HENRY COW Legend (Leg End) 1973 DEBUT LP UK VIRGIN 1st PRESS MINT
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125
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£ 125
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Jul 3, 2014
Sold Date
Jun 23, 2014
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£ 20
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HENRY COW Legend (Leg End) 1973 DEBUT LP UK VIRGIN 1st PRESS MINT
STUNNING COPY - ONCE PLAYED AND AS-NEW
HENRY COWThe Henry Cow Legend (aka "Leg End")
UK VIRGIN (V 2005) FIRST PRESSING (October 1973) OF HENRY COW'S FREE-JAZZ/PROG DEBUT
STUNNING COPY - ONCE PLAYED (or more correctly part played) AND DELIVERING THE FINEST AND CLEANEST SOUND I HAVE HEARD FOR THIS FIRST PRESSING
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK & WHITE VIRGIN LABELS
MATRIX: V 2005 A-2U / V 2005 B-1U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G and 1/O
THE RECORD 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)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" PRINTED IN BLACK
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: NEAR MINT/MINT
An immaculate pair of clean factory-fresh labels which carry just one light spindle trace
VINYL Visual: MINT
Pristine, unmarked and as-new playing surfaces
VINYL Audio: MINT
In keeping with the records once played stays my play-check at volume found nothing to fault - beautifully clean throughout - the finest example of this first pressing you could hope to find
SLEEVE: MINT
Again, as-new - both surfaces have a deep glass-like glossy sheen and all edges are crisp, sharp and unworn
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Clean, brilliantly white and probably never seen the light of day since 1973
POST & PACKING:
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
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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