Henry Cow - The Virgin Years

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Henry Cow
The Virgin Years

Album US 1991 on East Side Digital label
Jazz and Rock (Free Jazz, Art Rock, Avant-garde)

The three CD's (in jewelcases) come in a box including a 24 page souvenir booklet and fold-out family tree. It was issued as a limited numbered edition of 1250 copies. The recordings in this box are also available separately (identical to the CD's in this box). LEGEND: Originally recorded at Manor Studios, May/June 1973, except for track 1-10, which was recorded November 1973. Remixed at Cold Storage & Red Shop Studios, May/August 1990. This Version of track 1-2 was recorded August 1990. The original recordings of tracks 1-1 to 1-9 were released on LP in 1973 on Virgin (V 2005). Catalogue number: ESD 80482 UNREST: Recorded at the Manor Studios February & March 1974. Tracks 1 to 8 were originally released on LP in 1974 on Virgin (V 2011). Contains 2 additional tracks, these are improvisations mixed at Cold Storage Studios in 1984. Dedicated to Robert Wyatt and Uli Trepte. Catalogue number: ESD 80492 IN PRAISE OF LEARNING: Recorded at the Manor, February & March 1975, except track 1, recorded November 1974. Tracks 1 & 2 remixed April 1985 at BC Studios, NYC, tracks 3 to 6 remixed at Cold Storage Studios, London. Track 6 is an alternative use of the material from track 3. The original recordings of this album was released on LP in 1975 on Virgin (V 2027). Catalogue number: ESD 80502

Musicians

	Henry Cow , 1968-1978 GB album by, written by
	Tim Hodgkinson as, cl, org, *1949 GB alto saxophone, clarinet, organ, mixed by, piano, remix, voice, written by
	Dirk Vallons artwork, box, artwork, souvenir booklet design
	Chris Cutler dr, *1947 GB artwork, souvenir booklet design, drums, noises, radio, performer, toys, piano, voice, whistle, written by
	John Greaves b, voc, p, *1950 GB bass, piano, voice, whistle, written by
	Lindsay Cooper bsn, ob, 1951-2013 GB bassoon, oboe, recorder, voice
	Geoff Leigh fl, *1945 GB clarinet, recorder, flute, saxophone, saxes, voice, soprano saxophone
	Anthony Moore key, g, p, *1948 GB electronics, tape, piano, written by
	Fred Frith g, *1949 US guitar, violin, piano, viola, voice, xylophone, written by
	Alex Komarovsky liner notes, family tree
	Dagmar Krause voc, *1950 DE voice
	Cathy Williams voc, voice
	Maggie Thomas , voice
	Sarah Greaves , voice
	Jeremy Baines , glockenspiel, pixiphone
	Mongezi Feza tr, cor, 1945-1975 ZA trumpet
	Peter Blegvad g, voc, *1951 US voice, clarinet, written by, guitar
	Phil Becque , GB performer, oscillator

Producers

Ray Smith artwork, album covers

Andy Morris engineer

Phil Becque engineer, mixed by, recorded by, mixed by

Tom Newman engineer

Charles Fletcher engineer, assistant

Henry Cow liner notes, mixed by, producer

Anne Lamberty photography by

Mike Oldfield engineer, first part, recorded by, partially

Fred Frith remix

Tim Hodgkinson mixed by

Simon Heyworth recorded by, mixed by

Martin Bisi remix

Composers

Fred Frith

Tim Hodgkinson

Henry Cow

John Greaves

Anthony Moore

Peter Blegvad

Slapp Happy

Chris Cutler

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Legend	Henry Cow
2	Nirvana For Mice	Henry Cow	Fred Frith	4:53
3	Amygdala	Henry Cow	Tim Hodgkinson	6:47
4	Teenbeat Introduction	Henry Cow	Henry Cow	4:32
5	Teenbeat	Henry Cow	Fred Frith, John Greaves	6:57
6	Nirvana Reprise	Henry Cow	Fred Frith	1:11
7	Extract From 'With The Yellow Half-Moon And Blue Star'	Henry Cow	Fred Frith	2:26
8	Teenbeat Reprise	Henry Cow	Fred Frith	5:07
9	The Tenth Chaffinch	Henry Cow	Henry Cow	6:06
10	Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King	Henry Cow	Tim Hodgkinson	5:34
11	Bellycan	Henry Cow	Henry Cow	3:19
12	Unrest	Henry Cow
13	Bittern Storm Over Ulm	Henry Cow	Fred Frith	2:44
14	Half Asleep; Half Awake	Henry Cow	John Greaves	7:39
15	Ruins	Henry Cow	Fred Frith	12:00
16	Solemn Music	Henry Cow	Fred Frith	1:09
17	Liguaphonie	Henry Cow	Henry Cow	5:58
18	Upon Entering The Hotel Adlon	Henry Cow	Henry Cow	2:56
19	Arcades	Henry Cow	Henry Cow	1:50
20	Deluge	Henry Cow	Henry Cow	5:52
21	The Glove	Henry Cow	Henry Cow	6:35
22	Torchfire	Henry Cow	Henry Cow	4:48
23	In Praise Of Learning	Henry Cow
24	War	Henry Cow	Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad	2:25
25	Living In The Heart Of The Beast	Henry Cow	Tim Hodgkinson	15:30
26	Beginning: The Long March	Henry Cow	Henry Cow, Slapp Happy	6:26
27	Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners	Henry Cow	Chris Cutler, Fred Frith	7:02
28	Morning Star	Henry Cow	Henry Cow, Slapp Happy	6:05
29	Lovers Of Gold	Henry Cow	Chris Cutler, Henry Cow, Slapp Happy	6:28

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