via Stuart Maconie’s often informative Freak Zone, this is what Clive Palmer did after getting back from his travels in India and deciding not to rejoin the Incredible String Band – Wade in the Water by C.O.B.(Clive’s Original Band):

Where do those harmonies come from? They’re instantly recognisable as belonging to the same lineage as ISB’s, particularly in the use of inverted pedal tones. Here’s some more – Serpents Kiss, which sounds a bit like one of the woozier moments from The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter:

This one is rather lovely, too – Let it be You, from 1972’s Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart, which again wouldn’t have sounded too out of place on Wee Tam:

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