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In order of known (or likely) recording dates.
*Henry Cow
Unrest
Virgin (UK) V2011 (LP), Red Records (USA) RED 002 [LP] (1974)
1. Bittern Storm Over Ulm (Frith) (2’44) 2. Half Asleep; Half Awake (Greaves) (7’39) 3. Ruins (Frith) (12’00) 4. Solemn Music (Frith) (1’09) 5. Linguaphonie (Henry Cow) (5’58) 6. Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon (Henry Cow) (2’56) 7. Arcades (Henry Cow) (1’50) 8. Deluge (Henry Cow) (5’52) 9. The Glove (Henry Cow) (6’35) 10. Torch Fire (Henry Cow) (4’48)
Recorded at The Manor in February-March 1974
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, oboe, recorder, voice; Tim Hodgkinson - alto saxophone, clarinet, piano, organ; Fred Frith - guitar, violin, xylophone, piano; John Greaves - bass, piano, voice; Chris Cutler - drums.
Note: (9,10) are taken from raw material recorded at the UNREST sessions, and are only available on the 1991 CD editions. But both 1999 reissues (ReR Megacorp and ESD) restore the original mixing and omit the bonus tracks (9,10).
Note: Further editions: LTM (France) LTM 1009 (LP), Virgin (Italy) VIL 12 011 (LP), Nippon Columbia (Japan) YX-7034-VR (LP, 1975), Victor (Japan) VIP 4096 (LP, 1981), Broadcast BC 4 (LP, 1988), East Side Digital (USA) ESD 80492 (CD, 1991), ReR Megacorp (UK) ESD 80482/80492/80502 (3xCD, 1991), ReR Megacorp (UK) ReR HC2 (CD, 1999), East Side Digital (USA) ESD 81412 (CD, 1999).
Note: the triple CD set from ReR Megacorp called HENRY COW: THE VIRGIN YEARS is a limited edition (1250 copies) that includes LEGEND (1973), UNREST (1974), IN PRAISE OF LEARNING (1975), a 24 page full color souvenir booklet and a fold-out family-tree.

Slapp Happy And Friends
BBC Sessions
[bootleg CD]
1. Europa (Moore/Blegvad) 2. A Little Something (Blegvad) 3. War Is Energy Enslaved (?) 4. Me And Parvati (Moore/Blegvad)
recorded at the BBC Langham 1 studio
Different line-ups on the tracks:on (1) Anthony Moore - harpsichord; Peter Blegvad - guitar; Dagmar Krause - vocals; plus: Lindsay Cooper - bassoon; Geoff Leigh - soprano sax; Jeff Clyne - double bass; Robert Wyatt - percussion
on (2) Peter Blegvad - acoustic guitar, vocals Dagmar Krause - vocals plus Fred Frith - guitar; Lindsay Cooper - bassoon; Geoff Leigh - flute; Jeff Clyne - double bass; Robert Wyatt - vocals, percussion:
on (3) Anthony Moore - piano, vocals; Peter Blegvad - vocals; Dagmar Krause - vocals plus: Lindsay Cooper - oboe; Geoff Leigh - soprano sax ; Jeff Clyne - double bass; Robert Wyatt - percussion.
Note: LC does not appear on (4). Broadcasted July 19, 1974; track 2 released legally on Robert Wyatt’s CD “Flotsam Jetsam” (Rough Trade 5/1994).

Robert Wyatt
Flotsam Jetsam
7. A Little Something (Blegvad) (3'09)
Recorded June 25, 1974 at the BBC's Langham 1 Studio
Peter Blegvad - acoustic guitar, voice; Dagmar Krause - voice; Fred Frith - guitar; Lindsay Cooper - bassoon; Geoff Leigh - flute; Jeff Clyne - double bass; Robert Wyatt - voice, percussion.
1994 - Rough Trade (UK), R3112 (CD) 1994 - Rough Trade Records (France), 8399142 (CD) 1994 - Rough Trade/TDK (Japan), TDCN-5122 (CD)
Note: All other pieces without LC.

