Art Bears – Hopes And Fears

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Label:	Rē Records – Rē 2188
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	UK
Released:	1978
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Art Rock, Avantgarde, Prog Rock

Tracklist

	Áhá - Palace Courtyard	22:35
A1	On Suicide Written-By – Brecht, Eisler	1:26
A2	The Dividing Line Written-By – Cutler, Frith, Cooper*	4:11
A3	Joan Written-By – Cutler, Frith	3:05
A4	Maze Voice [2nd Voice] – Georgie Born Written-By – Cutler, Frith	5:05
A5	In Two Minds Written-By – Cutler, Frith	8:45
	Mer - Irrigated Land	26:00
B1	Terrain Bass – Fred Frith Written-By – Frith*	3:49
B2	The Tube Bass – Fred Frith Written-By – Cutler, Frith	3:05
B3	The Dance Written-By – Cutler, Frith	5:09
B4	Pirate Song Piano – Tim Hodgkinson Written-By – Cutler, Hodgkinson	1:28
B5	Labyrinth (Daedalus, Lamenting) Written-By – Cutler, Hodgkinson	2:15
B6	Riddle Written-By – Cutler, Frith	2:49
B7	Moeris, Dancing Written-By – Frith*	5:08
B8	Piers Written-By – Cutler, Frith	2:10

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Sunrise Studios
Recorded At – Kaleidophon Studios
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rē Records
Copyright © – Arcades Music
Copyright © – Breitkopf & Härtel
Copyright © – Eric Bentley
Lacquer Cut At – RCA

Credits

Artwork [Figures] – Jane Colling
Bass, Cello – Georgie Born
Bassoon, Oboe, Soprano Saxophone, Recorder – Lindsay Cooper
Cover – Art Bears
Cover [Assistant] – Doug Kierdorf
Drums, Electronic Drums [Electric Drums], Percussion [Percussions], Noises [Noise], Artwork [Centre] – Chris Cutler
Engineer [Engineering Asssistance] – Jack Balchin
Engineer, Mixed By, Producer – Art Bears, David Vorhaus (tracks: B1 to B3, B8), Etienne Conod (tracks: A1 to A5, B4 to B7)
Guitar [Guitars], Violin, Viola, Piano, Harmonium, Xylophone – Fred Frith
Lacquer Cut By [Cut By] – David Vorhaus, Pete Norman
Organ, Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson
Vocals [Singing] – Dagmar Krause

Notes

Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg 15-29 January 1978, except tracks B1, B2, B3, B8 at Kaleidophon, London 15-18 March 1978.
Cut at R.C.A.
© 1978 Arcades (Mus. Publs.)
℗ 1978 Rē (Records)
© "On Suicide" lyrics Eric Bentley / music: Breit Kopf and Hartel
Printed in England

Gatefold sleeve including poster.

Art Bears credited for engineering, mixing and producing as 'us'

An inside cover note says:
"There is a book with these & related lyrics, notes & pictures available from us (45p) from
33 Pearman St, London SE I
We welcome correspondence, Art Bears."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Runout Side A): HOPES + FEARS-A1 1-1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Runout Side B): HOPES + FEARS-B1 1-2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Runout Side A): HOPES + FEARS - A1 1-3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Runout Side B): HOPES + FEARS - B1 1-3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Runout Side A): HOPES & FEARS-A₁ 1-*1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Runout Side B): HOPES & FEARS-B₁ 1-1*
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4, Runout Side A): HOPES & FEARS-A₁ 1-8
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4, Runout Side B): HOPES & FEARS-B₁ 1-3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, Runout Side A): HOPES & FEARS-A₁ 1-9
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, Runout Side B): HOPES & FEARS-B₁ 1-10

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Hopes And Fears (LP, Album)	Random Radar Records, Random Radar Records	RRR 004, RRR 0004	US	1978
New Submission	Hopes And Fears (LP, Album)	L'Orchestra	OLPS 55003	Italy	1980
Recently Edited	Hopes & Fears (LP, Album, Reissue, Repress)	Rē Records	Rē 2188	UK	1984
Recently Edited	Hopes And Fears (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered)	ReR Megacorp, ReR Megacorp	RéR abCD2, RēR åbCD2	UK	1992
Recently Edited	Hopes And Fears (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered)	ReR Megacorp, ReR Megacorp	RéR abCD2, RēR åbCD2	UK	1992

Reviews

pilastr Oct 11, 2022
The album that broke up Henry Cow, see p.362 of the 2022 Piekut biography. Of necessity given time constraints and expertise, Cutler and Frith dominated the creation of these studio-built short songs. 3 weeks later Hodgkinson et al decided the material wasn't up to Henry Cow standards with the exception of his “Viva Pa Ubu” and Cooper's “Half the Sky” which then were held out for inclusion on the future Western Civilization album.

Hodgkinson agreed to releasing the material, just not as Henry Cow. He didn't think thru the fact that his songs “Terrain,” “The Tube,” “The Dance,” or “Piers” might instead be released as Art Bears songs and though he'd agreed, came to feel betrayed. Similarly, Georgie Born was unhappy to see her original bass lines on "Joan” and “In Two Minds,” credited as a Frith compositions and sleighted not to be invited to join Art Bears. Neither was Lindsay Cooper brought into Art Bears or given credit for composing “The Dividing Line”. Simultaneously, Chris Cutler launches the ReR label and Rec Rec distro.