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

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Label:ReR Megacorp – ReR HCGK, ReR Megacorp – ReRHCGK, ReR Megacorp – ReR HCBRX
Format:
17 x CD, Reissue, Remastered
DVD
Box Set, Compilation
Country:UK
Released:
Genre:Jazz, Rock
Style:Avantgarde, Experimental, Prog Rock, Free Jazz

Tracklist

Volume 1 - Leg End
CD1-1Nirvana For Mice
Written-By – Fred Frith
4:56
CD1-2Amygdala
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
6:57
CD1-3Teenbeat Introduction
Written-By – Henry Cow
4:32
CD1-4Teenbeat
Written-By – Henry Cow
6:47
CD1-5Silence - End Of Side 10:15
CD1-6Extract From With The Yellowhalf-Moon And Blue Star
Written-By – Fred Frith, John Greaves
3:37
CD1-7Teenbeat Reprise
Written-By – Fred Frith
5:04
CD1-8The Tenth Chaffinch
Written-By – Henry Cow
6:04
CD1-9Nine Funerals Of The Citzen King
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
5:34
Volume 2 - Unrest
CD2-1Bittern Storm Over Ulm
Written-By – Fred Frith
2:19
CD2-2Half Asleep; Half Awake
Written-By – John Greaves
7:59
CD2-3Ruins
Written-By – Fred Frith
12:11
CD2-4Silence - End Of Side 10:15
CD2-5Solemn Music
Written-By – Fred Frith
1:11
CD2-6Linguaphonie
Written-By – Henry Cow
5:31
CD2-7Upon Entering The Hotel Adlon
Written-By – Henry Cow
3:04
CD2-8Arcades
Written-By – Henry Cow
1:58
CD2-9Deluge
Written-By – Henry Cow
5:25
Volume 3 - Desperate Straights (Slapp Happy / Henry Cow)
CD3-1Some Questions About Hats
1:51
CD3-2The Owl
Written-By – Anthony Moore
2:17
CD3-3A Worm Is At Work
1:52
CD3-4Bad Alchemy
Written-By – John Greaves, Peter Blegvad
3:06
CD3-5Europa
2:48
CD3-6Desperate Straights
Written-By – Anthony Moore
4:14
CD3-7Riding Tigers
Written-By – Peter Blegvad
1:43
CD3-8Silence - End Of Side 10:15
CD3-9Apes In Capes
Written-By – Anthony Moore
2:16
CD3-10Strayed
Written-By – Peter Blegvad
1:54
CD3-11Giants
1:57
CD3-12Excerpts From The Messiah
Written-By – Händel*, Peter Blegvad
1:49
CD3-13In The Sickbay
2:09
CD3-14Caucasian Lullaby
Written-By – Anthony Moore, Chris Cutler
8:25
Volume 4 - In Praise Of Learning
CD4-1War
2:31
CD4-2Living In The Heart Of The Beast
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
16:12
CD4-3Silence - End Of Side 10:15
CD4-4Beginning; The Long March
Written-By – Henry Cow
6:00
CD4-5Beautiful As The Moon; Terrible As An Army With Banners
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
7:02
CD4-6Morning Star
Written-By – Henry Cow
6:03
Volume 5 - Western Culture
History & Prospects
CD5-1Industry
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
6:51
CD5-2The Decay Of Cities
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
6:49
CD5-3On The Raft
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
3:58
CD5-4Silence End Of Side 10:15
Day By Day
CD5-5Falling Away
Written-By – Lindsay Cooper
7:30
CD5-6Gretel's Tale
Written-By – Lindsay Cooper
3:52
CD5-7Look Back
Written-By – Lindsay Cooper
1:13
CD5-8Half The Sky
6:37
Volume 6 - Concerts 1
CD6-1Beautiful As The Moon, Terrible As An Army With Banners
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
5:40
CD6-2Nirvana For Mice
Written-By – Fred Frith
5:30
CD6-3The Ottawa Song
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
4:15
CD6-4Gloria Gloom
4:13
CD6-5Beautiful As The Moon (Reprise)
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
3:03
CD6-6Bad Alchemy
Written-By – John Greaves, Peter Blegvad
2:54
CD6-7Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road
Written-By – Robert Wyatt
5:47
CD6-8Ruins
Written-By – Fred Frith
16:24
CD6-9Groningen
Written-By – Henry Cow, Tim Hodgkinson
8:53
CD6-10Groningen Again
Written-By – Henry Cow
7:26
Volume 7 - Concerts 2
CD7-1Oslo 1
Written-By – Henry Cow
5:37
CD7-2Oslo 23:15
CD7-3Oslo 33:23
CD7-4Oslo 43:00
CD7-5Oslo 51:44
CD7-6Oslo 65:54
CD7-7Oslo 73:55
CD7-8Oslo 88:22
CD7-9Off The Map
3:20
CD7-10Cafe Royal
Written-By – Fred Frith
3:20
CD7-11Keeping Warm In Winter / Sweet Heart Of Mine
9:56
CD7-12Udine
Written-By – Henry Cow
9:39
Volume 8 - Beginnings
CD8-1Pre-Teenbeat I
Written-By – Fred Frith
1:44
CD8-2Pre-Teenbeat II
Written-By – Fred Frith
1:28
CD8-3Rapt In A Blanket
Written-By – Fred Frith
5:06
CD8-4Came To See You
Written-By – Fred Frith
6:43
CD8-5Amygdala Extract [Pre-Legend Demo]
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
3:35
CD8-6Teenbeat
Written-By – Fred Frith
10:19
CD8-7Citizen King
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
5:21
CD8-8Nirvana For Moles
Written-By – Fred Frith
4:09
With The Yellow Half Moon And Blue Star
CD8-9Introduction
Written-By – Fred Frith
0:46
CD8-10Invocation
Written-By – Fred Frith
2:08
CD8-11Demi-lune Jaune
Written-By – Fred Frith
2:10
CD8-12Three Little Steps
Written-By – Fred Frith
