Henry Cow Box

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The album cover art work was by artist Ray Smith and was originally used on Henry Cow's debut album, Legend (1973).

Contains all the tracks (the US/Japanese vinyl mixes) from the Henry Cow LP Legend (1973).

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| title1 = Nirvana for Mice

| writer1 = Fred Frith

| length1 = 4:53

| title2 = Amygdala

| writer2 = Tim Hodgkinson

| length2 = 6:47

| title3 = Teenbeat Introduction

| writer3 = Henry Cow

| length3 = 4:32

| title4 = Teenbeat

| writer4 = Frith, John Greaves

| length4 = 6:57

| title5 = Extract from 'With the Yellow Half-Moon and Blue Star{{'-}}

| writer5 = Frith

| length5 = 3:37

| title6 = Teenbeat Reprise

| writer6 = Frith

| length6 = 5:07

| title7 = The Tenth Chaffinch

| writer7 = Henry Cow

| length7 = 6:06

| title8 = Nine Funerals of the Citizen King

| writer8 = Hodgkinson

| length8 = 5:34

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Contains all the tracks from the Henry Cow LP Unrest (1974).

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| title1 = Bittern Storm over Ulm

| writer1 = Fred Frith

| length1 = 2:44

| title2 = Half Asleep; Half Awake

| writer2 = John Greaves

| length2 = 7:39

| title3 = Ruins

| writer3 = Frith

| length3 = 12:00

| title4 = Solemn Music

| writer4 = Frith

| length4 = 1:09

| title5 = Linguaphonie

| writer5 = Henry Cow

| length5 = 5:58

| title6 = Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon

| writer6 = Henry Cow

| length6 = 2:56

| title7 = Arcades

| writer7 = Henry Cow

| length7 = 1:50

| title8 = Deluge

| writer8 = Henry Cow

| length8 = 5:52

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Contains all the tracks from the Slapp Happy/Henry Cow LP Desperate Straights (1975).

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| title1 = Some Questions about Hats

| writer1 = Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad

| length1 = 1:49

| title2 = The Owl

| writer2 = Moore

| length2 = 2:14

| title3 = A Worm Is at Work

| writer3 = Moore, Blegvad

| length3 = 1:52

| title4 = Bad Alchemy

| writer4 = John Greaves, Blegvad

| length4 = 3:06

| title5 = Europa

| writer5 = Moore, Blegvad

| length5 = 2:48

| title6 = Desperate Straights

| writer6 = Moore

| length6 = 4:14

| title7 = Riding Tigers

| writer7 = Blegvad

| length7 = 1:43

| title8 = Apes in Capes

| writer8 = Moore

| length8 = 2:14

| title9 = Strayed

| writer9 = Blegvad

| length9 = 1:53

| title10 = Giants

| writer10 = Moore, Blegvad

| length10 = 1:57

| title11 = Excerpt from The Messiah

| writer11 = George Frideric Handel, arr. Blegvad

| length11 = 1:48

| title12 = In the Sickbay

| writer12 = Dagmar Krause, Blegvad

| length12 = 2:08

| title13 = Caucasian Lullaby

| writer13 = Chris Cutler, Moore

| length13 = 8:20

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Contains all the tracks (the original mixes) from the Henry Cow/Slapp Happy LP In Praise of Learning (1975).

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| title1 = War

| writer1 = Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad

| length1 = 2:25

| title2 = Living in the Heart of the Beast

| writer2 = Tim Hodgkinson

| length2 = 15:30

| title3 = Beginning: The Long March

| writer3 = Henry Cow, Slapp Happy

| length3 = 6:26

| title4 = Beautiful as the Moon – Terrible as an Army with Banners

| writer4 = Fred Frith, Chris Cutler

| length4 = 7:02

| title5 = Morning Star

| writer5 = Henry Cow, Slapp Happy

| length5 = 6:05

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Contains all the tracks from the Henry Cow double LP (with Robert Wyatt) Concerts (1976), plus the Henry Cow tracks on the double LP Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall (1973).

