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HENRY COW Unrest 1974 UK VIRGIN 1st PRESSING 1/G 1/G MINT HENRY COW
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1974 UK VIRGIN (V 2011) FIRST PRESSING
A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL COPY WHICH LOOKS ONCE PLAYED AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW WITH EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SOUND

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK & WHITE VIRGIN LABELS
MATRIX: V 2011 A-1U / V 2011 B-1U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G and 1/G
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL DIE-CUT WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" PRINTED IN BLACK

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, bassoonist Lindsay Cooper.
As is so often the case with avant-garde rock & roll, it's the composed pieces that work best, and the fact that Frith is responsible for the majority of them is significant.
"Bittern Storm Over Ulm" is an absolutely brilliant demolition of the Yardbirds' "Got to Hurry," while the brief but lovely "Solemn Music" unfolds in a stately manner with atonal but pretty counterpoint between Frith and Cooper.
The improvised material succeeds in a more spotty way. "Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon" demonstrates how fine the line can be between bracing free atonality and mindless cacophony.
The unsettling but eventually gorgeous "Deluge," on the other hand, shows how well Henry Cow could walk that line when they tried; in this piece, random guitar skittering, scattershot drum clatter, and pointillistic reed grunts are eventually snuck up on and overtaken by softly massed chords and Cooper's gently hooting bassoon. The effect is startlingly moving

Side One:
Bittern Storm over Ulm (2:44)
Half Asleep/Half Awake (7:39)
Ruins (12:00)
Side Two:
Solemn Music (1:09)
Linguaphonie (5:58)
Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon (2:56)
Arcades (1:50)
Deluge (5:52)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just one spindle trace on one side, none on the other
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT (MINT)
Plays like new with just the very occasional little touch of surface/couple of ticks on the quietest/almost silent moments, nothing really, the finest and cleanest sounding copy you could wish for
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Again, practically as-new with little wear to speak of and all text on the spine clear and bold

PLEASE SEE ALL 13 PHOTOS

POST & PACKING:
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UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
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Combined Post: Additional records £2 (UK) £3 (Europe) £5 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way

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