Album: Earthspan by The Incredible String Band (1972)
Genre: Psychedelic Rock | Style: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "Earthspan" is an album by The Incredible String Band ,released in 1972 on Island Records.
 Rose Simpson had left the band in 1971 and Malcolm Le Maistre joined the group. This was also to be the last album to feature Licorice McKechnie,  
 Wilson Neate wrote on allmusic " Earlier ISB records offered listeners a glimpse into a unique, occasionally esoteric world of kaleidoscopic sounds and images; Earthspan is a more mundane, one-dimensional affair. It eschews the non-Western sensibilities and the ethnic instrumentation that distinguished the ISB's most captivating work, instead drawing only on European and American traditions"

Artist Background: The Incredible String Band (sometimes abbreviated as ISB) were a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1966. The band built a considerable following, especially within the British counterculture, before splitting up in 1974. The group's members are musical pioneers in psychedelic folk and, by integrating a wide variety of traditional music forms and instruments, in the development of world music. The group reformed in 1999 and continued to perform until 2006. Part of the Edinburgh ,Scotland music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Psychedelic Rock movement. Known for Folk style.

Music Scene: Part of the Edinburgh ,Scotland music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Psychedelic Rock movement. Known for Folk style.

Tags: Psychedelic Rock, Folk, 1970s, Album

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"Earthspan" is an album by The Incredible String Band ,released in 1972 on Island Records.
 Rose Simpson had left the band in 1971 and Malcolm Le Maistre joined the group. This was also to be the last album to feature Licorice McKechnie,  
 Wilson Neate wrote on allmusic " Earlier ISB records offered listeners a glimpse into a unique, occasionally esoteric world of kaleidoscopic sounds and images; Earthspan is a more mundane, one-dimensional affair. It eschews the non-Western sensibilities and the ethnic instrumentation that distinguished the ISB's most captivating work, instead drawing only on European and American traditions"

Earthspan

The Incredible String Band

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