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University of Warwick
Warwick
England
Imrpov > Erk Guh;No More Songs;Improv > Ruins >Improv >Terrible As An Army With Banners.
Includes Interview!
Town Hall
Wandsworth
London
Improv > Hold to the Zero Burn, Imagine
Improv> Ruins> Bittern Storm Over Ulm> Ruins
Improv> Terrible As An Army With Banners
No More Songs
Joan
Teenbeat> Solo Sax Improv> A Seperate Function
Bonus Track~'Hold to the Zero Burn, Imagine" from Tim Hodgkinson's OOP CD "Each In Our Own Thoughts"
Wonderful Cow set!
Teatro Nuovo
Torino
Italy
Improv > Erk Guh (Hold to the Zero Burn,Imagine);No More Songs;Improv > Ruins > Bittern Storm Over Ulm (cut)
Beautiful as the Moon > Improv > Terrible as an Army With Banners;Living in the Heart of the Beast.
Frith,Hodgkinson,Cutler,Cooper,Borne & Dagmar Krause
Teatro Lirico
Milan
Italy
Teenbeat;Improv >Ruins >Bittern Storm Over Ulm >Unknown.
Improv>Terrible as An Army With Banners >A Seperate Function;Living in the Heart of the Beast.
Trieste
Trieste
Italy
Erk Gah (aka~Hold to the Zero Burn,Imagine); No More Songs; Beautiful as the Moon,Terrible As an Army With Banners; Living in the Heart of the Beast; Teenbeat.
Unknown
Oriago
Italy
Erk Gah
No More Songs
Nirvana Variations >
Free >
Ruins >
Bittern Storm Over Ulm >
Cycles
Joan (instrumental) >
Improv >
Terrible As An Army With Banners
Living In The Heart Of The Beast
Teenbeat
Would You Prefer Us To Lie?
Battersea, Arts Center
Battersea
England
Improv>Erk Guh>Improv>Ruins;*Jack the Lad;*Lament for the Hull Trawlers
*the Saucy Sailor;*Little Duke Authur's Nurse;Living in the Heart of the Beast; Improv>*Holy Thursday>I See Thee Form.
The songs denoted by "*" indicate Henry Cow w/folksinger Frankie Armstrong. On the final numbers (Holy Thursday>I See Thee Form) Henry Cow & Frankie Armstrong are joined by Phil Minton (lead male vocals) and additional brass is supplied by unspecified members of Mike Westbrook Brass Band.
Studio 4
Stockholm
Sweden
Improv>Erk Guh (Hold to the Zero Burn, Imagaine)>Ruins>Improv>Ruins. No More Songs
This was a Swedish Radio broadcast (Verified w/Calyx H Cow listings)originally broadcast on June 9,'77.This show is often mistakenly listed as 9/6/77 or even 9/9/77 due to transatlantic (day>month) transposistion.1CD (56mns)
Queens Hotel
Southend on Sea
United Kingdom
Improv > Erk Guh (aka-Hold to the Zero Burn,Imagine) > Imrpov > Ruins > Improv > Ruins
On Suicide > Improv
Living in the Heart of the Beast
Interesting H Cow show
Circulates w/45 mn set from the Feminist Improvising Group (w/H Cow alumni: Lindsey Cooper, Georgie Born,Anne Marie Roelofs)!
Civic Hall
Guildford
England
Improv >
Erk Guh >
Improv >
Ruins
Teenbeat
On Suicide >
Improv
Living In The Heart Of The Beast
No More Songs
Unknown
Zürich
Switzerland
Stockholm Radio
Stockholm
Sweden
Improv>
Hold to the Zero Burn
Imagine>
Improv>
Ruins>
Improv>
Bittern Storm over Ulm
Encore: No More Songs
Modena
Modena
Italy
Wheel of Fortune
Teenbeat Intro> Nirvana for Mice> Terrible As An Army With Banners
Naima>Mourn Not the Dead>Unknown>Jackie-ing
Lady Howard's Carriage
Kanonen Song
Let the Slave
Bartlemy Fair.
Henry Cow combines w/the Mike Westbrook Brass Band to play as 'the Orckestra'!
Unknown
Modena
Italy
Orckestra-show (Henry Cow & members of the Mike Westbrook band)
Also circulates as 09/09/77.
