Henry Cow Box with Orckestra

[manfred]

I read at Wikipedia, that a Henry Cow Box does exist with a Bonus CD of Orckestra (a merge of Henry Cow, Mike Westbrook Band and Frankie Armstrong)

But i can find only Henry Cow Boxes without that Bonus CD. Does anybody of you know, how or where to get the box WITH this Bonus CD???

Thank you so much!.

[bogdan101]

I believe the bonus CD was only sent to people who preordered the box when it was released. In any case, I think it was a single CD, with only about 12 minutes of music.

Edited September 9, 2014 by bogdan101

[bogdan101]

The full box appears to be still available, unless they forgot to take down the page:

http://www.rerdownloads.com/?p=4530

[CPC]

It's a great bonus cd! You could ask recommended if there are any left. I did and they sent me one.

C

Bonus CD

A Cow Cabinet of Curiosities

A limited edition[29] CD given to subscribers of the box set. The title alludes to the name of Bob Drake's band, Cabinet of Curiosities.

"Pre Virgin Demo 1/2" include fragments that were later incorporated into tracks on Legend. "Lovers of Gold" is an alternate version of "Beginning: The Long March" from In Praise of Learning that was created by Chris Cutler.[30] "The Glove" is derived from raw material recorded during the Unrest sessions.[30]

Track list

"Pre Virgin Demo 1" (mostly Frith) – 3.55

"Pre Virgin Demo 2" (mostly Hodgkinson) – 1:02

"Unidentified Improvisation 1" (Cooper, Cutler, Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson) – 1:30

"Unidentified Improvisation 2" (Cooper, Cutler, Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson, Krause) – 5:37

"Unidentified late composition" (probably Cooper) – 2:04

"Exploded Amygdala/Teen Introduction" (Cutler, Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson, Leigh) – 3:37

"Lovers of Gold" (Cooper, Cutler, Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson, Krause) – 6:29

"Hamburg 6" (Cooper, Cutler, Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson, Krause) – 5:33

"Ruins extract" (Cooper, Cutler, Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson, Krause) – 8:24

"Hamburg 7" (Cooper, Cutler, Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson, Krause) – 9:44

"Half the Sky" (Cooper) – 5:03

"Extract from The Glove" (Cooper, Cutler, Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson) – 2:19

Personnel

Chris Cutler – all tracks, piano (track 10), voice (track 12)

Fred Frith – all tracks, voice (track 12)

Tim Hodgkinson – all tracks, voice (track 12)

John Greaves – tracks 1–10,12, voice (track 12)

Geoff Leigh – tracks 1,2,6, voice (track 1)

Lindsay Cooper – tracks 3–5,7–12, voice (track 12)

Dagmar Krause – tracks 4,8–10

Peter Blegvad – clarinet (track 7)

Anthony Moore – mounted and amplified tuning forks (track 7)

Track notes

Tracks 1,2 were recorded in Henry Cow's rehearsal space by Jack Balchin, probably 1972

Tracks 3–6 were extracted from a forgotten tape from 1975–77 which surfaced while this box set was being compiled[nb 2]

Track 7 is an out-take from In Praise of Learning mixed by Tim Hodgkinson at Cold Storage in 1984; previously issued on the 1991 CD (remixed) edition of In Praise of Learning

Tracks 8–10 were recorded at a public concert for NDR Jazz Workshop, Hamburg, 26 March 1976

Track 11 recorded at a public concert at Sendesaal, Studio F, Radio Bremen, 22 March 1978, produced by Bernd Meier

Track 12 is an extract from an Unrest out-take mixed by Tim Hodgkinson at Cold Storage in 1984; previously issued in full (6:35) on the 1991 CD edition of Unrest

[A Lark Ascending]

The box is superb. Well worth getting - all previously unissued apart from a couple of discs that came out in advance.

[manfred]

_{it's always the same here - unbelievable great information at once!}

_{Thank you very much Bogdan, CPC and Lark!}