The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion

by The Incredible String Band

The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion cover art

Robin Williamson and Mike Heron abandoned the standard folk club aesthetic, introducing ouds, gimbris, and sitars to their acoustic arsenal. The resulting music feels like a transmission from a mythical past, blending whimsical, slightly absurd poetry with intricate, pastoral instrumentation.

Genres

  • Psychedelic Folk

Tracklist

  1. Chinese White
  2. No Sleep Blues
  3. Painting Box
  4. The Mad Hatter's Song
  5. Little Cloud
  6. The Eyes of Fate
  7. Blues for the Muse
  8. The Hedgehog's Song
  9. The First Girl I Loved
  10. You Know What I Could Be
  11. My Name Is Death
  12. Gently Tender
  13. Way Back in the 1960s