INCREDIBLE STRING BAND I Looked Up - Original UK LP Folk Rock Prog Psych Elektra

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INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

I Looked Up

Original UK LP released on Elektra Records in 1970.
Red labels with white Elektra logo.

2469002  A* ▼ 1   1 1 1   /   2469002 B//2   1 1 1

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One of the most engaging groups to emerge from the esoteric '60s was the Incredible String Band. Basically the duo of Mike Heron and Robin Williamson, its sound was comprised of haunting Celtic folk melodies augmented by a variety of Middle Eastern and Asian instruments. Heron was a member of several rock bands in England in the early '60s, while Williamson and Clive Palmer played as a bluegrass and Scottish folk duo. Heron was asked to join as rhythm guitarist, and the trio named itself the Incredible String Band.

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I Looked Up points fairly directly at the arguably self-indulgent side of the Incredible String Band (ISB) that had surfaced since the collective began congregating around Scientology in 1968. This incarnation of the ISB centered around the core unit of Mike Heron, Robin Williamson, and their respective girlfriends Rose Simpson and Christina Licorice McKechnie.

I Looked Up is less focused than their previous efforts -- particularly Williamson's miscellaneous "Pictures in a Mirror" and "When You Find Out Who You Are," which clock in at over ten-and-a-half minutes. These are contrasted by Heron's comparatively more succinct and less eclectic "Black Jack Davy," "This Moment," and "Fair as You." "The Letter" is a spry uptempo number, recalling Daevid Allan's quirky style of songwriting and also benefits from the addition of Fairport Convention skins man Dave Mattacks.

Never failing the ISB is the band's amazing multi-instrument musicality. They couple that with seemingly organic adaptations of folk from both sides of the Atlantic. The celebratory Appalachian influenced "Black Jack Davy" is contrasted by the somewhat staid English balladry of "Fair as You." Likewise, the meandering epic "Pictures in a Mirror" -- recounting a tale of Lord Randall -- incorporates a gothic story line with an extended minstrel-esque quality and sonic attention to detail. This is in contrast to the buoyant and empowering "When You Find Out Who You Are".

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Black Jack Davy
The Letter
Pictures In A Mirror

Side Two

This Moment
When You Find Out Who You Are
Fair As You

Released on 'Elektra Records' in 1970

Catalogue No. 2469 002

Disc is in VG+ condition (some light surface marks)

Sleeve is in VG+ condition (light shelfwear)

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