Hard Rope & Silken Twine

by The Incredible String Band

Hard Rope & Silken Twine cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1974
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.22/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Danny Thompson, S路Core, Stan Lee, Jack Ingram, Mike Heron, Malcolm Le Maistre

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The final album from the foundational British psychedelic folk group sees them fully embracing the progressive rock tendencies of the era. Side two is entirely consumed by Mike Heron's ambitious, symphonically styled suite 'Ithkos', marking a grand, complex finale before the band ultimately went their separate ways.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, technical

Tracklist

  1. Maker Of Islands
  2. Cold February
  3. Glancing Love
  4. Dreams Of No Return
  5. Dumb Kate
  6. Sardis (Oud Tune)
  7. Lesbos-Dawn
  8. Lesbos-Evening
  9. Aegean Sea
  10. Dreams Fade
  11. Port Of Sybaris
  12. Go Down Sybaris
  13. Huntress
  14. Hold My Gaze

Credits

  • The Incredible String Band - primary artist
  • Wayne Anderson - artwork
  • Stan Lee - bass, steel guitar [pedal], synthesizer [moog programming], vocals
  • Jack Ingram - drums
  • Robin Williamson - guitar [acoustic], oud, mandolin, fiddle [electric], flute, flute [alto], whistle, congas, vocals, written-by
  • Graham Forbes - guitar [electric]
  • Irving P. Metterschmitz - sounds [isb sound man]
  • Malcolm Le Maistre - vocals, written-by

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