Casa del Popoio
Florence
Italy
Unknown>Nirvanca for Mice>Improv>Ruins> Improv>Bittern Storm Over Ulm...
Improv>Unknown;Improv>Teenbeat;Improv> Variation on a Seperate Function.
A Henry Cow show in which they perform several unreleased (w/titles unk) pieces
Unknown
Oriago
Italy
1. Suite 1
- Untitled 1
- Improvisation 1
- Untitled 2
2. Suite 2
- Viva Pa Ubu (end)
- The Big Tune (excerpt)
- Nirvana for Mice (fades)
3. Suite 3
- Untitled 3
- Improvisation 2
- introduction to Ruins
- Improvisation 3
- Ruins
- Improvisation 4
- Ruins reprise
- Bittern Storm Over Ulm
- Improvisation 5
- Jackie-ing
4. Suite 4
- The Big Tune ends
- 1/2 the Sky (quote)
5. Teenbeat
Unknown
Bourges
France
Intro > Nirvana for Mice
Woodwind Piece
Jackieing
New Piece (Erk Gah?)
Improvisation
Ruins
Bittern Storm Over Ulm
Viva Pere Ubu Medley
sometimes misidentified as 11/24/1977
Fred Frith Guitar, Viola, Piano, Vibes
Tim Hodgkinson Organ, Alto, Clarinet
Lindsay Cooper Bassoon, oboe, soprano, flute (?), voice (?)
Georgie Born Bass, cello, voice (?)
Chris Cutler Drums (and anything else you can hit)
Salle Beaurepaire
Angers
France
Intro;Long Medley (w/Nirvana for Mice > Unk > Improv > Ruins > Bittern Storm Over Ulm/(cut))
Viva Pere Ubu;Teenbeat.
This is a 2CD version of a well known Henry Cow show.The cassette version is often refered to as the "Ubu's Bicycle" tape.
UCL
Woluwé-St.Lambert/Bruxel
Belgium
Ubu Roi (incorporating Nirvana For Mice)
Improvisation > Ruins > Bittern Storm Over Ulm
Viva Pere Ubu > Half The Sky
Erk Guh (a.k.a. Hold To The Zero Burn)
Teenbeat
Hippodrome de Pantin
Paris
France
Wheel Of Fortune
Medley
- Nirvana For Mice
- Big Tune (excerpt)
- ... Terrible As An Army With Banners
Medley
- Naima
- Mourn Not The Dead
- Jackie-ing
On Suicide
Lady Howerd's Coach
I'm Gonna Be An Engineer
Santiago, You Are Suffering
Kanonen Song)
Let The Slave
Alabama Song
Barthlemy Fair
The Orkestra (Henry Cow + Mike Westbrook Orchestra + Frankie Armstrong)
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, flute, oboe
Chris Cutler - drums Fred Frith - guitar
Dagmar Krause - voice
Tim Hodgkinson - organ, clarinet, alto sax
Georgie Born - bass, cello
Mike Westbrook - piano, euphonium
Dave Chambers - soprano sax, tenor sax
Kate Barnard - piccolo, tenor horn
Paul Rutherford - trombone, euphonium Phil Minton - trumpet
Frankie Armstrong - voice
This is an excerpt of the concert
Bourges
Bourges
France
Intro; Nirvanq for Mice > Woodwind Piece > Jackieing > New Piece (w/Instrumental parts of 'Erk Gah) > Improvisation (cut)/.
Ruins > Bittern Storm Over Ulm. Encore: Viva Pere Ubu > Unknown (with/further instrumental sections from 'Erk Gah).
Unknown
Brussels
Belgium
medley #1
medley #2
Pere Ubu
Urk Ga
An interesting later period concert from Henry Cow, the first 2 medley's contain familiar material from their LP's, Pere Ubu was unrecorded till they released it on a compilation LP in the 80's and Urk Ga which was released on a Tim Hodgkinson Solo album many tears later.
Melkweg Club
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Viva Pa Ubu > Improv >
Ruins > Improv > Ruins >
Bittern Storm Over Ulm > Half the Sky
Improv
Improv on "Hold to the Zero Burn, Imagine"
Teenbeat > Improv
Excellent H Cow set w/Greorgie Born (bass & Cello) & special guests: Anne-Marie Roelofs~ trombone and violin & Original H Cow member Geoff Leigh on Saxes!