HENRY COW Leg End 1973 DEBUT LP UK VIRGIN 1st PRESS Nr MINT
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£ 88
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Apr 6, 2012
Sold Date
Mar 27, 2012
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£ 22
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HENRY COW Leg End 1973 DEBUT LP UK VIRGIN 1st PRESS Nr MINT
A FREE-JAZZ/PROG MASTERPIECE, ONCE PLAYED
HENRY COWThe Henry Cow Legend (aka "Leg End")
UK VIRGIN (V 2005) FIRST PRESSING (August 1973) OF HENRY COW'S FREE-JAZZ/PROG DEBUT "Leg End"
IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION - ONCE PLAYED (or part played)
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK & WHITE VIRGIN LABELS
MATRIX: V 2005 A / V 2005 B (all hand etched)
THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED AND DEEPLY GLOSSY SINGLE SLEEVE WITH TOP AND BOTTOM 'PINCHED' SPINE (with cover art work by Ray Smith - the first of three "paint socks" to feature on Henry Cow's albums)
John Greaves bass, piano, vocals, whistle
Chris Cutler piano, trumpet, drums, vocals, whistle, toy instruments
Fred Frith guitar, piano, violin, keyboards, viola, vocals
Tim Hodgkinson organ, clarinet, piano, keyboards, saxophones, vocals
Geoff Leigh clarinet, flute, recorder, saxophones, vocals
Political astuteness aside, Henry Cow's Leg End is simply a busy musical trip, comprised of snaking rhythms, unorthodox time signatures, and incongruous waves of multiple instruments that culminates in some appealing yet complex progressive rock.
Here, on the band's debut, both Fred Frith and woodwind man Geoff Leigh hold nothing back, creating eclectic, free-jazz sounds with exceptional musicianship.
Tracks like "Amygdala," "Teenbeat," and "The Tenth Chaffinch," are simply creativity run amok, instilling the free-spiritedness of the mid/late '60s avant-garde into this, a 1973 album.
The techniques are difficult to follow, but the stewing that emerges between the piano, guitar, flute, and percussion is so animated and colourful, it actually sounds surprisingly coherent as a whole.
Chris Cutler lends his uncommitted, self-governing brand of drumming to the album to help culminate the frenzy, and Leigh's tenor flute does add some extraordinary musical fabric to each of the album's eight tracks
Side 1:
Nirvana For Mice (4:53)
Amygdala (6:47)
Teenbeat Introduction (4:32)
Teenbeat (8:08)
Side 2:
Extract From 'With The Yellow Half-Moon And Blue Star' (2:26)
Teenbeat Reprise (5:07)
The Tenth Chaffinch (6:06)
Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King (5:34)
LABELS: MINT-
Factory-fresh labels with just one light spindle trace on Side Two, none on Side One (Side One has probably been played once and Side Two not played at all)
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen with just a couple of superficial light hairline marks - these are purely cosmetic and have no audio consequence
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Outstanding audio reproduction throughout with crystal clear, rich and detailed sound performance. My play-check at loud volume detected no major audio issues of note - no scratches, just the occasional, random click (nothing I found at all intrusive) otherwise, beautifully clean on its many delicate quiet/almost silent passages. A superb copy of Cow's sensational debut
SLEEVE: MINT-
An immaculate sleeve with no edge or spine wear and both the front and back surfaces are unrubbed with a deep, glass-like glossy sheen
ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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