Liquid Acrobat As Regards the Air [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Incredible String Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 3, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1971
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sepia Tone
• ASIN: B000069CLF
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,120 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Talking Of The End

2. Dear Old Battlefield

3. Cosmic Boy

4. Worlds They Rise And Fall

5. Evolution Rag

6. Painted Chariot

7. Adam And Eve

8. Red Hair

9. Here Till Here Is There

10. Tree

11. Jigs: Eyes Like Leaves/Sunday Is My Wedding Day/Drops Of Whiskey/Grumbling Old Men

12. Darling Belle

Editorial Reviews

Ex-wife Licorice and Malcolm Le Maistre of the U touring group join Robin and Mike on this 1971 release. Lyrics included!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Diamond Among Jewels, Fishmen & Sea Apes, June 27, 2006

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Mark D. Prouse "Dustyart" (Riverdale (Bronx), NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liquid Acrobat As Regards the Air (Audio CD)

All of the Incredible String Band albums have something to offer, and many of them are total masterpieces. My first exposure was to WEE TAM & THE BIG HUGE, which remained my favorite until this one came out. LIQUID ACROBAT is aptly titled, as it positively drips with drama, atmosphere, and musical daring-do. Some moments are beautiful, others border on grating, and some of the songs are really funny, but all of this comes together as one marvelous, trippy, fantastical tour de force. "Darling Belle" is a crowning achievement of storytelling in song that knows no parallel, except maybe on another ISB album, EARTHSPAN (the much shorter song, "The Actor"). I have listened to "Darling Belle" countless times and have never gotten tired of it, but then, I often put this record/Cd away for months and even years, because I never want to become bored with it ... and I always return to it eventually. I suppose my love of "Darling Belle" relates to my theater background and my love of movies, because it conjures up such vivid images of a time long before I was born, both through the lyrics and the haunting music. Whether the group is rocking ("Talking Of The End," "Dear Old Battlefield"), spacing out ("Worlds They Rise And Fall"), waxing acoustic ("Tree"), or pulling legs ("Adam & Eve," "Evolution Rag"), this music is as fresh and inventive today as when it was new.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior Sound Indeed, September 23, 2002

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Steven Moore (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liquid Acrobat As Regards the Air (Audio CD)

This sounds much, much better than the previous CD issue, spectacularly so in many places: on "Here Till Here Is There," Robin and Likky sound like they're singing live in your living room. The music is superb, one of the last great ISB albums, ranging from delicate folk to full-out rock, culminating in the masterpiece "Darling Belle." (Only "Adam and Eve" displeases, though it shows ISB were one of the first white bands to embrace reggae: always ahead of their time.) You can't go wrong with this one.

12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best album ever, October 19, 2002

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Ezra J. Miller (Flagstaff, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liquid Acrobat As Regards the Air (Audio CD)

best album by anyone anywhere, ever. period.