Leg End (also known as Legend) is the debut album of British avant-rock group Henry Cow. It was recorded at Virgin Records's Manor studios over three weeks in May and June 1973, mixed in July 1973, and released in August 1973.
The album cover art work was by artist Ray Smith and was the first of three "paint socks" to adorn Henry Cow's albums.
With the exception of "Nine Funerals of the Citizen King", which the whole group sings, and background v...
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Leg End (also known as Legend) is the debut album of British avant-rock group Henry Cow. It was recorded at Virgin Records's Manor studios over three weeks in May and June 1973, mixed in July 1973, and released in August 1973.
The album cover art work was by artist Ray Smith and was the first of three "paint socks" to adorn Henry Cow's albums.
With the exception of "Nine Funerals of the Citizen King", which the whole group sings, and background voices on "Nirvana for Mice" ("Sweet mystery of life I will remember"), "Teenbeat" and "The Tenth Chaffinch", this is an instrumental album. The jazzy Canterbury sound on some of the pieces shows Henry Cow's beginnings, although they quickly moved on to establish their own unique sound.
"With the Yellow Half-Moon and Blue Star" is a Fred Frith composition that was commissioned by the Cambridge Contemporary Dance Group under Liebe Klug, and was named after a painting by Paul Klee ("Avec la demi-lune jaune et l'étoile bleue"). Only an extract...
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