The 40th Anniversary

Compilation by Henry Cow

Released January 2009

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CD 1: Volume 1: Beginnings
1
Pre‐Teenbeat I
1:44
2
Pre‐Teenbeat II
1:28
3
Rapt in a Blanket
5:06
4
Came to See You
6:43
5
Amygdala Extract (pre‐Legend demo)
3:35
6
Teenbeat
10:19
7
Citizen King
5:21
8
Nirvana for Moles
4:09
9
With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star: Introduction
0:46
10
With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star: Invocation
2:08
11
With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star: Demi‐Lune Jaune
2:10
12
With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star: Three Little Steps
2:13
13
With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star: Red Riff
1:50
14
With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star: Chorale Flautando
1:51
15
With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star: Cycling Over the Cliff
4:08
16
With the Yellow Half Moon and Blue Star: First Light
0:51
17
Guider Tells of Silent Airborne Machine: Olwyn Grainger
2:24
18
Guider Tells of Silent Airborne Machine: Betty McGowan
6:12
19
Guider Tells of Silent Airborne Machine: Lottie Hare
1:24
CD 2: Volume 2: 1974–5
1
Introduction
1:52
2
Ruins I
6:35
3
Half Asleep, Half Awake
4:11
4
Ruins II
0:59
5
Heron Shower Over Hamburg
2:29
6
Nix
0:06
7
Halsteren: Halsteren 1
1:08
8
Halsteren: Solo 1
1:08
9
Halsteren: Solo Extension 1
2:21
10
Halsteren: Halsteren 2
1:24
11
Halsteren: Extension 1
0:17
12
Halsteren: Halsteren 3
0:52
13
Halsteren: First Suspension
4:28
14
Halsteren: Extension 2
2:58
15
Halsteren: Extension 3
1:19
16
Halsteren: Solo 2
1:20
17
Halsteren: Solo Extension 2
2:32
18
Halsteren: Halsteren 4
0:17
19
Halsteren: Second Suspension
2:34
20
Halsteren: Extension 4
1:58
21
Halsteren: Solo 3
0:49
22
Halsteren: Solo Extension 3
3:17
23
Halsteren: Halsteren 5
1:21
24
Living in the Heart of the Beast 1
1:30
25
Living in the Heart of the Beast 2
1:01
26
Living in the Heart of the Beast 3
1:36
27
Living in the Heart of the Beast 4
1:48
28
Living in the Heart of the Beast 5
1:05
29
Living in the Heart of the Beast 6
2:48
30
Living in the Heart of the Beast 7
1:10
31
Living in the Heart of the Beast 8
0:59
32
Living in the Heart of the Beast 9
1:54
CD 3: Volume 3: Hamburg
1
Fair as the Moon
6:01
2
Nirvana for Rabbits
4:48
3
Ottawa Song
3:41
4
Twilight Bridge
2:04
5
Gloria Gloom
2:17
6
Hamburg 1
4:15
7
Hamburg 2
3:27
8
Red Noise 10
3:16
9
Hamburg 3
5:30
10
Hamburg 4
2:40
11
Hamburg 5
5:25
12
Terrible as an Army With Banners
3:34
13
A Heart
9:03
14
Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road
5:12
15
We Did It Again
6:31
CD 4: Volume 4: Trondheim
1
Trondheim I-1
7:08
2
Trondheim I-2
2:24
3
Trondheim I-3
4:53
4
Trondheim I-4
4:59
5
Trondheim I-5
4:46
6
Trondheim I-6
7:16
7
Trondheim I-7
3:49
8
Trondheim I-8
7:45
9
Trondheim I-9
4:54
10
Trondheim I-10
0:27
CD 5: Volume 5: Trondheim
1
Trondheim II-1
6:12
2
Trondheim II-2
1:13
3
Trondheim II-3
10:05
4
Trondheim II-4
4:44
5
Trondheim II-5
2:54
6
Trondheim II-6
6:43
7
The March
6:25
CD 6: Volume 6: Stockholm & Göteborg
1
Stockholm 1
6:38
2
Erk Gah (aka Hold to the Zero Burn), Part 1
3:28
3
Erk Gah, Part 2
2:55
4
Erk Gah, Part 3
2:27
5
Erk Gah, Part 4
6:17
6
Erk Gah, Part 5
1:59
7
A Bridge to Ruins
5:08
8
Ottawa Song
3:27
9
Göteborg 1, Part 1
6:06
10
Göteborg 1, Part 2
8:20
11
Göteborg 1, Part 3
2:27
12
No More Songs
3:35
13
Stockholm 2
6:13
14
The March
4:15
CD 7: Volume 7: Later and Post‐Virgin
1
Joan
5:30
2
Teenbeat 2
8:05
3
Would You Prefer Us to Lie?
4:28
4
Untitled Piece
11:31
5
Chaumont 1
9:01
6
Chaumont 2
2:14
7
March
7:00
8
Brain Storm Over Barnsley
3:23
9
Teenbeat 3
6:45
10
Post‐Teen Auditorium Invasion
3:56
11
Bucket Waltz
4:25
12
On Suicide
3:42
CD 8: Volume 8: Bremen
1
Armed Maniac / Things We Forgot
11:55
2
New Suite: Van Fleet
1:49
3
New Suite: Viva Pa Ubu instrumental extract
4:35
4
New Suite: The Big Tune Begins
0:45
5
New Suite: The Big Tune Continues
2:11
6
New Suite: The Big Tune Ends
1:30
7
New Suite: March
3:46
8
Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 1
9:40
9
Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 2
6:20
10
Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 3
4:40
11
Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 4
10:09
12
Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 5
3:36
13
Die Kunst der Orgel: Erk Gah instrumental extract 1
5:15
14
Die Kunst der Orgel: Erk Gah instrumental extract 2
7:49
CD 9: Volume 9: Late
1
Joy of Sax
3:50
2
Jackie-ing
1:15
3
Untitled 2
1:32
4
The Herring People
2:07
5
RIO 1
6:05
6
RIO 2
4:25
7
RIO 3
4:14
8
RIO 4
2:25
9
Half the Sky
5:05
10
Virgins of Illinois
2:13
11
Viva Pa Ubu
2:18
CD 10: A Cow Cabinet of Curiosities
1
Pre Virgin Demo 1
4:01
2
Pre Virgin Demo 2
1:08
3
Unidentified Improvisation 1
1:31
4
Unidentified Improvisation 2
5:43
5
Unidentified Late Composition
2:10
6
Exploded Amygdala / Teen Introduction
3:46
7
Lovers of Gold
6:35
8
Hamburg 6
5:33
9
Ruins Extract
8:24
10
Hamburg 7
9:52
11
Half the Sky
5:07
12
Extract From the Glove
2:19

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The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set
10x CD
January 2009