2:13
CD8-13Red Riff
Written-By – Fred Frith
1:50
CD8-14Chorale Flautando
Written-By – Fred Frith
1:51
CD8-15Cycling Over The Cliff
Written-By – Fred Frith
4:08
CD8-16First Light
Written-By – Fred Frith
0:51
Guider Tells Of Silent Airborne Machine
CD8-17Olwyn Grainger
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
2:24
CD8-18Betty McGowan
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Leigh*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
6:12
CD8-19Lottie Hare
Written-By – John Greaves
1:24
Volume 9 - 1974-5
CD9-1Introduction
Written-By – Lindsay Cooper
1:52
CD9-2Ruins I
Written-By – Fred Frith
6:35
CD9-3Half Asleep, Half Awake
Written-By – John Greaves
4:11
CD9-4Ruins II
Written-By – Fred Frith
0:59
CD9-5Heron Shower Over Hamburg
Written-By – Fred Frith
2:29
CD9-6Nix0:06
Halsteren
CD9-7Halsteren 1
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
1:08
CD9-8Solo 1
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
1:08
CD9-9Solo Extension 1
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
2:21
CD9-10Halsteren 2
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
1:24
CD9-11Extension 1
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
0:17
CD9-12Halsteren 3
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
0:52
CD9-13First Suspension
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
4:28
CD9-14Extension 2
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
2:58
CD9-15Extension 3
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
1:19
CD9-16Solo 2
Written-By – Fred Frith
1:20
CD9-17Solo Extension 2
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
2:32
CD9-18Halsteren 4
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
0:17
CD9-19Second Suspension
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
2:34
CD9-20Extension 4
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
1:58
CD9-21Solo 3
Written-By – John Greaves
0:49
CD9-22Solo Extension 3
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
3:17
CD9-23Halsteren 5
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
1:21
Living In The Heart Of The Beast
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
(13:46)
CD9-24Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-25Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-26Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-27Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-28Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-29Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-30Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-31Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-32Living In The Heart Of The Beast
Volume 10 - Hamburg
CD10-1Fair As The Moon
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
6:01
CD10-2Nirvana For Rabbits
Written-By – Fred Frith
4:48
CD10-3Ottawa Song
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
3:41
CD10-4Twilight Bridge
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
2:04
CD10-5Gloria Gloom
2:17
CD10-6Hamburg 1
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
4:15
CD10-7Hamburg 2
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
3:27
CD10-8Red Noise 10
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
3:16
CD10-9Hamburg 3
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
5:30
CD10-10Hamburg 4
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
2:40
CD10-11Hamburg 5
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
5:25
CD10-12Terrible As An Army With Banners
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
3:34
CD10-13A Heart
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
9:03
CD10-14Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
Written-By – Robert Wyatt
5:12
CD10-15We Did It Again
Written-By – Kevin Ayers
6:31
Volume 11 - Trondheim 1
Trondheim I
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
(48:25)
CD11-1Trondheim I
CD11-2Trondheim I
CD11-3Trondheim I
CD11-4Trondheim I
CD11-5Trondheim I
CD11-6Trondheim I
CD11-7Trondheim I
CD11-8Trondheim I
CD11-9Trondheim I
CD11-10Trondheim I
Volume 12 - Trondheim 2
Trondheim II
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
(31:54)
CD12-1Trondheim II
CD12-2Trondheim II
CD12-3Trondheim II
CD12-4Trondheim II
CD12-5Trondheim II
CD12-6Trondheim II
CD12-7The March
Arranged By – Henry Cow
Written-By – Fred Frith
6:25
Volume 13 - Stockholm & Goteborg
CD13-1Stockholm 1
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Born*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
6:38
Erk Gah (AKA Hold To The Zero Burn)
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
(16:46)
CD13-2Erk Gah
CD13-3Erk Gah
CD13-4Erk Gah
CD13-5Erk Gah
CD13-6Erk Gah
CD13-7A Bridge To Ruins
