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The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set

Henry Cow

Label: ReR Megacorp
Released: 2009
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Tracks

CD1 (Beginnings): Pre-Teenbeat I; Pre-Teenbeat II; Rapt in a Blanket; Came to See You; Amygdala extract (pre-Legend demo); Teenbeat; Citizen King; Nirvana for Moles; With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star: Introduction, Invocation, Demi-Lune Jaune, Three Little Steps, Red Riff, Chorale Flautando, Cycling Over the Cliff, First Light; Guider Tells of Silent Airborne Machine: Olwyn Grainger, Betty McGowan, Lottie Hare.

CD2 (Early 2): Introduction; Ruins I; Half Asleep, Half Awake; Ruins II; Nix; Halsteren: Halsteren I, Solo 1, Solo Extension 1, Halsteren 2, Halsteren 3, First Suspension, Extension 2, Extension 3, Solo 2, Solo Extension 2, Halsteren 4, Second Suspension, Extension 4, Solo 3, Solo Extension 3, Halsteren 5, Living in the Heart of the Beast (Parts 1-9).

CD3 (Hamburg): Fair as the Moon (Song of Solomon 6.10); Nirvana for Rabbits; Ottawa Song; Twilight Bridge; Gloria Gloom; Hamburg 1; Hamburg 2; Red Noise 10; Hamburg 3; Hamburg 4; Hamburg 5; Terrible As an Army with Banners; A Heart; Little Red Riding Hood Hits the Road; We Did It Again.

CD4 (Trondheim 1): Trondheim I (Parts 1-10).

CD5 (Trondheim 2): Trondheim II (Parts 1-6); The March.

CD6: (Stockholm & Goteborg): Stockholm I; Erk Gah (aka Hold to the Zero Burn) Parts 1-5; A Bridge to Ruins; Ottawa Song; Goteborg I Parts 1-3; No More Songs; Stockholm 2; March.

CD7 (Later and Post-Virgin): Joan; Teenbeat 2; Would You Prefer Us to Lie?; Untitled Piece; Chaumont 1; Chaumont 2; March; Brain Storm Over Barnsley; Teenbeat 3; Post- Teen Auditorium Invasion; Bucket Waltz; On Suicide.

CD8 (Bremen): Armed Maniac/Things We Forgot; Herring; Viva Pa Ubu instrumental extract; The Big Tune Begins; The Big Tune Continues; The Big Tune Ends; March.

CD9 (Late): Joy of Sax; Jackie-ing; Untitled 2; The Herring People; RIO Parts 1-4; Half the Sky; Virgins of Illinois; Viva Pa Ubu.

DVD (Vevey): Beautiful As an Army with Banners 1; Vevey 1; Beautiful As an Army with Banners 2; No More Songs; Living in the Heart of the Beast; Vevey 2; March; Erk Gah.

Personnel

Additional Personnel / Information

Chris Cutler: drums (CD1-9, DVD), piano (CD1#18, CD5, CD6#10, CD8#1, CD8#14), glass bowls (CD2#7-23), clatter (CD2#7-23), flotsam (CD4), telephone mouthpieces (CD4-5), amplification (CD4-5), voice (CD4), jetsam (CD5), electrification (CD6), contact microphone amplification (CD7#5- 7), marimba (CD8#9-10); Fred Frith: guitar (CD1, CD2#1-5, CD3-9, DVD), violin (CD1, CD4, CD7- 9, DVD), voice (CD1#3-4), viola (CD2#1-5, CD2#24-32), piano (CD2#1, CD3#1, CD3#4, CD3#12-13, CD6#13-14, CD7#7, CD8#7, DVD), electric guitars (CD2#7-23), acoustic guitars (CD2#7-23), prism (CD2#7-23), xylophone (CD2#24-32, CD4-7, CD8#14, CD9, DVD), 6-string bass (CD4-5), tubular bells (CD4, CD7-8), tapes (CD4-5, CD6#9-11), marimba (CD8#8); John Greaves: bass (CD1-3, CD6#8), piano (CD1#18-19, CD2#3), voice (CD1#7, CD1#18, CD3#3, CD6#8), clothes pegs (CD2#7- 23); Tim Hodgkinson: organ (CD1-9, DVD), alto saxophone (CD1-3, CD5-9, DVD), melodica (CD1), clarinet (CD1, CD2#7-23, CD4-6, CD7#12, CD8-9, DVD), voice (CD1#7, CD4, CD5, CD6#9-11, CD7#12, CD8#9, CD9#7, DVD#7), tapes (CD4, CD5, CD6#9-11, CD7), mbira (CD5, CD8); Geoff Leigh: tenor saxophone (CD1#1-2, CD1#5-18, CD7#10-11), flute (CD1#1-2, CD1#5-18), voice (CD1#7, CD1#9, CD1#16); Amanda Parsons: conversation (CD1#6); Ann Rosenthal: conversation (CD1#6); D.J. Perry: spoken passage (CD1#9, CD1#16); Dave Stewart: celeste (CD1#6); conversation (CD1#6); Lindsay Cooper: oboe (CD2#1-5, CD2#24-32, CD-5, CD7-9, DVD), bassoon (CD2#1-5, CD2#24- 32, CD3-9, DVD), piano (CD2#24-32, CD3#8-11, CD4#7-9, CD6#1-2, CD7#3-5, CD8#9-11, CD8#14), recorder (CD4, CD6, CD8-9, DVD), flute (CD4, CD6-7), tapes (CD4-5, CD6#9-11), voice (CD4-5), jaw harp (CD5, CD7), accordion (CD7#5, CD8), sopranino saxophone (CD8-9, DVD), egg-slicer (CD8); Dagmar Krause: voice (CD2#24- 32, CD3, CD7#1, CD7#3, CD7#7, DVD), singing (CD6#1-7, CD6#12- 14); Robert Wyatt: voice (CD2#29, CD2#32, CD3#14-15); Georgie Born: bass (CD6-9, DVD), cello (CD6#1-6, CD6#12-14, CD7-9, DVD); Annemarie Roelofs: trombone (CD7#10-11, CD9#4, CD9#10); Dave Chambers: saxophone (CD9#1-2).


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