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Hard Rope &amp; Silken Twine
Hard Rope & Silken Twine is the twelfth and final album released by The Incredible String Band. It was released in 1974. 
It was fitting that their final track "Ithkos" was 20 minutes of several compositions. These ranging from Greek roots, to their strongest genre, folk, then progressive rock, and ending with the addition of synthesizers. Such lengthy compositions were common for the band during their heyday. 
Overall the album contains folk songs mixed with progressive rock influence.
singer to the ISB albums "Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air" (1971), Earthspan (1972), "No Ruinous Feud" (1973), and Hard Rope & Silken Twine (1974). 
After the ISB split up in 1974, Le Maistre stayed with Heron as a member of his new band, Mike Heron's Reputation. In the late 1970s he attempted a solo career, also working with The Enid, and then moved into theatre, forming The Mandarin Theatre Company with Rakis. In 1991