HENRY COW with Friends & Family 1974-1999 [Augmented & Updated]

HENRY COW with friends and family
A (almost) chronological overview of the numerous collaborations of ex-Henry Cow (& Slapp Happy) members, as well as some very rare Henry Cow projects with their friends. All the music presented here was professionnally recorded. and is taken from hard-to-find releases – mostly vinyls not reissued on CD and out of print compilations – or from the artist's collections.

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This is an aupdated and augmented version of one of my previous upload (no longer available). Here you have 4 CDs instaed of 3, more rarities, and better versions compared to what I previously posted a while ago.

A very detailed booklet (pdf format) is also included, with full credits and images for each track.
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Volume 1

SLAPP HAPPY : 1. Alcohol
- Recorded 1974. Rare subscription single.

HENRY COW & ROBERT WYATT : 2. Little red riding hood • 3. Living in the heart of the beast • 4. We dit it again
- Live in Paris, May 1975. Radio France recording. The versions here are complete and unedited, and thus different from the ones officially released on the “Henry Cow Anniversary Box”.

JAN STEELE : 5. All day
- From “Voices and Instruments” 1976 LP. Featuring Fred Frith.

HENRY COW & MIKE WESTBROOK BRASS BAND : THE ORCKESTRA : 6. Lady Howerd's Coach
- Live in Paris November 1977. From the band's private collection

LINDSAY COOPER : 7. Fingers weary and worn / Canal towpath / Regent street / Musical box / Women's wrongs / Cholera morbus • 8. The housewife's nightmare • 9. Spitalfields
- Rare 7" EP "Pictures From The Great Exhibition", 1979.

TIM HODGKINSON : 10. Solo saxophone live treatments
- Early 80s. From the compilation "Passed Normal Vol.4".

HEINER GOEBBELS (with CASSIBER) : 11. Die letzte Buche
- A-side of a rare 7‘‘ single from 1982. Featuring Chris Cutler.

HEINER GOEBBELS & ALFRED HARTH : 12. An die Nachgeborenen / Wer zu Hause bleibt... / Adresse des sterbenden Dichter an die Jugend • 13. Liebeslied • 14. Schwächen
- From "Bertolt Brecht : Zeit Wird Knapp", 1981. Not reissued on CD. Featuring Dagmar Krause.

DAVID THOMAS & THE PEDESTRIANS : 15. I didn't have a very good time
- Rare subscription single, 1982. Featuring Chris Cutler.

JOHN GREAVES & PETER BLEGVAD : THE LODGE : 16. Like a baby
- From the "State Of The Union" compilation, 1982.

OFFICER ! : 17. Join the AAA • 18. Way
- From a limited edition cassette release 1983. Featuring Chris Cutler, Tim Hodgkinson.

LINDSAY COOPER : 19. Celeste's dream • 20. The ballroom
- From "The Golddiggers LP", 1983. These tracks were left out on the CD reissue.

CASSIX : 21. Coste • 22. Cripta
- Recorded 1983. From the compilation LP "ReR Quarterly Vol.1 no3". Not reissued on CD. Featuring Chris Cutler.


Volume 2

NEWS FROM BABEL : 1. Contraries
- Recorded 1983. Rare subscription single. Featuring Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Dagmar Krause.

OFFICER ! : 2. Some • 3. Tunnels
- From “Ossification” LP, 1984. Not reissued on CD. Featuring Tim Hodgkinson.

HERMINE : 4. The story of a ridiculous dummy
- From the album “Lonely at The Top” (1984). Featuring Tim Hodgkinson.

COOPER / CUTLER : 5. Education
- 1984, from the compilation "ReR Quarterly Vol.1 no1". Never reissued on CD.

KONRAD BOEHMER : 6 - Apocalipsis cum figuris
- Recorded 1984. Edited from a very long and strange electro-acoustic piece featuring Dagmar Krause.

THE LAST NIGHTINGALE : 7. Moments of delight • 8. In the dark year
- 1984 EP. Not reissued on CD. Featuring Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Tim Hodgkinson, Robert Wyatt.

SKELETON CREW (Fred Frith & Tom Cora) : 9. Ronbo • 10. Learn to talk • 11. Killing time • 12. New Orleans stomp • 13. Bored again • 14. Man or monkey • 15. Batium
- Live in the USA, November 1984. From the compilation LP "Passed Normal Vol. 1“.

