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1	Some Questions About Hats	1:53
2	The Owl	2:17
3	A Worm Is At Work	1:52
4	Bad Alchemy Piano – John Greaves	3:06
5	Europa Percussion – Pierre Moerlen	2:48
6	Desperate Straights	4:14
7	Riding Tigers	2:02
8	Apes In Capes	2:16
9	Strayed	1:54
10	Giants	1:57
11	Excerpt From The Messiah	1:49
12	In The Sickbay Organ [Wurlitzer] – Dagmar Krause	2:09
13	Caucasian Lullaby Piano – Tim Hodgkinson	8:25

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – ReR Megacorp
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ReR Megacorp
• Copyright (c) – EMI Virgin Music
• Copyright (c) – Blackhill Music Ltd.
• Produced At – The Manor
• Produced At – Nova Sound Studios, London
• Remastered At – Studio Midi-Pyrénées
• Manufactured By – MorphiusDisc Manufacturing – MORPH-12475
• Manufactured By – www.morphius.com – MORPH-12475
• Glass Mastered At – DCA – 1/1DCA15759

Credits

• Arranged By, Producer – Henry Cow, Simon Heyworth, Slapp Happy
• Bass – John Greaves
• Bassoon, Oboe – Lindsay Cooper
• Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson
• Cover, Artwork [Lithograph] – Peter Blegvad
• Design [Graphic Design] – Tim Schwartz
• Drums – Chris Cutler
• Flute – Geoff Leigh
• French Horn – Muchsin Campbell
• Guitar – Fred Frith, Peter Blegvad
• Piano – Anthony Moore
• Remastered By – Bob Drake
• Trombone – Nick Evans
• Trumpet – Mongezi Feza
• Violin – Fred Frith
• Vocals – Dagmar Krause, Peter Blegvad
• Written-By – Moore* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13), Cutler* (tracks: 13), Krause* (tracks: 12), Handel* (tracks: 11), Greaves* (tracks: 4), Blegvad* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7, 9 to 12)

Notes

Japanese Special Limited edition. With same booklet as Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights.
Issued without obi.

Mini LP CD replica of the original release with reduced copy of the original 16pp biographical booklet.

Re-mastered from the original master tapes at Studio Midi-Pyrenees 2004.
℗ 1975 EMI Virgin Music, Blackhill Music, Ltd.
© 2004 ReR Megacorp

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: MORPHIUSDISC MFG WWW.MORPHIUS.COM MORPH-12475 01 ***1/1DCA15759*
• Mastering SID Code (Mirrored): IFPI LL27
• Mould SID Code: IFPI F702
• Label Code: LC-02677
• Other (Cat.# On Disc): ReR HCSH1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V 2024	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V 2024	UK	1975
TCV 2024	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(Cass, Album)	Virgin	TCV 2024	UK	1975
V 2024	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Virgin	V 2024	UK	1975
V 2024	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Virgin	V 2024	UK	1975
VIP-4071	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	VIP-4071	Japan	1980