Another great chapter in the Henry Cow Vinyl Reissue series! Desperate Straights was the first result of the historical meeting between Slapp Happy the German/English Avant-Pop band and the apparently incompatible Henry Cow. Recorded at Virgin Record’s Manor Studios in 1974 and properly re-mastered by Bob Drake Desperate Straights stands as a real piece of Art from another time.

Side A:
1. Some Questions About Hats
2. The Owl
3. A Worm Is At Work
4. Bad Alchemy
5. Europa
6. Desperate Straights
7. Riding Tigers
Side B:
1. Apes In Capes
2. Strayed
3. Giants
4. Excerpt From The Messiah
5. In The Sickbay
6. Caucasian Lullaby