The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

VINYL FORMAT. The Incredible String Band's The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, their finest studio work, reached the top five on the UK album charts soon after its release in March 1968, and was nominated for a Grammy in the U.S. Robert Plant has said that Led Zeppelin found their own way by playing Hangman's and following the instructions. A departure from the band's previous albums, the set relied heavily on a more layered production, with imaginative use of the then-new multi-track recording techniques. The album's centerpiece is Mike Heron's "A Very Cellular Song," which incorporates a Sikh hymn and the Bahamian spiritual "I Bid You Goodnight" (learned from Joseph Spence). Mike Heron (lead vocals, sitar, Hammond organ, guitar, hammer dulcimer, harpsichord), Robin Williamson (lead vocals, guitar, gimbri, whistle, percussion, pan-pipe, piano, oud, mandolin, jew's harp, chahanai, water harp, harmonica), Dolly Collins (flute organ and piano), David Snell (harp), Licorice (vocals and finger cymbals).