Cover art
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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).
Track listings
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Disc 1: Legend
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Contains all the tracks (the US/Japanese vinyl mixes) from the Henry Cow LP Legend (1973).
Disc 2: Unrest
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Contains all the tracks from the Henry Cow LP Unrest (1974).
Title Writer(s) 1. "Bittern Storm over Ulm" Fred Frith 2:44 2. "Half Asleep; Half Awake" John Greaves 7:39 3. "Ruins " Frith 12:00 4. "Solemn Music" Frith 1:09 5. "Linguaphonie" Henry Cow 5:58 6. "Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon" Henry Cow 2:56 7. "Arcades" Henry Cow 1:50 8. "Deluge" Henry Cow 5:52
Disc 3: Desperate Straights
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Contains all the tracks from the Slapp Happy /Henry Cow LP Desperate Straights (1975).
Title Writer(s) 1. "Some Questions about Hats" Anthony Moore , Peter Blegvad 1:49 2. "The Owl" Moore 2:14 3. "A Worm Is at Work" Moore, Blegvad 1:52 4. "Bad Alchemy" John Greaves , Blegvad3:06 5. "Europa" Moore, Blegvad 2:48 6. "Desperate Straights" Moore 4:14 7. "Riding Tigers" Blegvad 1:43 8. "Apes in Capes" Moore 2:14 9. "Strayed" Blegvad 1:53 10. "Giants" Moore, Blegvad 1:57 11. "Excerpt from The Messiah" George Frideric Handel , arr. Blegvad1:48 12. "In the Sickbay" Dagmar Krause , Blegvad2:08 13. "Caucasian Lullaby" Chris Cutler , Moore8:20
Disc 4: In Praise of Learning
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Contains all the tracks (the original mixes) from the Henry Cow /Slapp Happy LP In Praise of Learning (1975).
Discs 5 and 6: Concerts
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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).
Disk 6 Title Writer(s) 1. "Oslo"
"Part 1"
"Part 2"
"Part 3"
"Part 4"
"Part 5"
"Part 6"
"Part 7"
"Part 8" Henry Cow 29:00
5:38
3:16
3:24
3:01
3:00
1:45
4:55
4:01 9. "Off the Map"
Hodgkinson, Cutler, Frith
Hodgkinson
Hodgkinson, Cutler, Frith 8:23 10. "Café Royal" (solo guitar) Frith 3:20 11. "Keeping Warm in Winter" Frith, Greaves 1:00 12. "Sweet Heart of Mine" Henry Cow 8:58 13. "Udine" Henry Cow 9:39
Disc 7: Western Culture
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Contains all the tracks from the Henry Cow LP Western Culture (1979).
History and Prospects Title Writer(s) Recorded 1. "Industry" Tim Hodgkinson 26 July – 8 August 1978 6:58 2. "The Decay of Cities" Hodgkinson 26 July – 8 August 1978 6:55 3. "On the Raft" Hodgkinson 26 July – 8 August 1978 4:01
Day by Day Title Writer(s) Recorded 4. "Falling Away" Lindsay Cooper 26 July – 8 August 1978 7:38 5. "Gretels Tale" Cooper 26 July – 8 August 1978 3:58 6. "Look Back" Cooper 26 July – 8 August 1978 1:19 7. "½ the Sky" Cooper, Hodgkinson 15–29 January 1978 5:14
Bonus tracks Title Writer(s) Recorded 8. Untitled (silence only) 1:29 9. "Viva Pa Ubu" Hodgkinson 15–29 January 1978 4:28 10. "Look Back (alt)" Cooper 26 July – 8 August 1978 1:21 11. "Slice" Cooper 26 July – 8 August 1978 0:36
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
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Henry Cow
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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
Slapp Happy
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The Orckestra
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See also
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^ 200 copies, box set liner notes.