Henry Cow - In Praise Of Learning

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	War Piano – Anthony MooreSoprano Saxophone – Geoff LeighTrumpet – Mongezi FezaVoice, Clarinet – Peter BlegvadWritten-By – Moore*, Blegvad*	2:24
A2	Living InThe Heart Of The Beast Guitar – Peter BlegvadPiano – Anthony Moore, Tim HodgkinsonWritten-By – Hodgkinson*	15:30
B1	Beginning : The Long March Guitar – Peter BlegvadWritten-By – H. Cow*, S. Happy*	5:58
B2	Beautiful As The Moon- Terrible As Army With Banners Piano – Fred FrithSounds [Oscillator] – Phil BecqueWritten-By – Cutler*, Frith*	7:00
B3	Morning Star Written-By – H. Cow*, S. Happy*	6:02

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – C.P.F. Barclay
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Pressed By – MPO
• Printed By – I.D.N.
• Recorded At – The Manor

Credits

• Bass, Piano – John Greaves
• Bassoon, Oboe – Lindsay Cooper
• Clarinet, Organ – Tim Hodgkinson
• Drums, Sounds [Radio] – Chris Cutler
• Electronics, Tape [Tapework] – Anthony Moore
• Engineer – Simon Heyworth (tracks: A1)
• Engineer [Cutting Engineer] – Pete Norman
• Guitar, Violin, Xylophone – Fred Frith
• Producer – H. Cow*, P. Becque*, S. Happy*
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Phil Becque
• Voice – Dagmar*

Notes

Made in France.

Only Henry Cow appears as main artist on front cover, back cover and center labels (contrary to other early versions of this album)
Artists on spine : Henry Cow / Slapp Happy

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1): MPO BLY 840083 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2): MPO BLY 840083 B
• Rights Society: SACEM / SDRM / SACD / SGDL
• Other (Price Code): Ⓑ

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V 2027	Henry Cow, Slapp Happy	Henry Cow, Slapp Happy - In Praise Of Learning ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V 2027	UK	1975
BELLE 152408	Henry Cow	In Praise Of Learning ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap)	Belle Antique	BELLE 152408	Japan	2015
VIL 12027	Henry Cow	In Praise Of Learning ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Virgin	VIL 12027	Italy	1978
L-35608	Henry Cow	In Praise Of Learning ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	L-35608	Australia	Unknown
RED 003	Henry Cow	In Praise Of Learning ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Red Records	RED 003	US	1979

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