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''Henry Cow Box'' is a seven- CD limited edition
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by English
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Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...
. It was released in December 2006 by Recommended Records and comprises the six original albums Henry Cow released between 1973 and 1979, including those recorded with Slapp Happy. A bonus 3" CD-single was given to advance subscribers of the box set which contains previously unreleased material taken from live performances in
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by the Orckestra, a merger of Henry Cow, the Mike Westbrook Brass Band and folk singer Frankie Armstrong in 1977. The two bonus CD Orckestra tracks were later reissued on the 2019 '' Henry Cow Box Redux: The Complete Henry Cow'' bonus CD, ''Ex Box – Collected Fragments 1971–1978''. The CDs featured here are the 1998 to 2006 reissues by Recommended Records and contain the original LP mixes. (Remixed versions of ''
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'' and '' In Praise of Learning'' were issued in 1991 by East Side Digital Records.) ''
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'' and ''
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'' include the bonus tracks present on their respective CD reissues. The box set's album covers are CD-sized
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replicas of the original LP covers.


Cover art

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


Track listings


Disc 1: ''Legend''

Contains all the tracks (the US/Japanese vinyl mixes) from the
Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...
LP ''
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'' (1973).


Disc 2: ''Unrest''

Contains all the tracks from the
Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...
LP '' Unrest'' (1974).


Disc 3: ''Desperate Straights''

Contains all the tracks from the Slapp Happy/
Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...
LP '' Desperate Straights'' (1975).


Disc 4: ''In Praise of Learning''

Contains all the tracks (the original mixes) from the
Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...
/ Slapp Happy LP '' In Praise of Learning'' (1975).


Discs 5 and 6: ''Concerts''

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


Disc 7: ''Western Culture''

Contains all the tracks from the
Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...
LP ''
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'' (1979).


Bonus 3" CD-single: "Unreleased Orckestra Extract"

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.


Personnel


Henry Cow

*
Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry ...
– guitars, violin, viola, xylophone, piano, voice * Tim Hodgkinson – organ, piano, alto saxophone, clarinet, Hawaiian guitar, voice * John Greaves – bass guitar, piano, voice *
Chris Cutler Chris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of other bands, including Art Bears, N ...
– 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


Slapp Happy

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


The Orckestra

*
Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...
**
Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry ...
– guitar ** Tim Hodgkinson – organ, alto saxophone **
Chris Cutler Chris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of other bands, including Art Bears, N ...
– 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


See also

*'' The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set'' (2009)


Footnotes

{{Authority control Henry Cow albums 2006 compilation albums Recommended Records compilation albums