Composer/multi-instrumentalist & activist Lindsay Cooper explores the song form on her first post-Henry Cow release

Composer/multi-instrumentalist & activist Lindsay Cooper explores the song form on her 1st post-Henry Cow releases, 'Rags' & 'The Golddiggers', here combined in one 74 minute CD, including extensive booklet filled w/ photos & texts.. Features Sally Potter, Phil Minton, Georgie Born, Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, Marilyn Mazur, Kate Westbrook, Collette Lafont, Eleanor Sloan, Lol Coxhill & Dave Holland.

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Cooper's musical restlessness was the perfect balance for the members of Henry Cow, who included Fred Frith, John Greaves, Dagmar Krause, Peter Blegvad, Tim Hodgkinson, and Chris Cutler. Cooper recorded two albums with the band, Unrest in 1974 and Western Culture in 1979, and also recorded both Slapp Happy albums with them -- Desperate Straits and In Praise of Learning, both released in 1975 -- and played on Steve Hillage's 1975 Fish Rising album. In addition, she reunited briefly with Comus, recording one album with them called To Keep from Crying (1974), played with Egg on their Civil Surface recording (1974), and contributed to Hatfield and the North's The Rotters' Club disc (1975). By 1975 Cooper had helped to found and become the musical director for the City, a theatrical rock band and first encountered the personages of Lol Coxhill, Evan Parker, and Derek Bailey. She began to improvise and play with them later that year.

Henry Cow broke up in 1978, and the aforementioned illustrious Western Culture arrived the following year, with one side of the album devoted solely to Cooper's compositions. This was no mean feat for a woman coming out of the rock world in the late '70s.

She joined National Health for a short time but left as the group struggled through lineup changes and record company indifference during the ascent of punk. She recorded her first solo album, Rags, in 1980, which featured her first collaboration with Phil Minton along with Born, Potter, Chris Cutler, and Fred Frith.

Additional Details

Label: Rer Megacorp

Genre: Progressive Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 74 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/10/17

UPC: 752725036528