Third Ear Band evolved within the London alternative and free-music scene of the mid 1960s. Members came from The Giant Sun Trolley and The People Band to create an improvised music drawing on Eastern raga forms, European folk, experimental and medieval influences. They recorded their first session in 1968 for Ron Geesin which was released under the pseudonym of The National-Balkan Ensemble on one side of a Standard Music Library disc. Their first actual album, Alchemy, was released on the EMI Harvest label in 1969, (featuring John Peel playing Jew's Harp on one track), followed by Air, Earth, Fire, Water (aka Elements) in 1970. They recorded two soundtracks, the first in 1970 for an animated film by Fuchs of Abelard and Heloise (which first saw release as part of Luca Ferrari's Necromancers of the Drifting West Sonic Book in 1997) and then in 1971 for Roman Polanski's film of Macbeth. After various later incarnations and albums they finally disbanded in 1993. They also opened The Rolling Stones Free Concert at Hyde Park on 5 July 1969. 01 - Overture 02 - The Beach 03 - Prisoner 04 - Inverness- Macbeth's Return-The Preparation-Fanfare-Duncan's Arrival 05 - The Banquet 06 - Dagger And Death 07 - At The Well 08 - Court Dance 09 - Groom's Dance 10 - Bear Baiting 11 - Ambush - Banquo's Ghost 12 - Going To Bed-Blind Man's Buff-Requiscant-Sere And Yellow Leaf 13 - The Cauldron 14 - Prophesies 15 - Wicca Way LINK
