The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
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| Studio album by Incredible String Band | ||
| Released | March 1968 | |
| Recorded | December 1967 at Sound Techniques, London | |
| Genre | Psych folk | |
| Length | 49:51 | |
| Label | Elektra / WEA | |
| Producer(s) | Joe Boyd | |
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| Incredible String Band chronology | ||
| The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion (1967) |
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968) |
Wee Tam and the Big Huge (1968) |
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter is an album by the Incredible String Band. It is regarded by many critics as a quintessential example of hippie culture, with its promotion of new ideas such as vegetarianism, communal living, and eastern mysticism.
The album's cover art consists of a photograph taken on Christmas Day 1967, featuring the children of Mary Stewart, a friend of Robin Williamson and Nicky Walton with his dog 'Leaf'. The artwork has been referenced on the cover to David Keenan's book England's Hidden Reverse, and Devendra Banhart's Cripple Crow LP. The title has been referenced in the song European Oils by Destroyer.
The album was a major commercial success, staying in the UK charts for 27 weeks with a peak of #5. It has sold 800,000 copies in the UK to date. In the U.S., the ISB always remained underground and the album struggled to #161 on the Billboard 200.
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter has been widely acclaimed by many critics. For instance it was #88 in Joe S. Harrington's Top 100 Albums and was listed by Keenan in The Best Albums Ever...Honest.
[edit] Track listing
- "Koeeaddi There" (Robin Williamson) – 4:49
- "The Minotaur's Song" (Williamson) – 3:22
- "Witches Hat" (Williamson) – 2:33
- "A Very Cellular Song" (Mike Heron) – 13:09
- "Mercy I Cry City" (Heron) – 2:46
- "Waltz of the New Moon" (Williamson) – 5:10
- "The Water Song" (Williamson) – 2:50
- "Three Is a Green Crown" (Williamson) – 7:46
- "Swift as the Wind" (Heron) – 4:53
- "Nightfall" (Williamson) – 2:33
[edit] Personnel
- Robin Williamson - vocals, guitar, gimbri, penny whistle, percussion, pan pipe, piano, oud, mandolin, Jew's harp, chahanai, water harp, harmonica
- Mike Heron - vocals, sitar, Hammond organ, guitar, hammered dulcimer, harpsichord
- Dolly Collins - flute organ, piano
- David Snell - harp
- Licorice McKechnie - vocals, finger cymbals
