SLAPP HAPPY & HENRY COW: Desperate Straights

Mar 062012

(Henry Cow Definitive Reissue series No. 4) In 1974, Henry Cow took a sabbatical while it considered what to do next. SlappHappy meanwhile was planning its second record for Virgin. One night the trio showed up at the quartet’s door and proposed that the two groups make the second Slapphappy LP together. So incompatible – Slapphappy was making eccentric pop songs and Henry Cow was composing complex epic instrumentals – so how could a merger fail? Henry Cow jumped at the chance and Desperate Straights -was the result. It’s still a gem to my ears, and now at last it’s possible to release it, properly re-mastered (by Bob Drake), its sound closer to the original tapes even than our earlier Nimbus vinyl pressing. Great songs, great arrangements, great performances and Dagmar on top of her form… real people in a room together, playing straight to tape. Those were the days.. DOWNLOAD WHOLE ALBUM: MP3 – £6.99 FLAC – £9.99 File Type : Buy album as CD (£12.50 POST FREE)		TRACK PRICE: Listen: MP3: £0.70p\|FLAC: £1.00
		1.Some Questions About Hats	`You need to have the Audio Player Plugin installed to use this shortcode` - :
		2. The Owl	`You need to have the Audio Player Plugin installed to use this shortcode` - :
		3. A Worm Is At Work	`You need to have the Audio Player Plugin installed to use this shortcode` - :
		4. Bad Alchemy	`You need to have the Audio Player Plugin installed to use this shortcode` - :
		5. Europa	`You need to have the Audio Player Plugin installed to use this shortcode` - :
		6. Desperate Straights	`You need to have the Audio Player Plugin installed to use this shortcode` - :
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