The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 970 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 294 MB
Cat#: Elektra K 42001 | Country/Year: UK 1976, 1967 (Reissue)
Genre: Psych Folk, Folk Rock | Hoster: FS + HF/FF

The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion was the second LP by The Incredible String Band, released in July 1967. The album demonstrated considerable musical development and a more unified ISB sound. It displayed their abilities as multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters, and gained them wide acclaim. As well as winning favourable reviews in the music press, it was received enthusiastically by the DJ John Peel, who regularly featured tracks from the album on his influential Perfumed Garden programme on the pirate radio ship Radio London. The 5000 Spirits… went to Number One in the UK folk chart, and was named by Paul McCartney as one of his favourite records of that year. wikipedia

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