Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights

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A1	Some Questions About Hats Written-By – Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad	1:53
A2	The Owl Written-By – Anthony Moore	2:17
A3	A Worm Is At Work Written-By – Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad	1:52
A4	Bad Alchemy Piano – John GreavesWritten-By – John Greaves, Peter Blegvad	3:06
A5	Europa Percussion – Pierre MoerlenWritten-By – Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad	2:48
A6	Desperate Straights Written-By – Anthony Moore	4:14
A7	Riding Tigers Written-By – Peter Blegvad	2:02
B1	Apes In Capes Written-By – Anthony Moore	2:16
B2	Strayed Written-By – Peter Blegvad	1:54
B3	Giants Written-By – Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad	1:57
B4	Excerpt From The Messiah Written-By – Peter Blegvad	1:49
B5	In The Sickbay Organ [Wurlitzer] – Dagmar KrauseWritten-By – Dagmar Krause, Peter Blegvad	2:09
B6	Caucasian Lullaby Piano – Tim HodgkinsonWritten-By – Anthony Moore, Chris Cutler	8:25

Credits

• Arranged By, Producer – Henry Cow, Simon Heyworth, Slapp Happy
• Bass – John Greaves
• Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson
• Drums – Chris Cutler
• Flute – Geoff Leigh
• French Horn – Muchsin Campbell*
• Guitar – Fred Frith, Peter Blegvad
• Oboe, Bassoon – Lindsay Cooper
• Piano – Anthony Moore
• Trombone – Nick Evans
• Trumpet – Mongezi Feza
• Violin – Fred Frith
• Vocals – Dagmar Krause, Peter Blegvad

Notes

Recorded at The Manor & Nova Sound Studios.

1st pressing promo circulated only to the press, with blank labels & with 16-page biographical booklet made by Peter Blegvad and Chris Cutler, containing original drawings, commentary and photographs.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: V 2024 A-2U
• Matrix / Runout: V 2024 B-1U
• Matrix / Runout (side A etched): PN/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B etched): PN/B

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V 2024	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V 2024	UK	1975
TCV 2024	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(Cass, Album)	Virgin	TCV 2024	UK	1975
V 2024	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Virgin	V 2024	UK	1975
VIP-4071	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	VIP-4071	Japan	1980
limitedDesperate	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	ReR Megacorp	limitedDesperate	Japan	2006