Henry Cow ... and Company
Top Gear Sessions, BBC
CD-R (HCC 1)
Track 1 - 3: Henry Cow (feat. LC?), recorded April 24, 1973; Track 4 Henry Cow (feat. LC?), recorded April 25, 1974; Track 5 - 9: Fred Frith, Anthony Moore, Dagmar Krause, recorded December 2, 1974; Track 10 - 12: John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, Anthony Moore, Tom Newman, Andy Ward, recorded December 13, 1977 Track 13 + 14: Slapp Happy, recorded June 25, 1974

*Steve Hillage
Fish Rising
Virgin Records (U.K.) V 2031 [12" 33 rpm LP] 1975
A1. Solar Musick Suite (16’55) (a. Sun Song (I Love Its Holy Mystery) (6’15) b. Canterbury Sunrise (3’25) c. Hiram Afterglid Meets The Dervish (4’05) d. Sun Song (Reprise) (3’10)) A2. Fish (1’23) A3. Meditation Of The Snake (3’10)
B1. The Salmon Song (8’45) (a. Salmon Pool (1’17) b. Solomon's Atlantis Salmon (2’08) c. Swimming With The Salmon (1’37) d. King Of The Fishes (3’43)) B2. Aftaglid (14’46) (a. Sun Moon Surfing (1’36) b. The Great Wave And The Boat Of Hermes (1’51) c. The Silver Ladder (0’40) d. Astral Meadows (2’01) e. The Lafta Yoga Song (2’42) f. Glidding (2’23) g. The Golden Vibe/Outglid (3’33))
All composed by Steve Hillage, lyrics by Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy
Recorded at The Manor September 1974 and at the Manor Mobile January 1975.
Steve Hillage - gitfish, fishy hymn (guitar, synthesizer, voice); Pierre Moerlen - batterfish, drum, marimba, darbuka: Dave Stewart - orgone, pianofish; Mike Howlett - bassafish (bassguitar); Lindsay Cooper - bassoonafish (bassoon); Moonweed (Tim Blake) - synfish, Moog, bubblefish (synthesizers), tambura; Bloomdido Glid De Breeze (Didier Malherbe) - saxofish, Indian floot; Bambaloni Yoni (Miquette Giraudy) - fish tales, fish scales, fish bell (keyboards, percussion, vocals).
Note: Further editions of this record were/are published by Atlantic (13118 in 1975) as a LP and by Blue Plate rep. Plane 9/Caroline (CD CAROL-1800-2 in 1991) and by Virgin (CDV 2031) as a CD.

Hatfield and the North
The Rotters' Club
Virgin Records (U.K.) V 2030 [12" 33 rpm LP] (1975)
Virgin Records (?)[CD]
1. Share It (R.Sinclair/P.Pyle) (3’02) 2. Lounging There Trying (P.Miller) (3’10) 3. (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw (D.Stewart) (0’46) 4. Chaos at the Greasy Spoon (R.Sinclair/P.Pyle) (0’30) 5. The Yes No Interlude (P.Pyle) (7’02) 6. Fitter Stoke Has A Bath (P.Pyle) (7’38) 7. Didn't Matter Anyway (R.Sinclair) (3’03) 8. Underdub (P.Miller) (3’55) 9. Mumps (D.Stewart) a. Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut (Quiet) (1’59) b. Lumps (12’35) c. Prenut (3’55) d. Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut (Loud) (1’37) 10.(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw (Stewart)(0’43) 11.Chaos at the Greasy Spoon (Sinclair/Pyle) (0’20) 12.Halfway Between Heaven and Earth (Sinclair) (6’08) 13.Oh, Len's Nature! (Miller) (1’59) 14.Lying and Gracing (Miller) (3’59)
Phil Miller - guitars; Pip Pyle - drums, percussive things; Richard Sinclair - bass, vocals, guitar (7); Dave Stewart - organ, electric piano, tone generators
+
Jimmy Hastings - flute, soprano and tenor saxophones; Mont Campbell - French horn; Lindsay Cooper - oboe, bassoon; Tim Hodgkinson - clarinet; The Northettes (Barbara Gaskin, Amanda Parsons, Ann Rosenthal) - voices.
Note: (10)-(14) are CD bonus tracks: (10) & (11) are the same as (3) & (4) though the last one is edited; (12) live at the Rainbow Theatre March 16th, 1973; (13) live in Lyon on February 8th and in Toulouse February 11th, 1975; (14) live at Lille on June 9th, 1975.

