Henry Cow
Western Culture
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*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 repress* The differences between the Art Bears and the rest of the band in terms of musical direction became apparent and the band decided to split up. This was the last album produced by the band. It consists of compositions by Tim Hodgkinson and Lindsay Cooper, who did not go on to join the Art Bears, and is an all-instrumental, highly complex performance of completely constructed compositions without the improvisation used so much in the previous albums. This is the ultimate work in the history of the Recon sound/chamber rock. Long-awaited encore pressing in paper jacket, 7 bonus tracks, remastered in 2015, SHM-CD ︕.
Format
Comes in mini LP replica with obi & Japanese insert.
Tracks 9 to 15 are bonus tracks.
Track 13 is A Cow Cabinet Of Curiosities Version ([r3053484]).
Tracks 12, 14 and 15 are The 40th Anniversary Box Set Versions (Henry Cow - 40th Anniversary Box - The Studio: Volumes 1-5).
2015 remastering
Release notes
Comes in mini LP replica with obi & Japanese insert. Tracks 9 to 15 are bonus tracks. Track 13 is A Cow Cabinet Of Curiosities Version ([r3053484]). Tracks 12, 14 and 15 are The 40th Anniversary Box Set Versions (Henry Cow - 40th Anniversary Box - The Studio: Volumes 1-5). 2015 remastering
| History & Prospects | |||
| 1 | Industry | 6:57 | |
| 2 | The Decay Of Cities | 6:56 | |
| 3 | On The Raft | 4:01 | |
| Day By Day | |||
| 4 | Falling Away | 7:39 | |
| 5 | Gretel's Tale | 3:58 | |
| 6 | Look Back | 1:20 | |
| 7 | Half The Sky | 5:07 | |
| 8 | Silence | 1:00 | |
| 9 | Viva Pa Ubu | 4:28 | |
| 10 | Look Back | 1:22 | |
| 11 | Slice | 0:37 | |
| 12 | Half The Sky | 5:05 | |
| 13 | Half The Sky | 5:07 | |
| 14 | Viva Pa Ubu | 2:18 | |
| 15 | The Herring People | 2:07 | |
- Fred Frith
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass
- Lindsay Cooper
- Bassoon, Oboe, Soprano Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone, Tape
- Chris Cutler
- Drums, Electronic Drums, Noises, Cover
- Tim Hodgkinson
- Organ, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
- Etienne Conod
- Recorded By, Mixed By
- Henry Cow
- Recorded By, Mixed By
- Annemarie Roelofs
- Trombone, Violin
