Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron LP
Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron LP
Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron LP
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Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron LP

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Mail-order exclusive edition of 300 available with Bad Trip / Skins 7". Choose LP+7" when adding to cart. 

Cauldron is the legendary psychedelic jazzy rock & electronic album by Californian band Fifty Foot Hose. First-time official vinyl reissue since its release in 1967 on the Limelight label. 

Fifty Foot Hose formed in San Francisco in 1967. Like few other acts of their time they consciously tried to combine the contemporary sounds of rock with electronic instruments and avant-garde compositional ideas. They were one of the most radical groups of the psychedelic era, and their experimentalism still has the power to shock and surprise even now.

What set them apart were the pioneering experiments in electronic music, like the band they are often compared to, The United States of America. Incorporating theremin, siren, audio generators, and other various electronic effects as Cork Marcheschi, the band's original bass player had developed an acute interest in the dadaist/futurist experiments of composers like John Cage and Edgar Varese. David and Nancy Blossom brought both psychedelic and jazz influences to the band. Cauldron, their only album, was released in December 1967, including "Fantasy”, “Red the Sign Post” and “God Bless the Child”, a Billie Holiday cover. An intriguing mix of jazzy psychedelic rock tunes with fierce and advanced electronic sound effects. These sound experiments differentiated them from their contemporaries and most audiences didn't quite know what to make of them. 



So fans of flowery, psychedelic 60's music must beware of this odd gem, Fifty Foot Hose’s music leans more towards White Noise, Silver Apples and specially United States of America than to the whole flower power movement. After only one album, the proto-cyber psych outfit passed as quickly as they came. Their only mention would be a name-check in Ralph J. Gleason’s 1969 book, “The Jefferson Airplane And The San Francisco Sound” published over a year after their demise. Ralph J. Gleason wrote: “I don’t know if they’re immature or premature.” History has proven them to be the latter. Today the original album is very collectable and considered a touchstone of avant garde rock music.

"The concept was to expand what contemporary popular music was. I thought the avant-garde could have had a home with this new group of listeners but they turned out to be pretty conservative - intellectually . Drugs were fine - sex was fine - stop the wars was good but when challenged with abstract art., they reacted like conservative people look at a Jackson Pollock painting." (Cork Marcheschi).

Bad Trip / Skins 7” 

Bad Trip was recorded with Bob Noto on Guitar - Bob Gibson screaming and hollering and Cork Marcheschi playing bass and hitting a large card board tube with a stick. They recorded it on a two track sony in Cork's parents family room and put Bob in the bath room as a kind of sound booth. It was Cork’s way to deal with Music Concrete and he suggested that the record could be played at any speed, his love for Dadaism was fully realized in Bad Trip. (Cork Marcheschi)

Tracklist

A1       And After        
A2       If Not This Time         
A3       Opus 777       
A4       The Things That Concern You          
A5       Opus 11         
A6       Red The Sign Post    
A7       For Paula       
A8       Rose  
B1       Fantasy          
B2       God Bless The Child 
B3       Cauldron 

Notes

° Edition of 1000
° 180gr. vinyl
° Includes replica of the original insert
° Remastered by Equus
° Cover Reconstruction by Jeroen Wille

Credits

Drums, Percussion – Kim Kimsey
Electric Bass – Terry Hansley
Electronics, Theremin, Audio Generator, Siren – Cork Marcheschi
Guitar, Piano, Kalimba – David Blossom
Vocals, Guitar – Larry Evans
Vocals, Solo Vocal – Nancy Blossom


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