tracks

Pre-Teenbeat I
Pre-Teenbeat II
Rapt In A Blanket
Came To See You
Amygdala Extract [Pre-Legend Demo]
Teenbeat
Citizen King
Nirvana For Moles
With The Yellow Half Moon And Blue Star
Introduction
Invocation
Demi-lune Jaune
Three Little Steps
Red Riff
Chorale Flautando
Cycling Over The Cliff
First Light
Guider Tells Of Silent Airborne Machine
Olwyn Grainger
Betty McGowan
Lottie Hare
Introduction
Ruins I
Half Asleep, Half Awake
Ruins II
Heron Shower Over Hamburg
Nix
Halsteren
Halsteren 1
Solo 1
Solo Extension 1
Halsteren 2
Extension 1
Halsteren 3
First Suspension
Extension 2
Extension 3
Solo 2
Solo Extension 2
Halsteren 4
Second Suspension
Extension 4
Solo 3
Solo Extension 3
Halsteren 5
Living In The Heart Of The Beast
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Fair As The Moon
Nirvana For Rabbits
Ottawa Song
Twilight Bridge
Gloria Gloom
Hamburg 1
Hamburg 2
Red Noise 10
Hamburg 3
Hamburg 4
Hamburg 5
Terrible As An Army With Banners
A Heart
Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
We Did It Again
Trondheim I
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
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Trondheim II
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
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Untitled
Untitled
The March

notes

Part 1 of 40th Anniversary Box.
Comes in a cardboard box with 5 discs in 4 jewel cases and a 60-page book inside. An empty jewel case is a placeholder for the "Concerts" CD.

Tracks 1-1, 1-2 & 1-5 from rehearsal tapes, recorded by Jack Balchin, date unknown but before Legend. Other tracks [on disc 1] from various unmarked tapes 1971-3.

Tracks 2-1 to 2-5: Unmarked tape, 1974.
Tracks 2-7 to 2-23: Recorded by Jan Smagge at the concert with stereo reel-to-reel at the Verenigingsgebouw, Halsteren on 26 September 1974. Concert mix by Charles Fletcher, we think.
Tracks 2-24 to 2-32: Recorded at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on May 8 1975, probably to cassette, by unidentified hand.

Tracks 3-1 to 3-13 Public concert recorded for NDR Jazz Workshop, Hamburg on 26th March, 1976.
Track 3-14 Piazza Navona, Rome, 27 June, 1975. With Robert Wyatt. Unknown audience source.
Track 3-15 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on May 8, 1975, probably to cassette, by an unidentified hand.

Tracks 4-1 to 5-7 recorded at Studentersamfundet, Trondheim 26 May, 1976. Cassette recording from mixing desk made by band.

Released & Distributed by: ReR Megacorp
Distributed in USA by: ReR USA
Distributed in Japan by: Locus Solus

"FULL SET LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES" [text on bottom of box]

credits

6-String Bass – Fred Frith (tracks: 4-1 to 5-7)
Artwork [Poster Letters] – E.M Thomas,
Bass – John Greaves (tracks: 1-1 to 3-15)
Celesta [Celeste], Voice [Conversation] – Dave Stewart (tracks: 1-6)
Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 2-7 to 2-23)
Design – Tim Schwartz
Drums – Chris Cutler
Edited By – Chris Cutler
Flute – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Guitar – Fred Frith
Jew's Harp [Jaw Harp] – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 5-1 to 5-7)
Mastered By – Bob Drake
Mixed By ["We Think"] – Charles Fletcher (tracks: 2-7 to 2-23)
Mixed By [Concert] – Joel Schwartz
Mixed By [Live Concert, "Probably"] – Neil Sandford (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
Mixed By [Live Concert] – Sarah Greaves (tracks: 2-24 to 2-32, 3-14, 3-15)
Oboe, Bassoon – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5, 2-24 to 2-32, 3-1 to 5-7)
Organ, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 2-1 to 3-15)
Organ, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Melodica, Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 1-1, 1-19)
Organ, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Mbira, Voice, Tape [Tapes] – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 5-1 to 5-7)
Organ, Clarinet, Voice, Tape [Tapes] – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Performer [Flotsam] – Chris Cutler (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Performer [Glass Bowls, Clatter] – Chris Cutler (tracks: 2-7 to 2-23)
Performer [Jetsam] – Chris Cutler (tracks: 5-1 to 5-7)
Performer [Prism] – Fred Frith (tracks: 2-7 to 2-23)
Performer [Telephone Mouthpices, Amplification] – Chris Cutler (tracks: 4-1 to 5-7)
Photography By [Vol. 1, 3] – Brian Cooke (2)
Photography By [Vol. 1] – Francis Fontaine
Photography By [Vol. 3] – Gianni Castellana, Sergio Pozzi
Photography By [Vol. 4, 5] – Lucio Briganti
Piano – Chris Cutler (tracks: 1-18, 5-1 to 5-7), Fred Frith (tracks: 2-1, 3-1, 3-4, 3-12, 3-13), John Greaves (tracks: 1-18, 1-19, 2-3), Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 2-24 to 2-32, 3-8 to 3-11, 4-7 to 4-9)
Recorded By – Jack Balchin (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5), Jan Smagge (tracks: 2-7 to 2-23)
Recorder – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Remastered By – Bob Drake (tracks: 1-1 to 1-19, 3-1 to 3-15)
Tape [Tapes] – Fred Frith (tracks: 4-1 to 5-7)
Tape [Tapes], Voice – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 4-1 to 5-7)
Tubular Bells – Fred Frith (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Viola – Fred Frith (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5, 2-24 to 2-32)
Violin – Fred Frith (tracks: 1-1 to 1-19, 4-1 to 4-10)
Voice – Chris Cutler (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10), Dagmar Krause (tracks: 2-24 to 2-32, 3-1 to 3-15), Fred Frith (tracks: 1-3, 1-4), John Greaves (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 3-3), Robert Wyatt (tracks: 3-14, 3-15), Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 1-7)
Voice [Conversation] – Amanda Parsons (tracks: 1-6), Ann Rosenthal (tracks: 1-6)
Voice [Spoken Passages] – D.J. Perry (tracks: 1-9, 1-16)
Xylophone – Fred Frith (tracks: 2-24 to 2-32, 4-1 to 5-7)

companies

Distributed By – ReR Megacorp
Distributed By – ReR USA
Distributed By – Locus Solus
Phonographic Copyright (p) – ReR Megacorp
Copyright (c) – Henry Cow
Copyright (c) – Virgin Music
Copyright (c) – Robert Wyatt
Copyright (c) – Kevin Ayers
Recorded At – Verenigingsgebouw, Halsteren
Recorded At – Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Recorded At – NDR-Jazz-Workshop
Recorded At – Piazza Navona, Roma
Recorded At – Studentersamfundet, Trondheim
Remastered At – Studio Midi-Pyrénées
Made By – www.morphius.com – MORPH-14641
Made By – www.morphius.com – MORPH-14642
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