HENRY COW Unrest 1974 UK VIRGIN 1st PRESSING, BARELY PLAYED, CLEAN SOUND Nr MINT
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Feb 2, 2015 Sold Date
Jan 23, 2015 Start Date
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HENRY COW Unrest 1974 UK VIRGIN 1st PRESSING, BARELY PLAYED, CLEAN SOUND Nr MINT

HENRY COW
Unrest

UK VIRGIN (V 2011) FIRST PRESSING (May 1974)
LOVELY COPY - SEEN LITTLE PLAY

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK & WHITE VIRGIN LABELS
MATRIX: V 2011 A-1U / V 2011 B-1U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G and 1/P
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL DEEPLY GLOSSY OUTER LAMINATED SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford" (with cover art work by Ray Smith - the second 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

By this point Henry Cow consisted of guitarist Fred Frith, drummer Chris Cutler, bassist John Greaves, keyboardist Tim Hodgkinson, and, of particular importance to the band's sound at this point, bassoonist Lindsay Cooper.
As is so often the case with avant-garde rock & roll, it's the composed pieces that work best, and the fact that Frith is responsible for the majority of them is significant.
"Bittern Storm Over Ulm" is an absolutely brilliant demolition of the Yardbirds' "Got to Hurry," while the brief but lovely "Solemn Music" unfolds in a stately manner with atonal but pretty counterpoint between Frith and Cooper.
The improvised material succeeds in a more spotty way. "Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon" demonstrates how fine the line can be between bracing free atonality and mindless cacophony.
The unsettling but eventually gorgeous "Deluge," on the other hand, shows how well Henry Cow could walk that line when they tried; in this piece, random guitar skittering, scattershot drum clatter, and pointillistic reed grunts are eventually snuck up on and overtaken by softly massed chords and Cooper's gently hooting bassoon. The effect is startlingly moving

Side One:
Bittern Storm over Ulm (2:44)
Half Asleep/Half Awake (7:39)
Ruins (12:00)
Side Two:
Solemn Music (1:09)
Linguaphonie (5:58)
Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon (2:56)
Arcades (1:50)
Deluge (5:52)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new with nothing but harmless hairlines visible under bright light
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
My play-check at volume found little to fault this barely played copy - just a touch of low-level surface noted on one or two on the quietest/practically silent moments - nothing really, this is an exceptionally clean copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Deep gloss to the outer laminated surfaces - little edge or spine wear to speak of but the spine does have shop creasing and the inside shows black ink transfer from printing (common on this sleeve but nothing major) otherwise, good clean and solid

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 standard)
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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