Robert Wyatt
Flotsam Jetsam
Rough Trade (UK) R3112 [CD] (1994)
7. A Little Something (Blegvad) (3'09)
Recorded at the BBC's Langham 1 Studio on June 25, 1974 as "Slapp Happy & Friends" for 'Top Gear' and and broadcasted on July 16th, 1974.
Peter Blegvad - acoustic guitar, voice; Dagmar Krause - voice; Fred Frith - guitar; Lindsay Cooper - bassoon; Geoff Leigh - flute; Jeff Clyne - double bass; Robert Wyatt - voice, percussion.
This is the only track on this record with Lindsay Cooper.
Further editions: Rough Trade Records (France) 8399142 [CD] (1994)
Rough Trade/TDK (Japan), TDCN-5122 [CD] (1994)

Slapp Happy
BBC LIVE 1974 & REUNION CONCERT IN LONDON:
No label (UK?) 21462 MI [CD] (1995)
1. Europa 2. A Little Something 3. War 4. Me & Paravati 5. Everybody's Slimmin' 6. Michelangelo 7. Some Questions About Hats 8. Excerpts From The Messiah 9. Riding Tigers 10. Casablanca Moon 11. A Little Something 12. Small Hands Of Stone 13. Unknown 14. Me & Paravati 15. Karen 16. The Naked Shakespeare 17. Unknown 18. Moritat 19. Haiku 20. Unknown
(1-4) recorded at the BBC Langham 1 Studio on June 25, 1974; (5-20) recorded in London in 1983
Dagmar Krause - voice; Anthony Moore - piano, keyboards, voice; Peter Blegvad - guitar, voice;
with Fred Frith (3, 4) - guitar; Lindsay Cooper (1-3) - bassoon, oboe; Geoff Leigh (1-4) - soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet; Jeff Clyne (1-4) - double bass; Robert Wyatt (1-3) - voice, percussion.
Note: This is a bootleg.

*Slapp Happy (& Henry Cow )
Desperate Straights
Virgin Records (U.K.)Virgin 2024 [LP] 1975
Virgin Records (U.K.) CDOVD 441 [CD] 1993
1. Some Questions About Hats [Moore/Blegvad] (1’49) 2. The Owl [Moore] (2’14) 3. A Worm Is At Work [Moore/Blegvad] (1’52) 4. Bad Alchemy [Greaves/Blegvad] (3’06) 5. Europa [Moore/Blegvad] (2’48) 6. Desperate Straights [Moore] (4’14) 7. Riding Tigers [Blegvad] (1’43) 8. Apes In Capes [Moore] (2’14) 9. Strayed [Blegvad] (1’53) 10. Giants [Moore/Blegvad] (1’57) 11. Excerpt From The Messiah [Händel/Blegvad] (1’48) 12. In The Sickbay [Krause/Blegvad] (2’08) 13. Caucasian Lullaby [Cutler/Moore] (8’20)
Recorded in November 1974 at The Manor, Oxfordshire and Nova Sound Studio, London
Dagmar Krause - voice, electric piano [12], wurlitzer organ(?); Peter Blegvad - guitar, voice; Anthony Moore - piano; Fred Frith - guitar, violin, xylophone; Tim Hodgkinson - oboe, clarinet, piano [13]; John Greaves - bass guitar, piano [4]; Chris Cutler - drums
with
Lindsay Cooper - oboe, basoon; Geoff Leigh - flute; Mongezi Feza - trumpet; Mont Campbell - French horn, horn; Nick Evans - trombone; Pierre Moerlen [5]- percussion
Note: Further editions: Nippon Columbia (Japan) YX-7036-VR [LP](1975); Virgin/Victor (Japan) VIP-4071 [LP] (1980); Recommended (UK) RRA 12 [LP] (1982); Ariola (Germany) 88 837 IT [LP] (year not known)
Note: The CD release also includes Slapp Happy’s “Casablanca Moon” (1974) as 2-on-1 CD.
Note: [2] and [11] were published first (?) on Virgin's sampler Various Artists, V (Virgin VD 2502 [2xLP]) in 1975 .

