The Henry Cow Box Redux: The Complete Henry Cow 50th Anniversary

~ Release by Henry Cow (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD: Leg End
#TitleRatingLength
1Nirvana for Mice
engineer:
Mike Oldfield
44:56
2Amygdala
46:57
3Teenbeat Introduction
2.54:32
4Teenbeat46:47
5Silence – End of Side 1
0:15
6Extract From With the Yellowhalf‐Moon and Blue Star
3:37
7Teenbeat (reprise)
45:04
8The Tenth Chaffinch
46:04
9Nine Funerals of the Citzen King
5:34
2CD: Unrest
#TitleRatingLength
1Bittern Storm Over Ulm
32:19
2Half Asleep; Half Awake
37:59
3Ruins
312:11
4Silence – End of Side 1
0:15
5Solemn Music
41:11
6Linguaphonie
35:31
7Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon
33:04
8Arcades
31:58
9Deluge
5:25
3CD: Desperate Straights (Slapp Happy / Henry Cow)
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Some Questions About Hats
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow51:51
2The Owl
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow2:17
3A Worm Is at Work
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow51:52
4Bad Alchemy
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
piano:
John Greaves
recording of:
Bad Alchemy
lyricist:
Peter Blegvad
composer:
John Greaves
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation)
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow3:06
5Europa
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
guest percussion:
Pierre Moerlen
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow52:48
6Desperate Straights
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow4:14
7Riding Tigers
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow51:43
8Silence – End of Side 1
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow0:15
9Apes in Capes
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow52:16
10Strayed
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow1:54
11Giants
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow1:57
12Excerpts From the Messiah
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow1:49
13In the Sickbay
producer:
Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
organ:
Dagmar Krause
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow2:09
14Caucasian Lullaby
Henry Cow8:25
4CD: In Praise of Learning
#TitleRatingLength
1War
recording engineer and mixer:
Simon Heyworth (UK record engineer and producer)
clarinet:
Peter Blegvad
guest trumpet:
Mongezi Feza
piano:
Anthony Moore (UK experimental musician, aka Anthony More)
soprano saxophone:
Geoff Leigh
vocals:
Peter Blegvad
recording of:
War
writer:
Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore (UK experimental musician, aka Anthony More)
2:31
2Living in the Heart of the Beast
16:12
3Silence – End of Side 1
0:15
4Beginning; The Long March6:00
5Beautiful as the Moon; Terrible as an Army With Banners7:02
6Morning Star
6:03
5CD: Western Culture / History & Prospects / Day by Day
#TitleRatingLength
1Industry
Hawaiian guitar:
Tim Hodgkinson (British experimental musician and composer)
46:57
2The Decay of Cities
Hawaiian guitar:
Tim Hodgkinson (British experimental musician and composer)
46:56
3On the Raft
piano:
Tim Hodgkinson (British experimental musician and composer)
soprano saxophone:
Fred Frith
trumpet:
Chris Cutler (drummer)
33:58
4Silence End of Side 1
0:15
5Falling Away
piano:
Chris Cutler (drummer)
47:39
6Gretel’s Tale
guest piano:
Irène Schweizer (Swiss free jazz pianist and drummer)
43:58
7Look Back
31:20
8Half the Sky45:08
6CD: Concerts 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Beautiful as the Moon, Terrible as an Army With Banners
5:40
2Nirvana for Mice
5:30
3The Ottawa Song
4:15
4Gloria Gloom
4:14
5Beautiful as the Moon (reprise)
3:12
6Bad Alchemy
2:55
7Little Red Riding Hood Hits the Road
5:50
8Ruins
16:29
9Groningen
8:54
10Groningen Again
7:27
7CD: Concerts 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Oslo 1
5:38
2Oslo 2
3:16
3Oslo 3
3:24
4Oslo 4
3:01
5Oslo 5
3:00
6Oslo 6
1:45
7Oslo 7
4:55
8Oslo 8
4:01
9Off the Map
8:23
10Cafe Royal
3:20
11Keeping Warm in Winter / Sweet Heart of Mine
9:58
12Udine
9:39
8CD: Beginnings / With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star / Guider Tells of Silent Airborne Machine
#TitleRatingLength
1Pre‐Teenbeat I
1:45
2Pre‐Teenbeat II
1:28
3Rapt in a Blanket
5:06
4Came to See You
6:43
5Amygdala Extract (pre‐Legend demo)
3:36
6Teenbeat
10:19
7Citizen King
5:21
8Nirvana for Moles
4:10
9Introduction
0:46
10Invocation
2:08
11Demi‐Lune Jaune
2:10
12Three Little Steps
2:13
13Red Riff
1:50
14Chorale Flautando
1:51
15Cycling Over the Cliff
4:08
16First Light
0:51
17Olwyn Grainger
2:24
18Betty McGowan
6:12
19Lottie Hare
1:18
9CD: 1974–5 / Halsteren
10CD: Hamburg
11CD: Trondheim 1
12CD: Trondheim 2
13CD: Stockholm & Göteborg
14CD: Later and Post‐Virgin
15CD: Bremen / New Suite / Die Kunst der Orgel
16CD: Late
17DVD: Vevey 1976
18CD: A Cow Cabinet of Curiosities
19CD: Ex Box