Saw them supporting Beefheart. My first ever gig. I have never been right since.

Chris cutler embodies my joyous life in the 70s - I remember seeing him delivering supplies to the On The 8th Day vegan cafe Manchester, barefooted...it ain't the same no more

Chris Cutler steals the show, as always. He is, without a doubt, one of the most versatile, distinctive, and dynamic drummers to ever get behind the kit.

Lindsay Cooper was stunningly beautiful and incredibly talented. Her sad loss was a tragedy. Henry Cow are undoubtedly one of the most under rated bands of their time. Amazing.

I could watch Chris play drums all day - the concentration, fluidity, inventiveness and sheer artistry is staggering.

What an inmense drummer is Chris, it looks like an elegant Keith Moon.

Such a fantastic band. My crush on Lindsay Cooper goes on forever and ever.

there's a 10 disc box set of rare "Cow" live and studio recordings, all previously unreleased..one is the DVD of this concert in it's entirety..Chris Cutler put much time and effort into this magnum release...pricey but priceless..

Great band, cultured and avant-garde music.

Wow! First Henry Cow performance I've seen. Listened to them a lot in the 80s, but seeing them is something new.

How much I love this... The time goes by, but this music is still young, wild, unadutered!

Timeless albums ! These inspired artists could play all the possible instruments and imaginable so their mastery is intense. The musicians merge an evocative and dreamy poetry and we find ourselves there, facing a masterpiece of world music.

There's something about this performace is so surreal yet fascinating

Cutler's playing is amazing

A fabulous song, one of my favorites by this band.

Loved them, and saw them a couple of times. Saw them in Huddersfield a few years back. Fred Frith, what a gent!

i saw Chris Cutler playin in my city on 2007 that change my life and the way i see music :)

that's R.I.O. with a vocal at its finest, great voice Dagma!

"One of the most beautiful pieces by Henry Cow, filmed in Switzerland in Veivey in 1976. I added a credits at the beginning to introduce the musicians. The track has been cut into two parts for posting to KZfaq (it is 19 minutes in total). There's some remarkable improvisation in the middle, and Chris Cutler's body language is worth a look."

Un album hors du temps ! Ces artistes inspirés pourraient jouer de tous les instruments possibles et imaginables tellement leur maîtrise est intense. Les musiciens fusionnent une poésie évocatrice et rêveuse et nous nous trouvons là, face à un chef-d'œuvre de la musique du monde §

Pure genius, great to finally "see" them after all this time, worth the wait!

They "incarne" progressive music (with VdGG). Dagmar has such an incredible voice. The alchimy is just perfect. Miss them.

MERCI de poster cette vidéo, ces gens sont géniaux, ils m'ont énormément apporté, j'ai cru en eux de toutes mes forces et c'est grâce à eux - entre autres, avec Magma, King Crimson, Hatfield and the North, Allan Holdsworth, etc -, que j'ai contracté cette maladie qu'on appelle PASSION...

Siempre va han sido genios en sus respectivos instrumentos , maravilla de música , saludos desde México Querétaro .

magnifique , les frontières du jazz, du classique, du pop s'estompent au profit d'un pays musical onirique sans limite

I'm not sure how to feel about this but I like it somehow.

Henry Cow fait partie de mes groupes fétiches, il a fallu que je tombe par hasard en 1977 sur une de leur cassette "Legend" pour bouleverser ma façon de lire la musique.

Soft Machine Magma and Henry Cow, those are the bands. Europe's finest

Can't believe the quality of this video. Historic!

amazing Cutler......I saw him once on stage....uffff awesome musician

I am thrilled to see this posted. I can remember seeing Chris Cutler in 1974 and never seeing ANYONE ELSE play like that. Great fun to watch him!

I've been listening to these guys since 75, I luv em to bits ,

fantastic group !!!

Never heard them before - came here out of curiosity after reading about them in the amazing Prog history book, A New Day Yesterday.

man what a cool stage

OMG! Didn't know there was video of this stuff. Great quality. Thanks for posting.. OMFG. Just seen there's Living in the Heart of the Beast here too. I think I'm going to explode with delight,., :)

wow. thanks for getting this up. my fave henry cow track. always wanted to see chris culter really go for it like this. great drummer.

I keep coming back to this video. What do I have to do to get this line up of Henry Cow and Dagmar to play in my back yard for my birthday?! HAHA! I love this!!!

I saw them live, they were magical. Tanks

Beautyful as the moon for sure. I love it

still love it!!

Too fabulous, too fantastic.! Heaven stumbles, indeed! Thanks SO much for this!!!!

Wonderful, inoxidable and out of time.... THNX

Merci pour avoir mis cette vidéo. Henri Cow a probablement été le groupe le plus étonnant de la scène progressive des années 70. La voix de Dagmar....

What a gorgeous upload - fantastic treat - thxs so much!

Henry Cow it is a legend of R.I.O, great band

Thank you so very much for uploading. Simply wonderful.

--- And beautifully edited! Thanks for sharing.

Tanx a lot for the uploud , very enjoyable.

génial!!!!!

Thank you this is an insanely fantastic treat!

che Dio (o chi ne fa le veci) ti benedica. Grazie per i video HC !!!

Yes, at one point music was original, daring and beautiful. A friend with otherwise fantastic taste in music handed me his copy of "In Praise Of Learning" when I was 15. He didn't like it. I believe it was too "jazzy" for him. I've since thanked him several times. Fantastic, organic, inventive music.

merveille des merveilles. merci.