Henry Cow (& Slapp Happy)
In Praise Of Learning
Virgin (UK) V 2027 [2xLP] (1975)
1. War (Moore, Blegvad) (2’25) 2. Living In The Heart Of The Beast (Hodgkinson) (15’30) 3. Beginning: The Long March (Henry Cow, Slapp Happy) (6’26) 4. Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners (Frith, Cutler) (7’02) 5. Morning Star (Henry Cow, Slapp Happy) (6’05) 6. Lovers Of Gold (Henry Cow, Slapp Happy/ Cutler) (6’28)
Recorded at The Manor in February 1975, except (1) recorded in November 1974
Tim Hodgkinson - clarinet, piano (on 2), organ; Fred Frith - guitar, violin, xylophone, piano (on 4); John Greaves - bass guitar, piano; Chris Cutler - drums, radio; Dagmar Krause - vocals; Peter Blegvad - guitar (on 2 & 3), vocals, clarinet (on 1); Anthony Moore - piano (on 1 & 2), electronics, tapes; Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, oboe; Geoff Leigh (1) - soprano saxophone; Mongezi Feza (1) - trumpet; Phil Becque (4): oscillator.
Further editions: Red (USA) Red 003 (LP) (1979); Ariola (Germany) 89 366 XOT (LP) (19??), LTM (France), 1010 (LP) (19??), Virgin (Italy) VIL 12 027 (LP) (19??) , Broadcast BC 3 (LP) (1986), East Side Digital (USA) ESD 80502 (CD) (1991), ReR Megacorp (UK) / East Side Digital (USA) ESD 80482/80492/80502 (3xCD) (1991), ReR Megacorp (UK) ReR HC3 (CD) (2000)
Note: Track (6) is “an alternative use of the material used in (3)” and is only available on the CD pressing.
Note: the 3xCD set from ReR Megacorp is called HENRY COW: THE VIRGIN YEARS; it is a limited edition (1250 copies) that includes LEGEND (1973), UNREST (1974), IN PRAISE OF LEARNING (1975). In this edition tracks 1 & 2 are 1985 remixes.

Jannick Top/Utopic Sporadic Orchestra
Nancy 75
ReR (U.K.) [CD]???
recorded 1975 in Nancy
Note: At the Nancy Jazz Festival in 1975 Fred Frith, Lindsay Cooper and Tim Hodgkinson were asked to join Top’s Utopic Orchestra performance. They rehearsed but declined to do the concert. On this CD, one of the rehearsals and the concert itself both appear - remarkably well recorded.

