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Henry Cow - The Virgin Years

Label:

East Side Digital, East Side Digital, East Side Digital

Catalog#:

esd 80482, esd 80492, esd 80502

Format:

3 x CD, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition, Box Set

Country:

Released:

1991

Genre:

Jazz, Rock

Style:

Free Jazz, Art Rock, Avantgarde

Tracklist

	Legend
1-1	Nirvana For Mice	4:53
	Engineer [First Part] - Mike Oldfield Remix - Fred Frith Written-By - Frith*
1-2	Amygdala	6:47
	Bassoon - Lindsay Cooper Written-By - Hodgkinson*
1-3	Teenbeat Introduction	4:32
	Remix - Fred Frith Voice - Cathy Williams , Maggie Thomas , Sarah Greaves Written-By - H. Cow*
1-4	Teenbeat	6:57
	Remix - Fred Frith Voice - Cathy Williams , Maggie Thomas , Sarah Greaves Written-By - Frith* , Greaves*
1-5	Nirvana Reprise	1:11
	Remix - Fred Frith Written-By - Frith*
1-6	Extract From 'With The Yellow Half-Moon And Blue Star'	2:26
	Written-By - Frith* Xylophone [Pixiphone] - Jeremy Baines
1-7	Teenbeat Reprise	5:07
	Remix - Fred Frith Voice - Cathy Williams , Maggie Thomas , Sarah Greaves Written-By - Frith*
1-8	The Tenth Chaffinch	6:06
	Written-By - H. Cow*
1-9	Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King	5:34
	Written-By - Hodgkinson*
1-10	Bellycan	3:19
	Written-By - H. Cow*
	Unrest
2-1	Bittern Storm Over Ulm	2:44
	Written-By - Frith*
2-2	Half Asleep; Half Awake	7:39
	Written-By - Greaves*
2-3	Ruins	12:00
	Recorded By [Partially] - Mike Oldfield Written-By - Frith*
2-4	Solemn Music	1:09
	Written-By - Frith*
2-5	Liguaphonie	5:58
	Written-By - H. Cow*
2-6	Upon Entering The Hotel Adlon	2:56
	Written-By - H. Cow*
2-7	Arcades	1:50
	Written-By - H. Cow*
2-8	Deluge	5:52
	Written-By - H. Cow*
2-9	The Glove	6:35
	Mixed By - Tim Hodgkinson Written-By - H. Cow*
2-10	Torchfire	4:48
	Mixed By - Tim Hodgkinson Written-By - H. Cow*
	In Praise Of Learning
3-1	War	2:25
	Piano - Anthony Moore Recorded By, Mixed By - Simon Heyworth Remix - Fred Frith , Martin Bisi Saxophone [Soprano] - Geoff Leigh Trumpet - Mongezi Feza Voice, Clarinet - Peter Blegvad Written-By - Moore* , Blegvad*
3-2	Living In The Heart Of The Beast	15:30
	Guitar - Peter Blegvad Piano - Anthony Moore , Tim Hodgkinson Remix - Fred Frith , Martin Bisi Written-By - Hodgkinson*
3-3	Beginning: The Long March	6:26
	Guitar - Peter Blegvad Written-By - H. Cow* , S. Happy*
3-4	Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners	7:02
	Performer [Oscillator] - Phil Becque Piano - Fred Frith Written-By - Cutler* , Frith*
3-5	Morning Star	6:05
	Written-By - H. Cow* , S. Happy*
3-6	Lovers Of Gold	6:28
	Written-By - Cutler* , H. Cow* , S. Happy*

Credits

Artwork By [Album Covers] - Ray Smith
Artwork By [Box] - Dirk Vallons
Artwork By [Souvenir Booklet Design] - Chris Cutler , Dirk Vallons
Bass - John Greaves
Bassoon, Oboe - Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 2-1 To 3-6)
Clarinet - Geoff Leigh (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10)
Clarinet, Organ - Tim Hodgkinson
Drums - Chris Cutler
Electronics, Tape - Anthony Moore (tracks: 3-1 To 3-6)
Engineer - Andy Morris (2) (tracks: 2-1 To 2-10) , Phil Becque (tracks: 2-1 To 2-10) , Tom Newman (2) (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10)
Engineer [Assistant] - Charles Fletcher (tracks: 2-1 To 2-10)
Guitar, Violin - Fred Frith
Mixed By - Henry Cow (tracks: 2-5 To 2-8) , Phil Becque (tracks: 2-1 To 2-4) , Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 2-9 To 2-10)
Noises [Radio] - Chris Cutler (tracks: 3-1 To 3-6)
Other [Family Tree] - Alex Komarovsky
Other [Liner Notes] - Henry Cow
Performer [Toys] - Chris Cutler (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10)
Photography - Anne Lamberty
Piano - Chris Cutler (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10) , Fred Frith (tracks: 1-1 To 2-10) , John Greaves , Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 1-1 To 2-10)
Producer - Henry Cow (tracks: 2-1 To 2-10)
Recorded By, Mixed By - Phil Becque (tracks: 3-2 To 3-6)
Recorder - Geoff Leigh (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10) , Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 2-1 To 2-10)
Remix - Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10, 3-1 To 3-6)
Saxophone [Alto] - Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 1-1 To 2-10)
Saxophone [Saxes], Flute - Geoff Leigh (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10)
Viola - Fred Frith (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10)
Voice - Chris Cutler (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10) , Dagmar Krause (tracks: 3-1 To 3-6) , Fred Frith (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10) , Geoff Leigh (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10) , John Greaves (tracks: 1-1 To 2-10) , Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 2-1 To 2-10) , Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10)
Whistle - Chris Cutler (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10) , John Greaves (tracks: 1-1 To 1-10)
Xylophone - Fred Frith (tracks: 2-1 To 3-6)

Notes

The three CD:s (in jewelcase) comes in a box including a 24 pages souvenir booklet and fold-out family tree. Limited 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

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