The Incredible String Band - Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air (1971)

Island (1971)
this release - (2004) BGOCD627  (2 CD : Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending / Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air)


Disc 2 (Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air) (1971)

   1. Talking Of The End (5.30)
   2. Dear Old Battlefield (3.06)
   3. Cosmic Boy (3.50)
   4. Worlds They Rise And Fall (3.26)
   5. Evolution Rag (4.43)
   6. Painted Chariot (3.44)
   7. Adam And Eve (2.32)
   8. Red Hair (2.05)
   9. Here Till Here Is There (3.06)
  10. Tree (2.59)
  11. Jigs: Eyes Like Leaves. Sunday Is My Wedding Day. Drops Of Whiskey. Grumbling Old Men (2.43)
  12. Darling Belle (10.55)

	Stan Lee	Pedal Steel, VocalsÊ	Mitch Walker	Cover PhotoÊ	Robin Williamson	Banjo, Flute, Guitar (Electric), Kazoo, Mandolin, Whistle (Human), Vocals, Violin, String Arrangements, Recorder (Bass), Percussion, Oud, Oboe, Keyboards, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar, Fiddle, Bass, Cymbals, CelloÊ	Mike Blore	Assistant PhotographerÊ	The Incredible String Band	Main Performer, ProducerÊ	Gerry Conway	DrumsÊ	Licorice McKechnie	Keyboards, ViolinÊ	Stanley Schnier	ProducerÊ	Mike Heron	Bass, Flute, Harmonium, Guitar, Horn, Vocals, Sitar, Piano (Electric), Piano, Organ, KeyboardsÊ	Walter Grundy	HarmonicaÊ	Malcolm	Bass, Clarinet, Glockenspiel, Bazouki, Hand Drums, Harpsichord, Mandolin, Percussion, Whistle (Human), Vocals, Swanee (Slide Whistle), Recorder (Tenor), Organ, Kazoo, HarmonicaÊ	Malcolm Le Maistre	Bass, Vocals, KeyboardsÊ	Roger Mayer	EngineerÊ	



	Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air is perhaps the band's most accessible of all. Their second 'Island' album, Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air, hit the Top 50, boasting the spine-tingling melancholy of the 11-minute 'Darling Belle'.

Maligned by many ISB purists as an "electric" album, I think this album is one of their strongest efforts. It includes a mixture of styles including the extraordinary world fusion of "Talking of the End", the hard rock influenced "Painted Chariot" and the whimsical jug band music of "Evolution Rag".