*Henry Cow
Concerts
What is the first edition on LP?
1. Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners (Frith, Cutler) 2. Nirvana For Mice (Frith) 3. Ottawa Song (Frith, Cutler) 4. Gloria Gloom (Wyatt, McCormick) 5. Beautiful As The Moon (reprise) (Frith, Cutler) 6. Bad Alchemy (Greaves, Blegvad) 7. Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road (Wyatt) 8. Ruins (Frith) 9. Oslo (Henry Cow) 10. Groningen (Hodgkinson, Henry Cow) 11. Udine (Henry Cow) 12. Groningen Again (Henry Cow)
(1-5) recorded at BBC Studios (Peel Session) on August 5, 1975; (6-7) recorded on May 21, 1975 at the New London Theatre; (8,11) recorded on October 13, 1975 at the Palamostre Auditorium, Udine (Italy); (9) recorded on July 25, 1975 at the Hovikodden Arts Centre, Oslo. Only Cooper, Cutler and Frith are playing; (10,12) recorded on September 26, 1974 at Vera Club, Groningen (Netherlands)
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, flute, oboe, recorder (9), piano (11); Chris Cutler - drums, piano (9); Dagmar Krause - voice (1-8), piano (8); Fred Frith - guitar, piano (1-5), violin, xylophone; John Greaves - bass guitar, voice, celeste, piano (6,7); Tim Hodgkinson - organ, clarinet, alto saxophone; Robert Wyatt (6-7): voice
1976 - Compendium (Norway), Fidardo 1 (2xLP) 1976 - LTM (France), LM 1011-12 (2xLP) 1976 - Caroline (UK), CAD 3002 (2xLP) ???? - Ariola (Germany), 800-345-346 (2xLP) 1977 - L'Orchestra (Italy), OLD 01/02 (2xLP) 1984 - Broadcast Records, BC 2 (2xLP) 1995 - East Side Digital (USA), 80822/832 (2xCD)
Note: the 2xCD reissue includes a few extra tracks and is in another order. Its exact content is:
Disc 1
1. Beautiful As The Moon: Terrible As An Army With Banners (Frith, Cutler) Nirvana For Mice (Frith) Ottawa Song (Frith, Cutler) Gloria Gloom (Wyatt, McCormick) Moon (reprise) (Frith, Cutler) (22’46) 2. Bad Alchemy (Greaves, Blegvad) Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road (Wyatt) (8’16) 3. Ruins (Frith) (16’14) 4. Groningen (Hodgkinson, Henry Cow) (8’49) 5. Groningen Again (Henry Cow) (7’12)
Disc 2:
6. Oslo (Henry Cow) (25’59) 7. Off The Map (Hodgkinson, Cutler, Frith) (8’30) 8. Cafe Royal (Frith) (3’22) 9. Keeping Warm In Winter (Frith, Greaves) (1’00) Sweat Heart of Mine (Henry Cow) (9’06)10. Udine (Henry Cow) (9’29)(1) recorded at BBC Studios on August 5, 1975; (2) recorded at the New London Theatre on May 21, 1975; (3, 10) recorded at the Palamostre Auditorium, Udine (Italy) on October 13, 1975; (4,5) recorded at Vera Club, Groningen (Netherlands) on September 26, 1974: (6) recorded at the Hovikodden Arts Centre, Oslo on July 25, 1975; (7-9) recorded at the Manor Studio on November 4, 1973 without Lindsay Cooper and Dagmar Krause, but with Geoff Leigh on tenor and soprano saxophone, recorder, flute, clarinet (and previously released on Henry Cow’s GREASY TRUCKERS).

Henry Cow
In Concerto
Gong (Italy), SUPPLEM. AL No. 4 Anno 4 [33 rpm 7"] 1977
1. Beautiful As The Moon, Terrible As An Army With Banners (Cutler, Frith) 2. Udine (Henry Cow)(1) recorded at BBC Studios (Peel Session) on August 5, 1975; (2) recorded at the Palamostre Auditorium, Udine (Italy) on October 13, 1975
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon; Chris Cutler - drums; Dagmar Krause - voice, piano; Fred Frith - guitar, piano, violin, xylophone; John Greaves - bass guitar;Tim Hodgkinson - organ, alto saxoponoe
Note: This record was given away with the issue 4 Anno 4 of the Gong magazine. See “Concerts” (1976) for further references.

