The ISB
's prolific output makes a compilation a virtual necessity, and this two-record set selects wisely from the seven albums the group released in the U.S. between 1967 and 1970. From
Robin Williamson
's
"First Girl I Loved"
(covered by
Judy Collins
) and
"Way Back in the 1960s"
(recorded in 1967), to
Mike Heron
"Air"
and
"This Moment,"
the ISB
's eclectic, fanciful acoustic style is well portrayed. ~ William Ruhlmann