1978-March-22

Henry Cow

Sendesaal	Bremen, Germany


Disc 1  -  62.09
1	Untitled *			14.50
2	Improv >	(34.26 or so)	47.19
	Erk Gah		(12.53)		


Disc 2  -  68.51
1	Ruins (w/ Imrov) >		34.03
	Bittern Storm over Ulm		
2	Half The Sky			 5.27

3	Pidgeons			 1.49	74-75 **
4	Ruins				 6.31	"
4	Half Asleep, Half Awake		 5.09	"

6	Bittern Storm Over Ulm ?	15.50	?


	*   w/ Viva Pa Ubu & Cycles Theme
	**  1974-1975:  BBC Top Gear


Georgie Born		Bass, Cello
Lindsay Cooper		Winds
Chris Cutler		Drums
Fred Frith		Guitar, Bass (?)
Tim Hodginson		Keyboards


Lineage: pre-FM master > ? >  CDR > flac


"After we decided to split", Cutler explains, "we consciously 
organised eight months of work, to visit and say goodbye to 
everyone who had supported us through the years. And we wrote 
a complete set of new material".


Notes that came with the 78-Mar-22 recording:
This is another great show from the last phase of Henry Cow's 
career. The sound is absolutely amazing on this one. The band 
is improvising a lot. I have no setlist for this one, sorry. 
I could discover segments of RUINS in track 3, maybe someone out 
there can help.


Notes that came with the 74-75 BBC recording:
Ok, so now it gets a little complicated with sorting out what is 
what.. After having posted what I received as 'Demos 1973', 
someone pointed out that 3 tracks from that disc must be from the 
BBC. I compared them with my disc that I received as 'BBC 1973-1975', 
and urich is right. The three tracks he mentioned are also on this 
disc. But they sound better on the Demos 73 copy, so I am omitting 
them now. The three remaining tracks I am posting now are what is 
left over. I have no clue when or where they were recorded, just 
guesses.  The first two tracks might be from a 1974 BBC session. The 
last track, I believe is not a BBC take, but rather an audience 
recording. Could this be a snippet from a Gothenburg 1976 show?