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Desperate Straights

Artist Henry Cow Released 1975 Type album

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Third of the five Henry Cow records held here. It came seven years into a run that began in 1968. 1975 puts it three years ahead of the genre it is filed under: this tree dates Avant-prog / RIO from 1978.

From Wikipedia

Desperate Straights is a collaborative studio album by British avant-rock groups Slapp Happy and Henry Cow. It was recorded at Virgin Records' Manor Studio and Nova Sound Studios in November 1974, and released in February 1975. It was Slapp Happy's second album for Virgin, and they had invited Henry Cow to record with them.

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