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Fifty Foot Hose - 'Sing Like Scaffold' (Weasel Disc)

Mike Reed | USA | 06/04/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Put out in 1996,the way that I heard it was 'Sing...' was actually their follow-up to their 1967 'Cauldron' album(see my review).Better late than never,I always say.Cork Marcheschi;founder,bassist and special sound effects man, apparently has decided to revive Fifty Foot Hose.There was even some hard-to-find Japanese import 'Live&Unreleased' of a one-off live performance they'd done.Only way to describe FFH's music to a new fan would be 'obscure psychedelia'.Tunes that sort of had me sit up and take notice were the trippy opener "Fantasy",the highly experimental eleven-minute "5:00 To 5:11:33","Jet Lag" and "Picture The Sky".Maybe not a masterpiece,but still a fun trip to endure.Give it a shot.Should appeal to fans of Red Crayola,Terry Riley,13th Floor Elevators and Steve Reich."