SLAPP HAPPY-desperate straights '75 UK LP ORIG+INN. HENRY COW
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Description
ARTIST......SLAPP HAPPY
TITLE......"DESPERATE STRAIGHTS"
YEAR......1975
COUNTRY......UK ORIGINAL
LABEL......VIRGIN
CAT. NO......V 2024
MATRIX......A-2U / B-1U
INCLUDES......GATEFOLD COVER + RED 'VIRGIN' COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
DESCRIPTION......RARE UK LP ORIGINAL COMPLETE WITH COMPANY INNER...'HENRY COW' ETC RELATED QUIRKY 'CANTERBURY' AVANT-GARDE PSYCH PROG BAND
DAGMAR - voice, wurlitzer ( on 'In The Sickbay' )
PETER BLEGVAD - guitar, voice
ANTHONY MOORE - piano
JOHN GREAVES - bass guitar, piano ( on 'Bad Alchemy' )
CHRIS CUTLER - drums
TIM HODGKINSON - clarinet, piano ( on 'Causasian Lullaby' )
FRED FRITH - guitar, violin
Side one
- "Some Questions about Hats" (Moore, Blegvad) – 1:49
- "The Owl" (Moore) – 2:14
- "A Worm is at Work" (Moore, Blegvad) – 1:52
- "Bad Alchemy" (Greaves, Blegvad) – 3:06
- "Europa" (Moore, Blegvad) – 2:48
- "Desperate Straights" (Moore) – 4:14
- "Riding Tigers" (Blegvad) – 1:43
- "Apes in Capes" (Moore) – 2:14
- "Strayed" (Blegvad) – 1:53
- "Giants" (Moore, Blegvad) – 1:57
- "Excerpt from The Messiah" (Handel, arr. Blegvad) – 1:48
- "In the Sickbay" (Krause, Blegvad) – 2:08
- "Caucasian Lullaby" (Cutler, Moore) – 8:20
RECORD CONDITION......EXCELLENT...LOOKS NICE AND CLEAN HAVING NO MARKS...AND PLAYS WELL THROUGHOUT
RED 'VIRGIN' COMPANY INNER SLEEVE HAS LIGHT CREASING...OVERALL IS IN CLEAN CONDITION
COVER CONDITION......EXCELLENT...GATEFOLD COVER HAS SLIGHT EDGE WEAR...FAINT HANDLING MARKS ON FRONT AND BACK...COVER IS IN A CLEAN AND TIDY CONDITION
UK - FREE POST, EUROPE - £2.50 REDUCED POST, ALL OTHER COUNTRIES - £5 REDUCED POST...REDUCTION ALSO FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES...EUROPE - £1.50 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LP...OTHER COUNTRIES - £3 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LP
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