Western Culture - DELUXE EDITION
Released: Mar 12, 2002
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Released: Mar 12, 2002
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The group's fourth and final studio LP, Western Culture remained for a long time Henry Cow's hidden treasure. Two factors were instrumental to its occultation (and one more than the other): first,...
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Leg End
Released: 1999
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Released: 1999
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The first album from this Cambridge University-spawned group explores its initial influences: serial music, free jazz, and the early prog-rock that had come about in the Cambridge scene a few years...
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In the Name of a Freedom
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First off, this triple-CD offering is misnamed; it's actually Henry Cow and Slapp Happy. It features three absolutely stellar sets from London, Rome, and Paris on the In Praise of Learning tour in...
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Leg End
Released: 1973
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Released: 1973
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Political astuteness aside, Henry Cow's Legend is simply a busy musical trip, comprised of snaking rhythms, unorthodox time signatures, and incongruous waves of multiple instruments that actually...
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Unrest
Released: 1974
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Released: 1974
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By this point Henry Cow consisted of guitarist Fred Frith, drummer Chris Cutler, bassist John Greaves, keyboardist Tim Hodgkinson, and, of particular importance to the band's sound at this point,...
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In Praise of Learning
Released: 1975
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Released: 1975
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A team-up with Slapp Happy may seem an obvious meeting of minds in 2000, but not at the time (1975) when all they really shared was a Marxist outlook and a record label (Virgin). The two bands had...
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Concerts
Released: 1976
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Released: 1976
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Avant-garde rock & roll of 1970s vintage -- especially, it must be said, of the British variety -- doesn't typically age very well. And although Henry Cow was quite a unique ensemble, even by the...
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Western Culture
Released: 1979
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Released: 1979
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The group's fourth and final studio LP, Western Culture remained for a long time Henry Cow's hidden treasure. Two factors were instrumental to its occultation (and one more than the other): first,...
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