Henry Cow featuring Robert Wyatt
In The Name Of A Freedom
Le Matango (Japan?), LM00007/008/009 [3xCD] 2000 (?)
Disc 1:
1. (36’01) 1a/ Beautiful As The Moon; Terrible As An Army With Banners (Frith, Cutler) 1b/ Nirvana For Mice (Frith) 1c/ Ottawa Song (Frith, Cutler) 1d/ Gloria Gloom (MacCormick, Wyatt) 1e/ Ruins (Frith) 1f/ Moon Reprise (Frith, Cutler) 2. (15’13) 2a/ Muddy Mouse (a) (Frith, Wyatt) 2b/ Solar Flares (Wyatt) 2c/ Muddy Mouse (b) (Frith, Wyatt) 2d/ 5 Black Notes And 1 White Note (Offenbach, Wyatt) 2e/ Muddy Mouse (c) (Frith, Wyatt) 2f/ Muddy Mouth (Frith, Wyatt) 3. Improvisation (Henry Cow, Wyatt) (11’41) 4. (8’48) 4a/ Bad Alchemy (Greaves, Blegvad) 4b/ Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road (Wyatt)
Disc 2:
5. Living In The Heart Of The Beast (Hodgkinson) (16’21) 6. (31’46) 6a/ Beautiful As The Moon; Terrible As An Army With Banners (Frith,Cutler) 6b/ Nirvana For Mice (Frith) 6c/ Ottawa Song (Frith, Cutler) 6d/ Gloria Gloom (MacCormick, Wyatt) 6e/ Ruins (Frith) 6f/ Moon Reprise (Frith, Cutler) 7. (13’06) 7a/ Muddy Mouse (a) (Frith, Wyatt) 7b/ Solar Flares (Wyatt) 7c/ Muddy Mouse (b) (Frith, Wyatt) 7d/ 5 Black Notes And 1 White Note (Offenbach, Wyatt) 7e/ Muddy Mouse (c) (Frith, Wyatt) 7f/ Muddy Mouth (Frith, Wyatt) 8. (8‘59) 8a/ Bad Alchemy (Greaves, Blegvad) 8b/ Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road (Wyatt)
Disc 3:
9. Living In The Heart Of The Beast (Hodgkinson) (15’25) 10. (15’14) 10a/ Muddy Mouse (a) (Frith, Wyatt) 10b/ Solar Flares (Wyatt) 10c/ Muddy Mouse (b) (Frith, Wyatt) 10d/ 5 Black Notes And 1 White Note (Offenbach, Wyatt) 10e/ Muddy Mouse (c) (Frith, Wyatt) 10f/ Muddy Mouth (Frith, Wyatt) 11. Improvisation (Henry Cow, Wyatt) (11’06) 12. (8’16) 12a. Bad Alchemy (Greaves, Blegvad) 12b. Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road (Wyatt) 13. Living In The Heart Of The Beast (Hodgkinson) (15’52) 14. We Did It Again (Ayers) (6’50)
(1-5) recorded live at the New London Theatre, London on May 21, 1975; (6-9) recorded live at Piazza Navona, Roma on June 27, 1975; (10-14) recorded live at the Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris on May 8, 1975
Robert Wyatt - voice, piano; Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, oboe, flute; Chris Cutler - drums; Fred Frith - guitar, violin, xylophone, piano; John Greaves - bass guitar, piano;Tim Hodgkinson - organ, clarinet, alto; Dagmar Krause - voice, piano.
Note: This is a bootleg CD.
Note: (4a-b) were previously released on “Concerts”.

Henry Cow
Ruins
1995 - Canterbury Dream (Japan), CTD-025/026 [2xCD]
Disc 1:
1. Unreleased Title 1 (4’01) 2. Unreleased Title 2 (1’08) 3. Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King 1 (Hodgkinson) (5’03) 4. Nirvana For Mice (Frith) (4’06) 5. Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King 2 (Hodgkinson) (5’17) 6. Unreleased Title 3 (9’29)
Disc 2:
7. Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners (Frith, Cutler) (5’40) 8. Nirvana For Mice (Frith) (5’01) 9. (12’03) 9a. Ottawa Song (Frith, Cutler) 9b. Gloria Gloom (Wyatt, Mac Cormick) 10. Ruins (Frith) (30’44) 11. Beautiful As The Moon Reprise (Frith, Cutler) (2’48)
Lindsay Cooper (7-11) - bassoon, oboe, flute; Chris Cutler - drums, voice; Fred Frith - guitar, violin, piano, voice; John Greaves - bass guitar, piano, voice; Tim Hodgkinson: keyboards, saxes, clarinet, voice; Dagmar Krause (7- 11) - voice; Geoff Leigh (1-6) - saxes, flute, voice.
(1-6) are demos recorded in 1973; (7-11) recorded at the NDR Jazz Workshop, Hamburg on March 26, 1976
Note: This is a bootleg CD

Henry Cow
Stockholm Broadcast 1977
CD-R (Bootleg)
1. Urk Ga Part1,2,3 2. Nirvana for Mice 3. Improvisation 4. No more songs
Georgie Born – bass-guitar, cellö?; Lindsay Cooper – reeds; Chris Cutler – drums; Fred Frith – guitars, ?; Tim Hodginson – reeds. Organ?; Dagmar Krause – vocals

