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A1	Some Questions About Hats Written-By – Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad	1:53
A2	The Owl Written-By – Anthony Moore	2:17
A3	A Worm Is At Work Written-By – Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad	1:52
A4	Bad Alchemy Piano – John GreavesWritten-By – John Greaves, Peter Blegvad	3:06
A5	Europa Percussion – Pierre MoerlenWritten-By – Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad	2:48
A6	Desperate Straights Written-By – Anthony Moore	4:14
A7	Riding Tigers Written-By – Peter Blegvad	2:02
B1	Apes In Capes Written-By – Anthony Moore	2:16
B2	Strayed Written-By – Peter Blegvad	1:54
B3	Giants Written-By – Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad	1:57
B4	Excerpt From The Messiah Written-By – Peter Blegvad	1:49
B5	In The Sickbay Organ [Wurlitzer] – Dagmar KrauseWritten-By – Dagmar Krause, Peter Blegvad	2:09
B6	Caucasian Lullaby Piano – Tim HodgkinsonWritten-By – Anthony Moore, Chris Cutler	8:25

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By, Producer – Henry Cow, Simon Heyworth, Slapp Happy
• Bass – John Greaves
• Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson
• Drums – Chris Cutler
• Flute – Geoff Leigh
• French Horn – Muchsin Campbell*
• Guitar – Fred Frith, Peter Blegvad
• Oboe, Bassoon – Lindsay Cooper
• Piano – Anthony Moore
• Trombone – Nick Evans
• Trumpet – Mongezi Feza
• Violin – Fred Frith
• Vocals – Dagmar Krause, Peter Blegvad

Notes

Recorded at The Manor & Nova Sound Studios.

Comes in a gatefold cover and Obi

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
none	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(CDr, Album, RE, RM, Unofficial)	2000 FruitGum Corp.	none	Russia	2006

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