Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights
  • Author: Slapp Happy
  • Album: Desperate Straights
  • Size: 1766 mb
  • Genre: Jazz, Rock
  • Format: flac, wma, mp3 archive
  • Label: Strange Days Records ‎– WAS-1066
    Series: British Rock Masterpiece –
    Type: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Papersleeve
    Country: Japan
    Date of released: 29 Nov 2005
    Category: Jazz, Rock
    Style: Avantgarde, Prog Rock
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights

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Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Some Questions About Hats 1:53
2 The Owl 2:17
3 A Worm Is At Work 1:52
4 Bad Alchemy
Piano – John Greaves
 3:06
5 Europa
Percussion – Pierre Moerlen
 2:48
6 Desperate Straights 4:14
7 Riding Tigers 2:02
8 Apes In Capes 2:16
9 Strayed 1:54
10 Giants 1:57
11 Excerpt From The Messiah 1:49
12 In The Sickbay
Organ [Wurlitzer] – Dagmar Krause
 2:09
13 Caucasian Lullaby
Piano – Tim Hodgkinson
 8:25

Credits

  • Arranged By, Producer – Henry Cow, Simon Heyworth, Slapp Happy
  • Bass – John Greaves
  • Bassoon, Oboe – Lindsay Cooper
  • Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson
  • Drums – Chris Cutler
  • Flute – Geoff Leigh
  • French Horn – Muchsin Campbell
  • Guitar – Fred Frith, Peter Blegvad
  • Piano – Anthony Moore
  • Remastered By – Bob Drake
  • Trombone – Nick Evans
  • Trumpet – Mongezi Feza
  • Violin – Fred Frith
  • Vocals – Dagmar Krause, Peter Blegvad
  • Written-By – Moore* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13), Cutler* (tracks: 13), Krause* (tracks: 12), Handel* (tracks: 11), Greaves* (tracks: 4), Blegvad* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7, 9 to 12)

Notes

Recorded at The Manor & Nova Sound Studios.

Originally released as an LP in 1975 by Virgin.

Comes in a CD sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with Obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 4540504001005

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
V 2024 Slapp Happy / Henry Cow Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album) Virgin V 2024 UK 1975
TCV 2024 Slapp Happy / Henry Cow Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(Cass, Album) Virgin TCV 2024 UK 1975
V 2024 Slapp Happy / Henry Cow Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album, RP) Virgin V 2024 UK 1975
V 2024 Slapp Happy / Henry Cow Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album) Virgin V 2024 UK 1975
VIP-4071 Slapp Happy / Henry Cow Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album) Virgin VIP-4071 Japan 1980


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