INCREDIBLE STRING BAND 5000 Spirits LP 1967 UK 1st MONO
  £   52
  $   69

 


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Jul 20, 2011 Sold Date
Jul 13, 2011 Start Date
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Description

 

Incredible String Band

The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion

THE very first UK pressing in MONO

Incredibly rare vintage classic

Super condition

Their second album release

Date of release 1967

EUK-257-A2 / B2 matrix first UK pressing!!!

 

Unlaminated , first issue ,single sleeve in very good condition. Psychedelic colouration remains strong and vivid , projecting magnificently in sensational style .Has some rubbing to the spine, edges and corners with a few creases

Red Elektra label format , first issue with recording first published text. No mottling. No peeling. Excellent condition, has some spindle wear .

 

Vinyl

Very thickly pressed and has a super sheen to the surfaces . Remarkable album with only a the odd tiny faint line . Excellent++ /-Mint visual. Highly polished, thickly pressed vinyl with the wider grooves , only seen on these very first presses.Stunning exhibit of this hard to find first UK pressing .

 

Track listing

Side A

  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

Side B

  1. "Blues for the Muse" (Williamson) – 2:49
  2. "The Hedgehog's Song" (Heron) – 3:30
  3. "First Girl I Loved" (Williamson) – 4:55
  4. "You Know What You Could Be" (Heron) – 2:46
  5. "My Name Is Death" (Williamson) – 2:46
  6. "Gently Tender" (Heron) – 4:49
  7. "Way Back in the 1960s" (Williamson) – 3:11

 

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