first edition Paperback
1981 · London
by [Experimental Music] [British Music Collective] Cutler, Chris; Tim Hodgkinson
London: Third Step Printworks, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 115pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] White and black pictorial casebound wraps. Wraps a bit curled. Bottom fore-edge corner of front wrap lightly creased. Minor soiling to rear wrap. A collection of documents, artworks & general information by or about the British experimental rock band HENRY COW between 1968 & 1978. An avant-rock and free-jazz group founded at Cambridge University in 1968, HENRY COW possessed a strong anti-commercial attitude which distanced them from the mainstream music business.
From the prefatory remarks-
"This pamphlet is not an official history, nor does it attempt to give a balanced or considered picture of the life of the group. It is, in essence, no more than a collection of contemporary documents (in more or less chronological order), showing:
a. What we did
b. What image of ourselves and what 'message' we were trying to get across about what we did
c. Some public traces of ourselves and of specific projects in which we were involved- often as instigators
d. Where we stood. (Inventory #: 67887)
From the prefatory remarks-
"This pamphlet is not an official history, nor does it attempt to give a balanced or considered picture of the life of the group. It is, in essence, no more than a collection of contemporary documents (in more or less chronological order), showing:
a. What we did
b. What image of ourselves and what 'message' we were trying to get across about what we did
c. Some public traces of ourselves and of specific projects in which we were involved- often as instigators
d. Where we stood. (Inventory #: 67887)
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