The Henry Cow Box Redux offers a major retrospective of one of Britain’s most resilient and elusive bands – and a redress to the rather over-tidy story told on their five officially released LPs. Like Frank Zappa or Harry Partch, Henry Cow were mavericks, working without compromise at the edge of their field and systematically breaking the rules and conventions that restrained it. In the 40 years since they disbanded, their work has acquired a formidable reputation, leading finally to this definitive collection – which replaces a chaotic mass of degraded bootlegs with properly mastered, carefully selected and thoroughly annotated lost projects, compositions and performances.”
CD1-1 Nirvana For Mice 4:56
CD1-2 Amygdala 6:57
CD1-3 Teenbeat Introduction 4:32
CD1-4 Teenbeat 6:47
CD1-5 silence – end of side 1 0:15
CD1-6 Extract From With The Yellowhalf-Moon And Blue Star 3:37
CD1-7 Teenbeat Reprise 5:04
CD1-8 The Tenth Chaffinch 6:04
CD1-9 Nine Funerals Of The Citzen King 5:34
Unrest
CD2-1 Bittern Storm Over Ulm 2:19
CD2-2 Half Asleep; Half Awake 7:59
CD2-3 Ruins 12:11
CD2-4 silence – end of side 1 0:15
CD2-5 Solemn Music 1:11
CD2-6 Linguaphonie 5:31
CD2-7 Upon Entering The Hotel Adlon 3:04
CD2-8 Arcades 1:58
CD2-9 Deluge 5:25
Desperate Straights (Slapp Happy / Henry Cow)
CD3-1 Some Questions About Hats 1:51
CD3-2 The Owl 2:17
CD3-3 A Worm Is At Work 1:52
CD3-4 Bad Alchemy 3:06
CD3-5 Europa 2:48
CD3-6 Desperate Straights 4:14
CD3-7 Riding Tigers 1:43
CD3-8 silence – end of side 1 0:15
CD3-9 Apes In Capes 2:16
CD3-10 Strayed 1:54
CD3-11 Giants 1:57
CD3-12 Excerpts From The Messiah 1:49
CD3-13 In The Sickbay 2:09
CD3-14 Caucasian Lullaby 8:25
In Praise Of Learning
CD4-1 War 2:31
CD4-2 Living In The Heart Of The Beast 16:12
CD4-3 silence – end of side 1 0:15
CD4-4 Beginning; The Long March 6:00
CD4-5 Beautiful As The Moon; Terrible As An Army With Banners 7:02
CD4-6 Morning Star 6:03
Western Culture
History & Prospects
CD5-1 Industry 6:51
CD5-2 The Decay Of Cities 6:49
CD5-3 On The Raft 3:58
CD5-4 silence end of side 1 0:15
Day By Day
CD5-5 Falling Away 7:30
CD5-6 Gretel’s Tale 3:52
CD5-7 Look Back 1:13
CD5-8 Half The Sky 6:37
Concerts 1
CD6-1 Beautiful As The Moon, Terrible As An Army With Banners 5:40
CD6-2 Nirvana For Mice 5:30
CD6-3 The Ottawa Song 4:15
CD6-4 Gloria Gloom 4:13
CD6-5 Beautiful As The Moon (Reprise) 3:03
CD6-6 Bad Alchemy 2:54
CD6-7 Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road 5:47
CD6-8 Ruins 16:24
CD6-9 Groningen 8:53
CD6-10 Groningen Again 7:26
Concerts 2
CD7-1 Oslo 1 5:37
CD7-2 Oslo 2 3:15
CD7-3 Oslo 3 3:23
CD7-4 Oslo 4 3:00
CD7-5 Oslo 5 1:44
CD7-6 Oslo 6 5:54
CD7-7 Oslo 7 3:55
CD7-8 Oslo 8 8:22
CD7-9 Off The Map 3:20
CD7-10 Cafe Royal 3:20
CD7-11 Keeping Warm In Winter / Sweet Heart Of Mine 9:56
CD7-12 Udine 9:39
Beginnings
CD8-1 Pre-Teenbeat I 1:44
CD8-2 Pre-Teenbeat II 1:28
CD8-3 Rapt In A Blanket 5:06
CD8-4 Came To See You 6:43
CD8-5 Amygdala Extract [pre-Legend Demo] 3:35
CD8-6 Teenbeat 10:19
CD8-7 Citizen King 5:21
CD8-8 Nirvana For Moles 4:09
With The Yellow Half Moon And Blue Star
CD8-9 Introduction 0:46
CD8-10 Invocation 2:08
CD8-11 Demi-lune Jaune 2:10
CD8-12 Three Little Steps 2:13
CD8-13 Red Riff 1:50
CD8-14 Chorale Flautando 1:51
CD8-15 Cycling Over The Cliff 4:08
CD8-16 First Light 0:51
Guider Tells Of Silent Airborne Machine
CD8-17 Olwyn Grainger 2:24
CD8-18 Betty McGowan 6:12
CD8-19 Lottie Hare 1:24
1974-5
CD9-1 Introduction 1:52
CD9-2 Ruins I 6:35
CD9-3 Half Asleep, Half Awake 4:11
CD9-4 Ruins II 0:59
CD9-5 Heron Shower Over Hamburg 2:29
CD9-6 Nix 0:06
Halsteren
CD9-7 Halsteren 1 1:08
CD9-8 Solo 1 1:08
CD9-9 Solo Extension 1 2:21
CD9-10 Halsteren 2 1:24
CD9-11 Extension 1 0:17
CD9-12 Halsteren 3 0:52
CD9-13 First Suspension 4:28
CD9-14 Extension 2 2:58
CD9-15 Extension 3 1:19
CD9-16 Solo 2 1:20
CD9-17 Solo Extension 2 2:32
CD9-18 Halsteren 4 0:17
