Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air
1971 studio album by Incredible String Band
Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air album by the Incredible String Band . It features Mike Heron , Robin Williamson , Licorice McKechnie and Malcolm Le Maistre . The album was the band's first almost entirely electric recording; a new feature that was to define the change in the band's sound throughout their final period through 1974.[ 1]
This was also the first album without Rose Simpson who was going to become a sound engineer, but started a family instead. Gerry Conway , a drummer of Fairport Convention appears on the album.[ 2]
The most ambitious track is also its lengthiest. "Darling Belle", the track Williamson said "came to me in a dream", is composed of three-way vocals and spoken-word. Heron would vocalise and McKechnie would mimic his words with her high-pitch vocals. It tells the story of a woman from childhood to old age.[ 3] [unreliable source? "Tree" is a remake of the song "The Tree" from the band's first album .
Track listing
All tracks are written by Robin Williamson except as noted
Title Writer(s) 1. "Talking Of The End" 5:30 2. "Dear Old Battlefield" 3:05 3. "Cosmic Boy" Mike Heron , Licorice McKechnie 3:49 4. "Worlds They Rise and Fall" Heron 3:23 5. "Evolution Rag" 4:42 6. "Painted Chariot" Heron 3:42 7. "Adam and Eve" 2:31 8. "Red Hair" Heron 2:05 9. "Here Till Here is There" 3:04 10. "Tree" Heron 2:58 11. "Jigs: Eyes Like Leaves / Sunday Is My Wedding Day / Drops Of Whiskey / Grumbling Old Men" Traditional, arr. Williamson 2:41 12. "Darling Belle" 10:59
Personnel
Mike Heron - lead vocals (4, 6, 8, 10); guitars (2, 4, 6, 8); bass guitar (4, 11, 12); sitar (1); organ (1, 5, 11); piano (3, 4, 8, 10, 12); harmonium (4, 8); electric piano (7); flute (9); backing vocals (1, 4, 7–8, 10, 12)
Malcolm Le Maistre - harpsichord (1); percussion (1, 5); bass guitar (2); kazoo (5); whistle (5, 7, 11); mandolin (6, 11); tenor recorder (9); bouzouki (10); glockenspiel (12), harmonica (12), organ (12), clarinet (12); backing vocals (1, 5–7, 12)
Licorice McKechnie - lead vocals (3, 9, 12); organ (1, 2, 6, 8); harmonium (1), percussion (1, 7, 10–11); bass guitar (5); kazoo (5); autoharp (11); bironne (11); backing vocals (1–3, 6, 7, 9–10, 12)
Robin Williamson - lead vocals (1–2, 5, 7, 9, 12); oud (1), violin (1, 4), whistle (1), cymbal (1); guitars (2, 7, 12); cello (4, 8); oboe (4, 6, 12); mandolin (5 ,10); kazoo (5); bass guitar (6); percussion (7); bass recorder (9); fiddle (11); flute (12); banjo (12); string arrangements (12); backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9–10, 12) with:
Gerry Conway, drums (2, 6, 7)
Stan Lee, pedal steel guitar (1); bass guitar (7)
Charts
References
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