERE IS SOME SMALL LIGHT SCUFFING ON THE BACK OF SLEEVE
AND SOME VERY SMALL 'PEN TICKS' AGAINST NINE OF THE TRACKS
LISTED ON THE BACK SLEEVE.
THERE ARE NO TEARS, THE EDGES AND CORNERS ARE SHARP,
WITH NO SPLITTING TO THE SPINE.
A VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE MONO 1ST PRESS, PROG ROCK/FOLK GEM!!!
AND NOT OFTEN SEEN!!!
THANKS FOR LOOKING
PAYMENT BY PAYPAL
POSTAGE AND PACKING COST : £5.00
RECORD SENT BY "SPECIAL DELIVERY" ROYAL MAIL.
THE REST OF THE WORLD EMAIL FOR SHIPPING COST
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