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FIFTY FOOT HOSE - Cauldron. LP

 FIFTY FOOT HOSE - Cauldron. Brand new 180g LP + sealed. Artist: Fifty Foot Hose
Title: Cauldron
Catalogue no: ASHLP3016
Label: Phoenix

• Brand new
• Factory sealed
• 180g virgin vinyl

Cauldron, Fifty Foot Hose’s most famous recorded work, is one of those albums whose influence on others is far greater than the success the band enjoyed at the time. Founded by Cork Marcheschi, the band played continuously around the Bay area of northern California throughout the mid-sixties. Marcheschi, who had developed a taste for R&B and the avant-garde music of composers such as Varese, started out as the band’s bass player, but his interest in experimental music prompted him to develop his own musical instrument, much as Simeon Cox used in Silver Apples.

The band played a lot of gigs, but the experimental nature of their music tended to perplex audiences unused to such sounds. A four-track demo, however, led to the band signing for experimental Mercury subsidiary Limelight Records, and under the production eye of Dan Healy, later to work extensively with the Grateful Dead, Cauldron appeared in 1969. As the album didn’t fit into any particular musical mould, it largely went un-noticed at the time, but to the modern listener this is an album that has stood the test of time particularly as Marcheschi used just about every electronic devise known to man, including audio generators, echodette, squeaky box, siren, ringing oscillator circuits and two theremins.

Given Couldron’s lack of success, the band quickly disintegrated, although several members quickly resurfaced in the musical Hair! However, by the late seventies and early eighties, interest in the band’s singular sound was rekindled, with the likes of Pere Ubu, Throbbing Gristle and Chrome all deriving inspiration from its music. Perhaps Cauldron is not as seminal as Silver Apples’ Contact, but it’s an extremely important and influential album nevertheless.

Track Listing
1. And After
2. If Not This Time
3. Opus 777
4. The Thnigs That Concern You
5. Opus 11
6. Red The Sign Post
7. For Paula
8. Rose
9. Fantasy
10. God Bless The Child
11.Cauldron 

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