The Incredible String Band – The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (1968) 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip
Folk, Psychedelia | 1971 UK re-press | Elektra EKS-7258
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter was the third album by The Incredible String Band, released in March 1968. It is regarded by many as a quintessential example of hippie culture, with its promotion of ideas such as communal living, eastern mysticism and rationalistic pantheism.
The album was a major commercial success in the UK, staying in the charts for 27 weeks with a peak of #5. The album features a series of vividly dreamlike Robin Williamson songs, such as "The Minotaur's Song", a surreal music-hall parody sung from the point of view of the mythical beast. Its centrepiece is Mike Heron's "A Very Cellular Song", a 13-minute reflection on life, love, and amoebas, whose complex structure incorporates a Bahamian spiritual ("I Bid You Goodnight", originally recorded by the Pinder Family). The last part of "A Very Cellular Song", "May the Long Time Sun Shine", is sometimes wrongly referred to as a Sikh hymn or an Irish blessing, but is in fact an original song written by Mike Heron. The album's layered production style employs multi-track recording techniques and a very wide array of instruments from all corners of the world, including sitar, gimbri, shenai, oud, harpsichord, panpipes, and kazoo. Wikipedia.
Track listing:
01. Koeeaddi There
02. The Minotaur’s Song
03. Witches Hat
04. A Very Cellular Song
05. Mercy I Cry City
06. Waltz of the New Moon
07. The Water Song
08. Three is a Green Crown
09. Swift as the Wind
10. Nightfall
Personnel:
Robin Williamson - vocals, guitar, gimbri, penny whistle, percussion, pan pipe, piano, oud, mandolin, jaw harp, chahanai, water harp, harmonica
Mike Heron - vocals, sitar, Hammond organ, guitar, hammered dulcimer, harpsichord
Dolly Collins - flute organ, piano
David Snell - harp
Licorice McKechnie - vocals, finger cymbals
Richard Thompson - vocals on "The Minotaur's Song"
Judy Dyble - vocals on "The Minotaur's Song"
Recorded December 1967 at Sound Techniques, London.
Produced by Joe Boyd for Witchseason Productions Ltd.
Technicals:
Knosti RCM.
Michell GyroDec full version.
Funk Firm FXR II Tonearm.
Audio Technica AT33PTG/II MC Cartridge.
Harman Kardon HK990 Integrated Amplifier.
Gold Interconnects. E-MU 0204 Audio Interface.
Recording, split and manual de-click with Adobe Audition 3.0.1
Click Repair 3.8.4. Vinyl transfer by son-of-albion October 2012.