No Ruinous Feud

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No Ruinous Feud
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Studio album by The Incredible String Band
Released March 1973
Recorded January 1973
Genre Folk, pop
Length38:42
Label Island
Producer Roger Mayer, Mike Heron
The Incredible String Band chronology
Earthspan
(1972)
No Ruinous Feud
(1973)
Hard Rope & Silken Twine
(1974)
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No Ruinous Feud is the eleventh album released by The Incredible String Band in 1973.

The Incredible String Band band

The Incredible String Band were a psychedelic folk band formed by Clive Palmer, Robin Williamson and Mike Heron in Scotland in 1966. The band built a considerable following, especially in the British counterculture, notably with their albums The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, and Wee Tam and the Big Huge. They became pioneers in psychedelic folk and, through integrating a wide variety of traditional music forms and instruments, in the development of world music.

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This album features the band's folk songs along with new approaches toward reggae pop and rock beats. Tracks like "My Blue Tears" and "Second Fiddle" are evidence of this. Mike Heron would even go as far as abandoning the use of his six-string wire-strung acoustic guitar, custom built by John Bailey.

Mike Heron British musician

James Michael Heron is a Scottish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work in the Incredible String Band in the 1960s and 1970s.

John Bailey (luthier) British luthier

John Bailey (1931–2011) was a British luthier who made and repaired guitars and other stringed instruments during the 1960s revival of English folk music and beyond. Bailey lived in London until 1972 when he moved to Dartmouth in Devon.

This is also the first album after the departure of Licorice McKechnie. She would be replaced by Gerard Dott.

Christina 'Licorice' McKechnie is a Scottish musician. She was a singer and songwriter in the Incredible String Band between 1968 and 1972. Her whereabouts have been unknown since 1987, when she was last seen hitch-hiking across the Arizona desert.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Explorer" Mike Heron 3:28
2."Down Before Cathay" Malcolm Le Maistre 4:16
3."Saturday Maybe" Robin Williamson 2:45
4."Jigs"Traditional, arr. Williamson2:50
5."Old Buccaneer"Williamson3:23
6."At The Lighthouse Dance"Le Maistre3:30
7."Second Fiddle" (cover of Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, 1968) Duke Reid 2:23
8."Circus Girl"Williamson2:30
9."Turquoise Blue"Heron3:59
10."My Blue Tears" (cover of Dolly Parton, 1971) Dolly Parton 2:00
11."Weather The Storm"Williamson3:02
12."Little Girl"Heron4:21

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