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
5:08
CD13-8Ottawa Song
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
3:27
Goteborg 1
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
(16:53)
CD13-9Goteborg 1
CD13-10Goteborg 1
CD13-11Goteborg 1
CD13-12No More Songs
Arranged By – Fred Frith
Written-By – Phil Ochs
3:35
CD13-13Stockholm 2
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Born*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
6:13
CD13-14March
Written-By – Fred Frith
4:15
Volume 14 - Later And Post-Virgin
CD14-1Joan
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
5:26
CD14-2Teenbeat 2
Written-By – Fred Frith
8:05
CD14-3Would You Prefer Us To Lie?
Written-By – Chris Cutler, John Greaves
4:28
CD14-4Untitled Piece
Written-By – Lindsay Cooper
11:31
CD14-5Chaumont 1
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Born*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
9:01
CD14-6Chaumont 2
2:14
CD14-7March
Written-By – Fred Frith
7:00
CD14-8Brain Storm Over Barnsley
Written-By – Fred Frith
3:23
CD14-9Teenbeat 3
Written-By – Fred Frith
6:45
CD14-10Post-Teen Auditorium Invasion
Written-By – Roelofs*, Leigh*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
3:56
CD14-11Bucket Waltz
Written-By – Roelofs*, Cutler*, Frith*, Leigh*, Born*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
4:26
CD14-12On Suicide
3:42
Volume 15 - Bremen
CD15-1Armed Maniac / Things We Forgot
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Born*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
11:55
New Suite
CD15-2Van Fleet
Written-By – Fred Frith
1:49
CD15-3Viva Pa Ubu Instrumental Extract
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
4:35
CD15-4The Big Tune Begins
Written-By – Fred Frith
0:45
CD15-5The Big Tune Continues
Written-By – Fred Frith
2:11
CD15-6The Big Tune Ends
Written-By – Fred Frith
1:30
CD15-7March
Written-By – Fred Frith
3:46
Die Kunst Der Orgel
Bremen
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Born*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
(34:25)
CD15-8Bremen
CD15-9Bremen
CD15-10Bremen
CD15-11Bremen
CD15-12Bremen [This Track Is Unlisted On The Cover Insert]
Erk Gah Instrumental Extract
Written-By – Hodgkinson*
(13:04)
CD15-13Erk Gah Instrumental Extract
CD15-14Erk Gah Instrumental Extract
Volume 16 - Late
CD16-1Joy Of Sax3:50
CD16-2Jackie-ing
Arranged By – Mike Westbrook
Written-By – Thelonious Monk
1:15
CD16-3Untitled 2
Written-By – Lindsay Cooper
1:32
CD16-4The Herring People
Written-By – Fred Frith
2:07
CD16-5RIO
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Born*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
17:09
CD16-6RIO
CD16-7RIO
CD16-8RIO
CD16-9Half The Sky
Written-By – Lindsay Cooper
5:05
CD16-10Virgins Of Illinois
Written-By – Traditional
2:13
CD16-11Viva Pa Ubu
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
2:18
Volume 17 - DVD - Vevey 1976
DVD-1Beautiful As...
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
6:50
DVD-2Vevey 1
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Born*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
8:49
DVD-3Terrible As...
Written-By – Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
2:19
DVD-4Tim Speaks1:04
DVD-5No More Songs
Arranged By – Fred Frith
Written-By – Phil Ochs
3:48
DVD-6LITHOTB
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
16:57
DVD-7Vevey 2
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Born*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
13:51
DVD-8March
Written-By – Fred Frith
2:42
DVD-9Erk Gah
Written-By – Tim Hodgkinson
18:28
Volume 18 - A Cow Cabinet of Curiosities
CD17-1Pre Virgin Demo 1
Written-By [Mostly] – Fred Frith
3:55
CD17-2Pre Virgin Demo 2
Written-By [Mostly] – Tim Hodgkinson
1:02
CD17-3Unidentified Improvisation 1
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
1:30
CD17-4Unidentified Improvisation 2
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
5:37
CD17-5Unidentified Late Composition
Written-By [Probably] – Lindsay Cooper
2:04
CD17-6Exploded Amygdala / Teen Introduction
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Leigh*, Greaves*, Hodgkinson*
3:37
CD17-7Lovers Of Gold
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
6:29
CD17-8Hamburg 6
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
5:33
CD17-9Ruins Extract
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
8:24
CD17-10Hamburg 7
Written-By – Cutler*, Krause*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
9:44
CD17-11Half The Sky
Written-By – Lindsay Cooper
5:03
CD17-12Extract From The Glove
Written-By – Cutler*, Frith*, Greaves*, Cooper*, Hodgkinson*
2:19
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Credits