Splendide, merci !

Some people say WTF but I dig the Cow

Switches between 7/4 and 13/8.

Masterpiece !!!

Amazing!!!

Cutler's a beast! =D

La meilleure compo de Henry Cow, presque zeuhl.

I'd say this video was fantastic but it wouldn't do it justice! I never thought I'd ever see live footage of the Cow. That box set is now on order. Since I'm already nuts there could be a slim hope that it will make me sane :) Dagmar is so wonderful and Chris Cutler is a joy on drums.

One measure of 7/4, one measure of 13/8 repeat

stunning mesmerising

Superb !!!!!!!!

Just beautiful. The first HC song I ever heard (the "Concerts" version), and in crystal-clear video. Dagmar looks sooooo ill and unhappy, lol.

Pinnacle of music

una delle migliori band di sempre

This has been my introduction to Henry Cow, having foung my way here via Gong. I want to hear more. I was fully on board with this track, but must admit to being slightly frightened from around 6.40 onwards

i've never seen a video of them...THANK YOU SO MUCH! alas, no John Greaves on this video!

Thank you :) (and thank iMovie)

Thanks Bernard for posting all this stuff, it's fabulous. I'm going to be very tired tomorrow cos i'm staying up watching stuff when i should ha gone to bed ages ago 8^)

cose pazzesche e incredibilmente magnifiche!!!

Reassuring to see Georgie Born playing the bass guitar as if it were a classical guitar. I thought I was the only one who did that!

Definitely Jaki and Bill, now we need 4 more 4 a top 10. As blokes, we have to make lists, it's what we do. Guy Evans from Van der Graaf springs to mind as does Ian McDonald from the original Crimso and McDonald and Giles. I loved Andrew McCulloch's playing with King Crimson on the Lizard album (bit of a Crimso theme emerging here. And of course the genius that was John 'Drumbo' French with Beefheart, a much dirtier approach but still wonderfully inventive.

Super 👍... Very good progressive

Absolutley! Chris Cutler - surely the most inefficient drummer of all time! All that energy expended waving his arms around before each perfect light touch on the kit. Fabulous to watch, sublime to hear

@philrouge77 yeah, I hear that too, its like they stick in a couple more 7/4 measures at the beginning of that part. After the first few changes I'm pretty sure it falls into that pattern

Yes, it's in the Henry Cow anniversary box that you can order to recommended records (google ReR Megacorp). Worth the price given the amount of material there (mainly audio).

благодарю вас

would pay for the sheet music of this

I would now be immediately inclined to search ebay for a valuable cd of this

Che bellezza. Grandi.

Interesting sound

@BassLudeman Hey thanks mate! I've been trying to figure that one out for ages.

4:38 that build.. spine tingling

Chris Cutler.

Another band that my brother made my know... i haven't listen to it for a while... i'll try to find the studio version.. but i like to see them live...(ps. funny how the singer looks like me, besides the nose & teeth, same shape of face and cheeks, long neck.. same kind of hair too..)

Careworn and all alone - First days Charon the unborn - Days erased Death: Venus unfurled - The world we lost we found - spoiled No sun, no birds, no stars, no form Evened we are fallen all before time Lief lorn we unlearn all crime Lives - levelled as lies A star mourns souls ungraved - ignored Slow wheels: Mira. Algol. Maia Rose Dawn Daemon Rise Up And seize the morning - your due Love solves worlds - with words Arise Amidnight and heaven Stumbles - as time ends Last days hollow souls view Glass maze a science sees us through History moulds men Selves men made Its tyrannies end when Its ghosts are laid Dark Class marches past to war Class cause carries all before Capital steals Fire Fools no more His factories free dreams His Kings expire Rose Dawn Day Moon Take Care! Banners of Crimson Are raised Time solves words - by deeds Arise work men and seize The future. Let Ends Begin

Magnificent. Please tell me who's doing anything like this now - apart from ex-henrys and their obvious peers. Please...

If you can, try the Concerts album; those sides to their writing make more sense I think. Welcome to this stuff, I remember hearing it initially and listened constantly after that.

Part of a full concert. Go to your local Recommended Records website (ReRUSA, or whatever) and BUY the HC Anniversary Box Set.

viva henry cow!

❤

Starts in 7/8. Fluctuates a little as it goes on.

hello to all who have posted here. nice to read such considered views.

Fantastic video. Maybe one with Greaves will turn up int he future? The only video that I've seen with (most of the members of) Henry Cow is the 1973 Tubular Bells video (I don't think that Cooper was with the group yet, but Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson, and Leigh were in it.)

@Hyardacil its alternating 7/4 and 13/8 (one eight-note short of 7/4) 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1-2-3-4-5-6-and1-2-3-4-5-6-7, etc.

Avant Prog? Some pretty dissonant stuff. Just checking out this band for the first time. I know a bit of Fred Frith's playing from his electric bass work w/ John Zorn's Naked City. This tune has some beautiful /scary modal mixture harmony. Goes well into Modern Classical type changes that Post Modern Jazz might employ. Then starting around 6:22 a section that is an obvious influence on Zorn's own music...Free sound scape explorations, w/ Concrete/Electronic overtones...

@Hyardacil as far as I remember, it's a bit irregular with several time signature changes