The Incredible String Band was founded in Edinburgh in 1965, when Clive Palmer, Robin Williamson and later Mike Heron began a journey which would connect traditional folk music, ragtime and the emerging counterculture / psychedelic scene. Their remarkable early recordings paved the way for what has since become known as 'World Music'.

Their debut album, first released in 1966 was a turning point album for many - the songs, the notes on the back, the photo on the front, the romance, the strangeness - all appearing as an harbinger of another world. For many fans this beguiling album was the first step in a life-long fascination for all things ISB.

The Fledg'ling edition has been carefully remastered by original producer Joe Boyd and engineer John Wood. Packaged in a stunning digipac with all elements of the original artwork and new sleevenotes from Clive Palmer and Robyn Hitchcock.

track list:
1 Maybe Someday
2 October Song
3 When The Music Starts To Play
4 Schaeffer's Jig
5 Womankind
6 The Tree
7 Whistle Tune
8 Dandelion Blues
9 How Happy I Am
10 Empty Pocket Blues
11 Smoke Shovelling Song
12 Can't Keep Me Here
13 Good As Gone
14 Footsteps Of The Heron
15 Niggertown
16 Everything's Fine Right Now

Mike Heron : lead vocal and guitar
Clive Palmer : vocal, guitar, kazoo and banjo
Robin Williamson : lead vocal, violin, guitar, mandolin and whistle

Release date : 29th March 2010
Barcode number : 5020393 307628

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

First released in July 1967, the Incredible String Band's second album -The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion - is one of the masterpieces of the summer of love. The album went straight to Number One in the UK folk chart and was named by Paul McCartney as one of his favourite records of the year. With Clive Palmer having left for India, Mike and Robin were accompanied by Danny Thompson on double bass and Licorice on vocals and percussion. The record demonstrates the beginnings of what Robin Williamson describes as "using the recording studio as a giant paintbox".

Standout songs on 5000 Spirits include Heron's 'The Hedgehog Song', Williamson's beautiful 'First Girl I Loved' (later recorded by Judy Collins, Jackson Browne and many others) and 'The Mad Hatter's Song'. The Fledg’ling edition has been carefully remastered by original producer Joe Boyd and engineer John Wood. Packaged in a stunning digipac with all elements of the original artwork and new sleevenotes from Mike Heron.

track list:
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

Mike Heron : lead vocals, harmonica and guitar
Robin Williamson : lead vocals, bowed and bass gimbri, guitar, flute, Soma sitar, tamboura, drums, rattles, oud & mandolin
Danny Thompson : double bass
Licorice : vocals and finger cymbals
John Hopkins : piano
Nazir Jarazbhoy : sitar, tamboura

Release date : 29th March 2010
Barcode number : 5020393 307727

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter is arguably the Incredible String Band's finest studio work. The record reached the top 5 in the UK album charts when first released in March 1968 and was nominated for a Grammy in the USA. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter was a departure from the band's earlier recordings, relying heavily on a more layered production, with imaginative use of the then new multi-track recording techniques. Robert Plant has said that Led Zeppelin found their way by playing Hangman's and following the instructions.

The album's centrepiece is Mike Heron's 'A Very Cellular Song' which incorporates a Sikh hymn and the Bahamian spiritual 'I Bid You Goodnight' (learnt from the recordings of Joseph Spence. Other highlights include Williamson's 'The Minotuar's Song' and 'The Water Song'. The careful remastering is quite revelatory - bringing out all the sonic majesty of the recording. The Fledg’ling edition has been carefully remastered by original producer Joe Boyd and engineer John Wood. Packaged in a stunning digipac with all elements of the original artwork and new sleevenotes from Robin Williamson.

track list:
1 Koeedaddi There
2 The Minotaur's Song
3 Witches Hat
4 A Very Cellular Song
5 Mercy I Cry City
6 Waltz Of The New Moon
7 The Water Song
8 Three Is A Green Crown
9 Swift As The Wind
10 Nightfall

Mike Heron: lead vocals, sitar, hammond organ, guitar, hammer dulcimer, harsichord
Robin Williamson : lead vocals, guitar, gimbri, whistle, percussion, pan pipe, piano, oud, mandolin, jew's harp, chahanai, water harp, harmonica
assisted by:
Dolly Collins : flute organ and piano
David Snell : harp
Licorice : vocals and finger cymbals

Release date : 29th March 2010
Barcode number : 5020393 307826

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

Wee Tam & The Big Huge the Incredible String Band's fourth record was conceived as a majestic double album, but confusingly released in November 1968 as a double album and as two separate single LPs. The set is regarded by many fans to be, along with its predecessor The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, their finest studio work.

By the second half of 1968 the ISB saw their popularity and reputation growing on both sides of the Atlantic. They began to sell out large concert venues like the Fillmore (East and West) and London's Royal Albert Hall. Wee Tam & The Big Huge reflects an even wider variety of influences and is packed to overflowing with classic songs from Mike Heron and Robin Williamson.

The Fledg'ling deluxe 2CD digipac edition comes in a choice of two stunning front covers! Carefully remastered by original producer Joe Boyd and engineer John Wood with acclaimed mastering technician Simon Heyworth. The sets incorporate all elements of the original artwork and new sleevenotes from Mr Boyd.

track list:
1 Job's Tears
2 Puppies
3 Beyond The See
4 The Yellow Snake
5 Log Cabin Home In The Sky
6 You Get Brighter
7 The Half-Remarkable Question
8 Air
9 Ducks On A Pond

1 Maya
2 Greatest Friend
3 The Son Of Noah's Brother
4 Lordly Nightshade
5 The Mountain Of God
6 Cousin Caterpillar
7 The Iron Stone
8 Douglas Traherne Harding
9 The Circle Is Unbroken

Mike Heron : lead vocals, guitar, sitar, bass, organ, harpsichord, washboard, percussion, harmonica
Robin Williamson : lead vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums, whistle, organ, violin, Irish harp, gimbri, sarangi, harpsichord, flute, kazoo, bass drum
Rose : violin, percussion
Licorice : Irish harp, percussion

Release date : 29th March 2010
Barcode number : 5020393 307925

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

All four Fledg'ling remastered CDs for a special price!
The INCREDIBLE STRING BAND FLED 3076
The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion FLED 3077
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter FLED 3078
Wee Tam & The Big Huge FLED 3079

Price: £40.00
UK PnP: £0.00