Cauldron (Fifty Foot Hose album)

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Cauldron
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Released1967
Recorded1967
StudioColumbia Recording, San Francisco
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Label Limelight (original US release)
Mercury (original UK release)
Big Beat (1996 UK CD reissue)
Producer Dan Healy
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Cauldron is the first album from San Francisco-based psychedelic rock band Fifty Foot Hose. The album features a variety of homemade synths formed by the hands of bassist Louis "Cork" Marcheschi.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "And After" (Cork Marcheschi) 2:05
  2. "If Not This Time" (David Blossom) 3:40
  3. "Opus 777" (Marcheshi) 0:22
  4. "The Things That Concern You" (Larry Evans) 3:25
  5. "Opus 11" (Marcheschi) 0:22
  6. "Red the Sign Post" (Blossom, Ted Roswicky) 2:55
  7. "For Paula" (Marcheschi) 0:24
  8. "Rose" (Blossom) 5:03
  9. "Fantasy" (Blossom) 10:08
  10. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday) 2:42
  11. "Cauldron" (Marcheschi, Blossom, Kim Kimsey) 4:55

Personnel

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  2. Minneapolis College of Art and Design. 1971. p. 29.
  3. Unterberger, Richie. Cauldron at AllMusic
  4. Tiny Mix Tapes review
  5. Trouser Press review