Album
Western Culture
1978 · Jazz, Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Western Culture is a Rock album by Henry Cow, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 20 pressings tracked.
About
Western Culture is a studio album by English avant-rock group Henry Cow, recorded at Sunrise Studios in Kirchberg, Switzerland in January and July–August 1978. It was their last album and was released on Henry Cow's own private label, Broadcast, in 1979. Later editions appeared on Interzone in the US and Celluloid in France. Only the UK Broadcast pressing used the custom label artwork design. Western Culture is an instrumental album which came about as a result of disagreements in the band as to what the composition of their next album should be. Recording had already begun at Sunrise Studios in January 1978 and some members were not happy about the predominance of song-oriented material. As a compromise it was agreed that two albums would be made: one of "songs" (released soon after as Hopes and Fears under the name of a new group Art Bears) and one of purely instrumental composition. The group returned to Sunrise Studios in July that year to record the instrumental pieces for Western Culture, except "½ the Sky", which had been recorded during the January session. .
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Tracklist
- History & Prospects
- Day By Day
Side A
- A1Industry6:58
- A2The Decay Of Cities6:55
- A3On The Raft4:01
Side B
- B1Falling Away7:38
- B2Gretels Tale3:58
- B3Look Back1:19
- B41/2 The Sky5:14
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- angular
- intense
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Annemarie RoelofsGUEST , TROMBONE, VIOLIN MUSICIAN , TROMBONE, VIOLIN TROMBONE, VIOLIN
- Chris CutlerDRUMS, DRUMS , SOUNDS , COVER DRUMS, ELECTRONIC DRUMS , NOISES DRUMS, ELECTRONIC DRUMS , NOISES , COVER
- Fred FrithACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS, BANJO ACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR , BASS
- Lindsay CooperBASSOON, OBOE, SAXOPHONE , RECORDER BASSOON, OBOE, SAXOPHONE , TAPE BASSOON, OBOE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE , RECORDER
- Tim HodgkinsonORGAN , ALTO SAXOPHONE , CLARINET ORGAN , ALTO SAXOPHONE, CLARINET ORGAN, ALTO SAXOPHONE, CLARINET
- Georgie BornBASS GUEST , BASS MUSICIAN , BASS
- Irene SchweizerGUEST , PIANO MUSICIAN , PIANO PIANO
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 20 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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