Recorded May 1977 at Gothenburg (Sweden), Studio 4 (Swedish radio). 4 Broadcasted at June, 9, 1977 (according to http://perso.club-internet.fr/calyx/bands/chrono/henrycow.html)

*National Health
Live At Queen Elizabeth Hall 1977
[CD] ???
1. Borogoves 2. Clocks and Clouds
Phil Miller - guitar; Dave Stewart - keyboards; Pip Pyle - drums, percussion; Neil Murray - bass guitar,
with Richard Synclair - voice; Jimmy Hastings - woodwinds; Lindsay Cooper - woodwinds; Rory Graham - ??
recorded live on July 31st, 1977 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Note: This is a bootleg recording of National Health’s 1977 Queen Elizabeth Hall concert featuring special guests Richard Sinclair, Jimmy Hastings or Tim Hodgkinson (cf. http://perso.club-internet.fr/calyx/bands/chrono/henrycow.html ), Lindsay Cooper and Rory Graham. Recording is in lousy quality. No times given.
According to some discographers LC played also on National Health's recording "Of Queues & Cures" (1976); but she can not be heard on that record and is not listed in the line-up.

*Art Bears
Hopes And Fears
Re Records (UK) Re 2188 [LP] (1988)
1. On Suicide (Eisler-Brecht) (1’26) 2. The Dividing Line (Cutler, Frith, Cooper) (4’11) 3. Joan (Cutler, Frith) (3’05) 4. Maze (Cutler, Frith) (5’05) 5. In Two Minds (Cutler, Frith) (8’45) 6. Terrain (Frith) (3’49) 7. The Tube (Cutler, Frith) (3’05) 8. The Dance (Cutler, Frith) (5’09) 9. The Pirate Song (Cutler, Hodgkinson) (1’28) 10. Labyrinth (Cutler, Hodgkinson) (2’15) 11. Riddle (Cutler, Frith) (2’49) 12. Moeris Dancing (Frith) (5’08) 13. Piers (Cutler, Frith) (2’10) 14. All Hail! (Cutler, Frith) (4’48) 15. Collapse (Cutler, Frith) (4’03) 16. Coda To Man and Boy (Cutler, Frith) (7’12)
Chris Cutler - drums, percussion, noise; Fred Frith - guitars, violin, viola, harmonium, xylophone, piano, bass guitar (6, 7); Dagmar Krause - voice; Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, oboe, soprano saxophone, recorders; Tim Hodgkinson - organ, clarinet, piano (9); Georgie Born - bass, cello, 2nd voice (4); Peter Blegvad - bass guitar (16); Marc Hollander - piano (16)
Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) on January 15-29, 1978, (6,7,9,13) recorded at Kaleidophon, London on March 15-18, 1978,(14, 15) also at Kaleidophon in the Winter of 1980 and (16) during the Art Bears European tour in 1980
Further editions:
1978 - Random Radar Records (USA) RKR 0004 (LP)
1981 (?) - L'Orchestra (Italy), OLPS 55003 (LP)
1982 - Re Records (UK), Re 2188 (LP)
1992 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR abCD2 (CD)
Note: the 1982 Re Records pressing is a reissue of the 1978 one with a different sleeve.
Note: (14-16) are only available on the CD pressing and were previously released on: (14) “Recommended Records Sampler” (1982), (15) b-side of Ralph Records single “Rats And Monkeys” (1979), (16) 7" single given free to subscribers of “The World As It Is Today” (1981).

Henry Cow
Industry. 1978 London
no label (no country), HC-001 [CD] 1995 (?)
1. Improvisation 1 (LC, CC, FF, TH) (21’10) 2. Slice (Cooper) (1’00) 3. Waking Against Sleep (Frith) (3’16) 4. Industry (Hodgkinson) (10’06) 5. Look Back (Cooper) (1’46) 6. Ruins (A Part Of) (Frith) (4’43) 7. Improvisation 2 (LC, CC, FF, TH) (12’21) 8. Improvisation 3 (LC, CC, FF, TH) (8’43) 9. Slice & Viva Pa Ubu (Bonus Number) (5’22) 9a. Slice (Cooper) 9b. Viva Pa Ubu (Hodgkinson)
Recorded live at unknown location and date except (9) recorded at Sunrise Studio, Switzerland in January resp. August 1978
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, oboe, soprano, recorder; Chris Cutler - drums, etc; Fred Frith - bass guitar, guitar, violin; Tim Hodgkinson: organ, clarinet, alto saxophone; Dagmar Krause - voice (on 9 only); Georgie Born - bass guitar (on 9 only); Annemarie Roelofs (?) - trombone (on 9 only)
Note: This is a bootleg CD with possibly misleading title. In the Fred Frith discography it is assumed that most material was recorded live in Italy and not in London.
Note: (3) is called 'Unreleased Number' in the CD notes.
Note: (9) was previously released on RECOMMENDED RECORDS SAMPLER (1982).