CD9-19 Second Suspension 2:34
CD9-20 Extension 4 1:58
CD9-21 Solo 3 0:49
CD9-22 Solo Extension 3 3:17
CD9-23 Halsteren 5 1:21
Living In The Heart Of The Beast (13:46)
CD9-24 Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-25 Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-26 Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-27 Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-28 Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-29 Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-30 Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-31 Living In The Heart Of The Beast
CD9-32 Living In The Heart Of The Beast
Hamburg
CD10-1 Fair As The Moon 6:01
CD10-2 Nirvana For Rabbits 4:48
CD10-3 Ottawa Song 3:41
CD10-4 Twilight Bridge 2:04
CD10-5 Gloria Gloom 2:17
CD10-6 Hamburg 1 4:15
CD10-7 Hamburg 2 3:27
CD10-8 Red Noise 10 3:16
CD10-9 Hamburg 3 5:30
CD10-10 Hamburg 4 2:40
CD10-11 Hamburg 5 5:25
CD10-12 Terrible As An Army With Banners 3:34
CD10-13 A Heart 9:03
CD10-14 Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road 5:12
CD10-15 We Did It Again 6:31
Trondheim 1
Trondheim I (48:25)
CD11-1 Trondheim I
CD11-2 Trondheim I
CD11-3 Trondheim I
CD11-4 Trondheim I
CD11-5 Trondheim I
CD11-6 Trondheim I
CD11-7 Trondheim I
CD11-8 Trondheim I
CD11-9 Trondheim I
CD11-10 Trondheim I
Trondheim 2
Trondheim II (31:54)
CD12-1 Trondheim II
CD12-2 Trondheim II
CD12-3 Trondheim II
CD12-4 Trondheim II
CD12-5 Trondheim II
CD12-6 Trondheim II
CD12-7 The March 6:25
Stockholm & Goteborg
CD13-1 Stockholm 1 6:38
Erk Gah (aka Hold To The Zero Burn) (16:46)
CD13-2 Erk Gah
CD13-3 Erk Gah
CD13-4 Erk Gah
CD13-5 Erk Gah
CD13-6 Erk Gah
CD13-7 A Bridge To Ruins 5:08
CD13-8 Ottawa Song 3:27
Goteborg 1 (16:53)
CD13-9 Goteborg 1
CD13-10 Goteborg 1
CD13-11 Goteborg 1
CD13-12 No More Songs 3:35
CD13-13 Stockholm 2 6:13
CD13-14 March 4:15
Later And Post-Virgin
CD14-1 Joan 5:26
CD14-2 Teenbeat 2 8:05
CD14-3 Would You Prefer Us To Lie? 4:28
CD14-4 Untitled Piece 11:31
CD14-5 Chaumont 1 9:01
CD14-6 Chaumont 2 2:14
CD14-7 March 7:00
CD14-8 Brain Storm Over Barnsley 3:23
CD14-9 Teenbeat 3 6:45
CD14-10 Post-Teen Auditorium Invasion 3:56
CD14-11 Bucket Waltz 4:26
CD14-12 On Suicide 3:42
Bremen
CD15-1 Armed Maniac / Things We Forgot 11:55
New Suite
CD15-2 Van Fleet 1:49
CD15-3 Viva Pa Ubu Instrumental Extract 4:35
CD15-4 The Big Tune Begins 0:45
CD15-5 The Big Tune Continues 2:11
CD15-6 The Big Tune Ends 1:30
CD15-7 March 3:46
Die Kunst Der Orgel
Bremen (34:25)
CD15-8 Bremen
CD15-9 Bremen
CD15-10 Bremen
CD15-11 Bremen
CD15-12 Bremen [This Track Is Unlisted On The Cover Insert]
Erk Gah Instrumental Extract (13:04)
CD15-13 Erk Gah Instrumental Extract
CD15-14 Erk Gah Instrumental Extract
Late
CD16-1 Joy Of Sax 3:50
CD16-2 Jackie-ing 1:15
CD16-3 Untitled 2 1:32
CD16-4 The Herring People 2:07
CD16-5 RIO 17:09
CD16-6 RIO
CD16-7 RIO
CD16-8 RIO
CD16-9 Half The Sky 5:05
CD16-10 Virgins Of Illinois 2:13
CD16-11 Viva Pa Ubu 2:18
A Cow Cabinet of Curiosities
CD17-1 Pre Virgin Demo 1 3:55
CD17-2 Pre Virgin Demo 2 1:02
CD17-3 Unidentified Improvisation 1 1:30
CD17-4 Unidentified Improvisation 2 5:37
CD17-5 Unidentified Late Composition 2:04
CD17-6 Exploded Amygdala / Teen Introduction 3:37
CD17-7 Lovers Of Gold 6:29
CD17-8 Hamburg 6 5:33
CD17-9 Ruins Extract 8:24
CD17-10 Hamburg 7 9:44
CD17-11 Half The Sky 5:03
CD17-12 Extract From The Glove 2:19
Bonus CD – Ex Box
1 Poglith Drives A Vauxhall Viva 11:05
2 Amygdala 6:55
3 9 Funerals Of The Citizen King 5:26
4 Nirvana For Mice 3:06
5 Free 3:22
6 Fugue 2:15
7 Teenbeat Extract 3:41
8 Sundsvall, Or Helsinki 6:15
9 Torchfire 4:48
10 Untitled 3:39
11 Would You Prefer Us To Lie 7:58
12 Viva Pa Ubu 4:21
13 Slice 0:36
14 Look Back, Alt.version 1:18
15 Erk Gah Extract (Instrumental Version) 3:34
16 Drones 2:32
17 Living In The Heart Of The Beast (Instrumental Version) Extract 6:13
