Andi ChorleyWelfare State / Lol Coxhill by Welfare State / Lol Coxhill, released on Caroline Records in 1975
Inconstant Sol wrote:
"This is something of an oddity in the Lol Coxhill discography, but a delightful record all the same. Coxhill was the musical director for this travelling troupe from 1973 to 1975... Welfare State was a nomadic consortium of artists, makers, musicians and performers...the WS envisaged themselves as Civic Magicians and Engineers of the Imagination, devising rituals and constructing images for particular times, places and seasons. They travelled throughout Europe with a mobile village of lorries and caravans, creating and animating outdoor events with sculptures, theatre pieces, celebrations, dances and processions. Consisting of 16 adults and 7 children, WS would stop for shorter or longer residences, whenever the opportunity arose to "make poetry concrete..."
https://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2012/08/welfare-statelol-coxhill.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie8UjqLee3o&list=RDIe8UjqLee3o&start_radio=1