Notes

17 CDs, 1 DVD and 180 pages of histories, chronology, testimony and commentaries by the band, sundry contemporary documents, and rare photographs – in a sturdy box.

This collection brings together the full contents of the three former boxes,

Henry Cow - 40th Anniversary Box - The Studio: Volumes 1-5
Henry Cow - 40th Anniversary Box - The Road: Volumes 1-5
Henry Cow - 40th Anniversary Box - The Road: Volumes 6-10 With DVD

as well as the "Concerts" double CD,

Henry Cow - Concerts

with the addition of a further 60pp booklet [Book 1: The Studio: Official Releases] of newly unearthed, or commissioned, band commentaries, pictures and other documents prepared specifically for this release.

This box set contains re-mastered versions of all the studio CDs and the rare bonus CD (Cabinet of Curiosities),

Henry Cow - A Cow Cabinet Of Curiosities

which came with the subscription edition of the original boxed set.

Subscribers to this boxset received an additional limited edition free bonus CD, Ex Box Collected Fragments 1971 - 1978. ReR Megacorp made this CD also available for separate purchase.

An archive release found post box set release has been issued in a box set friendly version Glastonbury And Elsewhere ReR Megacorp made this CD also available for separate purchase.

Released & Distributed by ReR MEGACORP 79 Beulah Road Thornton Heath Surrey CR7 8JG UK
Distributed in USA by Morphius Records/MVD 100 E 23rd St Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
Made in Czech Republic

NOTE: The Disc 1 liner notes incorrectly credits "Teenbeat" to Henry Cow (it should be Frith & Greaves), and "Extract From With The Yellowhalf-Moon And Blue Star" to Frith & Greaves (it should be Frith).

NOTE: The back of the insert for Disc 15 mistakenly gives the title of the disc as "Late" (the front of the insert gives the correct title "Bremen"). Also, the back cover of the same disc lists the track "Bremen" as tracks 8-11, whereas it should be 8-12.

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  • Barcode: 752725042628
  • Label Code: 02677

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  • Pyragonyx's avatar
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    Edited 3 years ago
    A small notice to (potential) buyers of this CD boxset: check CD#4 (In Praise of Learning), some batches are defective and unplayable (crackling noises, tracking errors,etc...). This is not an isolated issue since it has been confirmed on other musical forums. Only disc #4 is affected, all the others plays fine. I contacted the label (Megacorp UK) by e-mail but they didn't care to reply. Fortunately my (Amazon) dealer replaced the whole box and the 2nd was perfect.

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