Henry Cow
Culture De L'Ouest
Disc 1:
1. Viva Pa Ubu (Hodgkinson) 2. On The Raft (Hodgkinson) 3. Falling Away (Cooper) 4. Improvisation (Henry Cow)
Disc 2:
1. Industry (Hodgkinson) 2. Ruins (Frith) 3. Slice (Cooper) 4. Slice (Cooper) 5. Viva Pa Ubu (Hodgkinson)
Recorded live in Lyon, France on June 6, 1978
Line-up: Fred Frith; Chris Cutler; Tim Hodgkinson; Lindsay Cooper; Anne Marie (sic!) Roelofs; Henry Kaiser.
2001 (?) - Peace Frog (Japan?), PF-209D (2xCD) Note: This is a bootleg recording.

*Henry Cow
Western Culture
Broadcast (USA ?) BC1 [LP] (1979)
Celluloid (France), LTM 1013 [LP] (1979)
History And Prospects
1. Industry (Hodgkinson) (6’58) 2. The Decay Of Cities (Hodgkinson) (6’55) 3. On The Raft (Hodgkinson) (4’01)
Day By Day
4. Falling Away (Cooper) (7’38) 5. Gretels Tale (Cooper) (3’58) 6. Look Back (Cooper) (1’19) 7. Half The Sky (Cooper, Hodgkinson) (5’14) 8. (1’30) 9. Viva Pa Ubu (Hodgkinson) 10. Look Back (alternativ version) (Cooper) 11. Slice (Cooper)
Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) between July 26 and August 8, 1978, except (7) and (9) recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) in January 1978
Tim Hodgkinson - alto saxophone, clarinet, Hawaian guitar (1, 2), piano, organ; Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, oboe, soprano, sopranino, recorders; Fred Frith - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, soprano saxophone (3); Chris Cutler - drums, noise, piano (1), trumpet (3)
with
Annemarie Roelofs (1-6, 10) - trombone, violin; Irene Schweizer - piano (on 5 only); Georgie Born - bass guitar (on 7, 9, 11)
Further editions:
Interzone (USA) IZ 1001 [LP] (1980)
Recommended, ??? [LP] (1980)
L'orchestra (Italy) OLPS 55004 [LP] (1981)
Broadcast (UK) BCD1 [CD] (1988)
ESD (USA) ESD 80852 [CD] (2001)
ReR Megacorp (UK) HC 4 [CD] (2001)
ESD (USA) ESD 81652 [CD](2002)
ReR (Japan), ReR HC4 [CD](2002)
Note: (9), (10), (11) only on ReR/ESD CD. (8), a track with total silence, is not indicated in the CD notes. The 2002 Japanese edition has a mini LP sleeve.
Note: Annemarie Roelofs is spelled here as Ann Marie or Anne-Marie Roelofs

Various Artists
Recommended Records Sampler New Music
Recommended Records (UK) RR 8/9 [2xLP] (1982)
Lindsay Cooper plays on one track (in two parts) with an offspring of the then disbanding Henry Cow, but under the old band name:
12a. Slice (Cooper) 12b. Viva Pa Ubu (Hodgkinson)
This track was recorded at Sunrise Studio, Switzerland in January and August 1978
Tim Hodgkinson - organ, saxophone, clarinet; Lindsay Cooper: - bassoon, saxophone; Fred Frith - guitar; Chris Cutler - drums; ; Georgie Born - bass guitar