1974,
United Kingdom
00:51:24;
94M;
256S;
390;
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Bittern Storm Over Ulm
- 2:20
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Half Asleep, Half Awake
- 8:03
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Ruins
- 12:13
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Solemn Music
- 1:13
-
Linguaphonie
- 5:34
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Upon Entering The Hotel Adlon
- 3:07
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Arcades
- 1:59
-
Deluge
- 5:31
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The Glove
- 6:33
-
Torchfire
- 4:51
Phil Becque - engineer [mixing] [1 to 3], engineer [recording]
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, oboe, recorder, voice
Henry Cow - engineer [mixing] [4 to 8], producer, written-by [5 to 8]
Chris Cutler - drums, liner notes
Charles Fletcher - vocals [certain], engineer [assistant]
Fred Frith - guitar [stereo], violin, xylophone, piano, written-by [1, 3, 4]
John Greaves - bass, piano, voice, written-by [2]
Tim Hodgkinson - organ, saxophone [alto], clarinet, piano
Anne Lamberty - photography [cover paintings photographed by]
Andy Morris - engineer [recording]
Matt Murman - remastered by
Mike Oldfield - engineer [recording, parts] [3]
Gregg Skerman - artwork by [design & layout]
Ray Smith - artwork by [cover paintings], photography
Recorded at the Manor Feb./Mar. 1974.
Dedicated to Robert Wyatt and Uli Trepte.
All the sounds were made with the instruments listed above; however, in parts of 3. and 5., the bassoon, alto, voice and drums were recorded at half or double speed.
1. acknowledges its debt to O. Rasputin's 'Got To Hurry' by the Yardbirds.
For many things other than the record we would like to thank Charles Fletcher, Jack Balchin, D.J. Perry, Ray Smith, Lol Coxhill, Henk Weltevreden and Geoff Leigh.
For this reissue special thanks to Bill Sharp.
Remastered and prepared for this release at SAE, Phoenix, Arizona.
Locus Solus, LSI 2038
