Madder Lake - BUTTERFLY FARM.  12" LP. oz prog. very good vinyl & gatefold cover

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Madder Lake - BUTTERFLY FARM.  12" LP. oz prog. very good vinyl & gatefold cover.  1st edition. There is no poster or other insert
Condition is Very good. Sent with Australia Post Standard.
The 1974 follow up to their startling debut "Stillpoint" is another progressive rock gem, another chapter in the story of one of Australia's best bands of the seventies.
You are bidding on Madder Lake's 2nd album. It was pressed twice and this is the 1st edition. Presently I dont have a turntable so I can only make visual evaluations of the item.
I dont provide returns so please examine the photos closely and I'll do my best to make honest and correct judgement of condition. The record is very shiny and looks to have a few shallow scratches/marks.  The cover looks terrific, no ringwear. It is only on more careful scrutiny do you see some wear, esp in the corners and some rippling on the inside of the gatefold cover. There is no insert. A1Rodney's Birthday2:55A2Mother Ship7:45A3Booze Blues2:54A4Ride On Fast4:26B1One Star And The Moon5:20B2Butterfly Farm3:32B3Slack Alice5:08B4Back Seat Song3:26

San Sebastian were a part-time rock band formed by Swinburne Institute of Technology (now Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn campus) Graphic Design students in 1968, including Kerry McKenna on bass guitar and Brendan Mason on guitar.[1][2] By 1969 the line-up was McKenna, Mason, Mick Fettes on vocals, Jac Kreemers on drums and John McKinnon on keyboards, they were playing cover versions for the pub circuit.[1][2] Original material was introduced and, by late 1970, band members were leaving their tertiary studies to fulfil their bookings.[1][2] With a repertoire of progressive, psychedelic, blues music they changed their name, in early 1971, to Madder Lake—madder lake is a crimson-coloured water-based dye (alizarin) mixed with alum and used in painting.[1][2]

The Melbourne-based line-up of Fettes, Kreemers, Mason, McKenna and McKinnon were picked up by Michael Gudinski's booking agency, Consolidated Rock.[2] Madder Lake were influenced by British progressive rock acts, Family, Traffic and King Crimson.[2] They were the opening act at the inaugural Sunbury Pop Festival in January 1972.[1] As their popularity increased, they were one of the first bands signed to the Gudinski co-owned Mushroom Records in late 1972.[1][2] By 1973 they were a headlining act at the 1973 Sunbury Pop Festival and Mushroom Records' first release was their debut single, "Goodbye Lollipop", in February.[1] The single peaked at No. 15 in Melbourne[3] and made the Australian singles Top 40.[4] Mushroom Records' first album release was the ambitious triple-live, The Great Australian Rock Festival - Sunbury 1973, which was released in early April, and included two Madder Lake tracks. Madder Lake's debut album, Stillpoint followed in August, which peaked at No. 13 on the Australian albums chart,[4] it spawned their most recognised single, "12lb Toothbrush", written by band members Fettes, Kreemers, McKenna and McKinnon.[5] McKinnon had been replaced on keyboards by Andy Cowan by the time the album and its related single had been released.[1]

In 1974, the band recorded their second album, Butterfly Farm which was released in April, but the album and its related singles had less critical and commercial success than earlier work.[1] British conductor, David Measham, who had worked with Rick Wakeman on his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, was based in Perth, Western Australia from 1974.[1] He commissioned Madder Lake for a theme piece on Aldous Huxley's science fiction novel Brave New World,[1] but the project stalled when funding from Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) was cut back and Measham's other commitments intruded.[1] Cowan and Fettes left Madder Lake by late 1975, Fettes formed Bandicoot with comedian, Shane Bourne.[1] Fettes was initially replaced by Colin Setches on vocals but when McKinnon returned in early 1976 he took up vocals in addition to keyboards, meanwhile Ian Holding replaced a departing McKenna on bass guitar and the band recorded their last single, "I Get High" and left Mushroom Records.[2] McKenna returned, now on second guitar, and Tony Lake joined on vocals but soon left. Although not formally disbanding, Madder Lake subsequently had numerous periods of low activity.[1]

Fettes returned in April 1978 for touring and Mushroom released their compilation album, The Best of Madder Lake in May, a new album was planned but Fettes left again in January 1979. Madder Lake resurfaced with three tracks on Mushroom Evolution Concert live album, to celebrate the record company's tenth anniversary in 1982. They returned to touring in 1996 and appeared on Mushroom 25 Live: The Concert of the Century released in 1998, after which Gudinski sold his interests in Mushroom to Festival Records.[2]Madder Lake's two studio albums have been re-issued by Aztec Music with bonus tracks added, Stillpoint on 10 October 2008[6] and Butterfly Farm on 24 March 2009.[7] As of May 2009, Madder Lake are Andy Burns on keyboards, Fettes, Kreemers, Mason and McKenna.[8] The band headlined the Queenscliff Music Festival in November 2008.[9]

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