Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron. Original Limelight LP

$ 70

$ 70 Sold For

Feb 19, 2010 Sold Date

Feb 9, 2010 Start Date

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Norway Country Of Seller

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Hard to find, obscure experimental psychedelic record from 1968! Pink Limelight label. One of the most experimental and interesting San Fransisco bands of the 60's.

The cover looks fine, Very Good condition, except a tiny little hole in the cover left upper corner and somebody has written a "2" in the upper right corner.
As the picture shows - some scratches on the vinyl, but it plays well through both sides.

From www.allmusic.com:
Cauldron was perhaps more interesting for its experimental textures than the sometimes routine compositions -- eerie electronic swoops and jolts swam through the background and foreground of the tracks, enhanced by techniques like putting instruments through an FM transmitter. The jazzier and spookier tunes worked better than the bluesier hard rock items, yet it was an admirably risk-taking effort. But, ultimately, a pretty uncommercial one -- although they got some live work in San Francisco, the album was heard by few at its time of release. Fifty Foot Hose were finished, ironically, by the temptations of a much more commercial project -- when the musical Hair came to San Francisco, most of the members joined the production to satisfy their need for more reliable income. Interest in the group resurfaced in the 1990s, as they became recognized as precursors to the electronic rock sounds of groups like Throbbing Gristle. Marcheschi is now a respected sculptor, specializing in public work using neon, plastic, and kinetic characteristics.

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