DAVID THOMAS & THE PEDESTRIANS : 16. Whale head king
- Live in France, May 1985. From the compilation LP "Musique Action Internationale Festival 1985". Featuring Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper.

LINDSAY COOPER’s MUSIC FOR FILMS : 17. Seeing red • 18. Iceland • 19. The bankers song • 20. The empire song • 21. Stitch goes the needle / A young lady’s vision
- Live in Bern, Switzerland, March 1985. Radio broadcast. Featuring Lindsay Cooper, Chris Cutler.


Volume 3

UT : 1. Stain • 2. Mouse sleep
- From the LP “Conviction” 1985. Featuring Tim Hodgkinson.

SKELETON CREW (Fred Frith/Tom Cora/Zeena Parkins) : 3. Making seek and hide • 4. The way things fall
- Live in France, 1986. From the compilation LP “Festival M.I.M.I. 1986”

FEMINIST IMPROVISING ARTISTS : 5. Kromhout 2 cyl. 80 pk • 6. Nasty
- Live in Zürich, November 1986. From the compilation LP “Canaille“. Featuring Lindsay Cooper.

ALFRED 23 HARTH : 7. Es sind meine Tiere • 8. Hörstück für alle und keinen • 9. Der Geist der Rache • 10. Fürsprache der andenkenden nähe zum fernen
- From the LP “Plan Eden“, 1987. Not reissued on CD. Featuring Lindsay Cooper.

CASSIBER : 11. Orpheus mirror / I tried to reach you
- Live in France, July 1987. From the compilation LP "M.I.M.I. festival 1987“. Featuring Chris Cutler.

LES 4 GUITARISTES DE L'APOCALYPSO BAR : 12. La chute de la maison Usher
- Live in France, July 1987. From the compilation LP "M.I.M.I. festival 1987“. Featuring Chris Cutler.

DAVID THOMAS & THE ACCORDION CLUB : 13. It happened to me
- Recorded 1987 for BBC radio 1 live show. From the compilation LP “Recommended Records Quarterly Vol.2 no1”. Featuring Chris Cutler.

SWANS : 14. Trust me [edit]
- From the album “Children of God”, 1987”. Featuring Lindsay Cooper.

FRED FRITH DUOS : 15. with Tenko • 16. with Ferdinand Richard • 17. with Pavel Fajt • 18. with Klaus Wilmans
- Live in France, M.I.M.I. festival July 1988. From the cassette- only release “Open Stage”

NIC POTTER : 19. The blue zone, part 3 [edit]
- From the album “The Blue Zone”, 1990. Featuring Lindsay Cooper.


Volume 4

PETER BLEGVAD : 1. Shirt and comb
- 1989 outtake from the sessions for Blegvad’s “Downtime” album. From the “Passed Normal Volume 4” compilation.

FRED FRITH’ KEEP THE DOG : 2. Huge bored uncle • 3. Vie en mimosa
- Live in Italy, 5 to 9 June 1991. From “Angelica 91” compilation.

SONGS BETWEEN CITIES AND WATERHOLES : 4. Songs between • 5. Platser, sömn och fortsättning • 6. Chansonnier Cangé
- CD EP from 1992 : co-operation between Chris Cutler and 3 Swedish musicians.

COOPER / FRITH / GEBBIA / HOLLMER : 7. Elegy for an angel • 8. We fall
- Live in Italy, May-June 1992. From the compilations “Angelica '92” and “Angelica 93”

The RAINBIRDS : 9. A waltz for Jane [edit]
- From the album “In a different light”, 1992. Featuring Lindsay Cooper.

TIM HODGKINSON : 10. Untitled
- From “The Meridian Crossing” compilation, recorded 1995.

CUTLER / TICKMAYER / KIRALY : 11. Trigonom
- Live at Ring-Ring Festival, Yugoslavia, May 1996. From the limited release CD compilation “Ring Ring '96”

CHRIS CUTLER‘s P53 : 12. The movie
- Live in Italy, May 1997. From the compilation “Angelica '97”

DAGMAR KRAUSE & MARIE GOYETTE : 13. Wake up angel • 14. Through my satellite
- Live in Italy, May 1997. From the compilation “Angelica '97”

JOHN GREAVES : 15. Moonriver
- Recorded 1998, Paris. From a private single CD release

PETER BLEGVAD : 16. King of straw
- Recorded 1999, Paris. From a private single CD release

SLAPP HAPPY : 17. Hello Dagi
- 1997. Bonus track on the Japanese release of "Ca Va".


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