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| headline = Disc 5

| title1 = Beautiful as the Moon – Terrible as an Army with Banners

| writer1 = Fred Frith, Chris Cutler

| length1 = 5:41

| title2 = Nirvana for Mice

| writer2 = Frith

| length2 = 5:30

| title3 = Ottawa Song

| writer3 = Frith, Cutler

| length3 = 4:16

| title4 = Gloria Gloom

| writer4 = Robert Wyatt, Bill MacCormick

| length4 = 4:14

| title5 = Beautiful as the Moon (Reprise)

| writer5 = Frith, Cutler

| length5 = 3:11

| title6 = Bad Alchemy

| writer6 = John Greaves, Peter Blegvad

| length6 = 2:55

| title7 = Little Red Riding Hood Hits the Road

| writer7 = Wyatt

| length7 = 5:50

| title8 = Ruins

| writer8 = Frith

| length8 = 16:29

| title9 = Groningen

| writer9 = Tim Hodgkinson, Henry Cow

| length9 = 8:54

| title10 = Groningen Again

| writer10 = Henry Cow

| length10 = 7:27

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{{track listing

| headline = Disk 6

| title1 = Oslo"

1. "Part 1"
2. "Part 2"
3. "Part 3"
4. "Part 4"
5. "Part 5"
6. "Part 6"
7. "Part 7"
8. "Part 8

| writer1 = Henry Cow

| length1 = 29:00

:5:38

:3:16

:3:24

:3:01

:3:00

:1:45

:4:55

:4:01

| title9 = Off the Map"

::*"Solo Piano"

::*"Trio

|writer9 = Hodgkinson, Cutler, Frith

:Hodgkinson

:Hodgkinson, Cutler, Frith

| length9 = 8:23

| title10 = Café Royal

| note10 = solo guitar

| writer10 = Frith

| length10 = 3:20

| title11 = Keeping Warm in Winter

| writer11 = Frith, Greaves

| length11 = 1:00

| title12 = Sweet Heart of Mine

| writer12 = Henry Cow

| length12 = 8:58

| title13 = Udine

| writer13 = Henry Cow

| length13 = 9:39

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Contains all the tracks from the Henry Cow LP Western Culture (1979).

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| headline = History and Prospects

| extra_column = Recorded

| title1 = Industry

| extra1 = 26 July – 8 August 1978

| writer1 = Tim Hodgkinson

| length1 = 6:58

| title2 = The Decay of Cities

| extra2 = 26 July – 8 August 1978

| writer2 = Hodgkinson

| length2 = 6:55

| title3 = On the Raft

| extra3 = 26 July – 8 August 1978

| writer3 = Hodgkinson

| length3 = 4:01

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| headline = Day by Day

| extra_column = Recorded

| title4 = Falling Away

| extra4 = 26 July – 8 August 1978

| writer4 = Lindsay Cooper

| length4 = 7:38

| title5 = Gretels Tale

| extra5 = 26 July – 8 August 1978

| writer5 = Cooper

| length5 = 3:58

| title6 = Look Back

| extra6 = 26 July – 8 August 1978

| writer6 = Cooper

| length6 = 1:19

| title7 = ½ the Sky

| extra7 = 15–29 January 1978

| writer7 = Cooper, Hodgkinson

| length7 = 5:14

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{{track listing

| headline = Bonus tracks

| extra_column = Recorded

| title8 =

| note8 = silence only

| writer8 =

| length8 = 1:29

| title9 = Viva Pa Ubu

| extra9 = 15–29 January 1978

| writer9 = Hodgkinson

| length9 = 4:28

| title10 = Look Back (alt)

| extra10 = 26 July – 8 August 1978

| writer10 = Cooper

| length10 = 1:21

| title11 = Slice

| extra11 = 26 July – 8 August 1978

| writer11 = Cooper

| length11 = 0:36

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Contains previously unreleased material taken from live performances in Europe by the Orckestra in March–May 1978. Given to advance subscribers of the box set.

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| title1 =

| writer1 = Fred Frith

| length1 = 3:40

| title2 = Would You Prefer Us to Lie?

| writer2 = Chris Cutler, John Greaves

| length2 = 8:03

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• Fred Frith – guitars, violin, viola, xylophone, piano, voice
• Tim Hodgkinson – organ, piano, alto saxophone, clarinet, Hawaiian guitar, voice
• John Greaves – bass guitar, piano, voice
• Chris Cutler – drums, piano, voice
• Geoff Leigh – saxophones, flute, clarinet, recorder, voice
• Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, flute, oboe, soprano saxophone, sopranino recorder, piano, voice
• Dagmar Krause – voice, piano
• Georgie Born – bass guitar

• Dagmar Krause – voice
• Peter Blegvad – guitar, voice, clarinet
• Anthony Moore – piano, electronics and tapework

• Henry Cow
• Fred Frith – guitar
• Tim Hodgkinson – organ, alto saxophone
• Chris Cutler – drums
• Lindsay Cooper – bassoon
• Dagmar Krause – vocals
• Georgie Born – bass guitar
• Mike Westbrook Brass Band
• Mike Westbrook – piano
• Kate Westbrook – euphonium
• Dave Chambers – soprano saxophone
• Paul Rutherford – trombone
• Phil Minton – vocals, trumpet
• Frankie Armstrong – vocals

• The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set (2009)

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