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Henry Cow Concerts
Henry Cow Concerts cover
Live album by Henry Cow
Released 1976
Recorded Live in London, Italy,
Netherlands and Norway
between September 1974
and October 1975
Genre Avant-progressive rock
Length 1:43:43
Label Compendium (Norway)
Caroline (UK)
Producer Henry Cow
Professional reviews
Henry Cow chronology
In Praise of Learning
(1975)		 Henry Cow Concerts
(1976)		 Western Culture
(1979)

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The album includes Henry Cow's last John Peel Session, recorded in September 1975 and extracts from a concert with Robert Wyatt at the New London Theatre in May 1975. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945 in Bristol) is an English Musician, and founding member of the influential The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden The opening bars of the improvised piece "Groningen" (recorded in September 1974) were later incorporated in Tim Hodgkinson's "Living in the Heart of the Beast", on In Praise of Learning (1975). Tim Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949) is an English Experimental music Composer and performer principally on reeds and In Praise of Learning is an album by British Avant-garde rock groups Henry Cow and Slapp Happy, recorded

CD reissues of the album include Henry Cow's tracks on Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall (1974), a double LP of an October 1973 concert, featuring Camel, Henry Cow, Global Village Trucking Co and Gong. Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall is a 1973 live double album by Various Artists recorded at an October 1973 Greasy Truckers concert at Camel are an English Progressive rock band formed in 1971 An important figure in the Canterbury scene, the group has been releasing studio and live Gong is a progressive / Psychedelic rock band formed by Australian Musician Daevid Allen.

Contents

Track listing

Side one – 22:50

  1. "Beautiful as the Moon - Terrible as an Army with Banners" (Frith, Cutler)
  2. "Nirvana for Mice" (Frith)
  3. "Ottawa Song" (Frith, Cutler)
  4. "Gloria Gloom" (Wyatt, McCormick)
  5. "Beautiful as the Moon (Reprise)" (Frith, Cutler)

Side two – 25:36

  1. "Bad Alchemy" (Greaves, Blegvad)
  2. "Little Red Riding Hood Hits the Road" (Wyatt)
  3. "Ruins" (Frith)

Side three – 29:02

  1. "Oslo" (Henry Cow)

Side four – 26:15

  1. "Groningen" (Hodgkinson, Henry Cow)
  2. "Udine" (Henry Cow)
  3. "Groningen again" (Henry Cow)

Personnel

Sound and art work

Concert venues and dates

Composed material

The composed material (with the exception of "Ottawa Song") originally appeared on the following albums:

Singles

"In Concerto" single.
"In Concerto" single. Matching Mole was a UK Progressive rock band from the Canterbury scene best known for the song "O Caroline" Matching Mole's Little Red Record (1972 is the second album of the British Canterbury Scene band Matching Mole. Henry Cow were an English Avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Leg End (also known as Legend) is an album by British Avant-garde rock group Henry Cow, recorded Henry Cow were an English Avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Unrest is an album by British Avant-garde rock group Henry Cow, recorded at Virgin Records ' Manor Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945 in Bristol) is an English Musician, and founding member of the influential Rock Bottom is the second solo album (the first post- Soft Machine) by Robert Wyatt. Slapp Happy was a German / English Avant-garde pop group consisting of Anthony Moore (keyboards Peter Blegvad (guitar Henry Cow were an English Avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Desperate Straights is an album by British Avant-garde rock groups Slapp Happy and Henry Cow, recorded Henry Cow were an English Avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Slapp Happy was a German / English Avant-garde pop group consisting of Anthony Moore (keyboards Peter Blegvad (guitar In Praise of Learning is an album by British Avant-garde rock groups Henry Cow and Slapp Happy, recorded

CD reissues

In 1995, East Side Digital reissued Henry Cow Concerts as a double CD with four extra tracks. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. Chris Cutler (born January 4, 1947) is an English percussionist composer lyricist and music theorist Henry Cow were an English Avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred A double album is an audio Album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold (especially records and Compact Discs. The extra tracks came from Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall (1974), a double LP of an October 1973 concert performed by Camel, Henry Cow, Global Village Trucking Co and Gong, each band contributing to one side of the double album. Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall is a 1973 live double album by Various Artists recorded at an October 1973 Greasy Truckers concert at A double album is an audio Album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold (especially records and Compact Discs. Camel are an English Progressive rock band formed in 1971 An important figure in the Canterbury scene, the group has been releasing studio and live Gong is a progressive / Psychedelic rock band formed by Australian Musician Daevid Allen. Henry Cow's contribution, however, was actually recorded a week later at the Manor Studios because a power failure at the event had delayed the start of the concert and a 2am curfew reduced Henry Cow's set (billed last) to ten minutes. The Manor Studio (aka The Manor) was a Recording studio in the manor house at the village of Shipton-on-Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England

The addition tracks are:

  1. "Off the Map" (Hodgkinson, Cutler, Frith) – 8:30
  2. "Cafe Royal" (Frith) – 3:22
  3. "Keeping Warm in Winter" (Frith, Greaves) – 1:00
  4. "Sweat Heart of Mine" (Henry Cow) – 9:06

The additional personnel on these tracks are:

In October 2006, Recommended Records released a remastered version of Henry Cow Concerts, plus Henry Cow's Greasy Truckers set, on a double CD. Tim Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949) is an English Experimental music Composer and performer principally on reeds and Chris Cutler (born January 4, 1947) is an English percussionist composer lyricist and music theorist Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. John Greaves (born 23 January 1950) is a British bass guitarist and composer best known as a member of Henry Cow and his collaborative Henry Cow were an English Avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Geoff Leigh (born 5 October 1945) is an English Jazz and Progressive rock Musician, playing primarily Soprano Recommended Records ( RēR) is a British Independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler in March 1978 Remaster (and its derivations frequently found in the phrases digitally remastered or digital remastering) is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age although The remastering was done by Bob Drake in March 2006. Bob Drake (born December 6th 1957 is an American avant-garde musician

See also

References

  1. ^ Peel Sessions: Henry Cow. Henry Cow Box is a seven- CD Box set by English Avant-garde rock group Henry Cow. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again

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