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A1	Some Questions About Hats Written-By – Moore*, Blegvad*	1:53
A2	The Owl Written-By – Moore*	2:17
A3	A Worm Is At Work Written-By – Moore*, Blegvad*	1:52
A4	Bad Alchemy Piano – John GreavesWritten-By – Greaves*, Blegvad*	3:06
A5	Europa Guest [Assisted By], Percussion – Pierre MoerlenWritten-By – Moore*, Blegvad*	2:48
A6	Desperate Straights Written-By – Moore*	4:14
A7	Riding Tigers Written-By – Blegvad*	2:02
B1	Apes In Capes Written-By – Moore*	2:16
B2	Strayed Written-By – Blegvad*	1:54
B3	Giants Written-By – Moore*, Blegvad*	1:57
B4	Excerpt From The Messiah Written-By – Blegvad*	1:49
B5	In The Sickbay Organ [Wurlitzer] – Dagmar*Written-By – Dagmar*, Blegvad*	2:09
B6	Caucasian Lullaby Piano – Tim HodgkinsonWritten-By – Moore*, Cutler*	8:25

Companies, etc.

• Produced At – The Manor
• Produced At – Nova Sound Studios, London
• Published By – Blackhill Music Ltd.
• Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Music Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Recorded At – The Manor
• Recorded At – Nova Sound Studios, London

Credits

• Arranged By, Producer – Henry Cow, Simon Heyworth, Slapp Happy
• Bass – John Greaves
• Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson
• Cover, Lithography – Peter Blegvad
• Drums – Chris Cutler
• Guest [Assisted By], Flute – Geoff Leigh
• Guest [Assisted By], French Horn – Muchsin Campbell
• Guest [Assisted By], Oboe, Bassoon – Lindsay Cooper
• Guest [Assisted By], Trombone – Nick Evans
• Guest [Assisted By], Trumpet – Mongezi Feza
• Guitar – Fred Frith, Peter Blegvad
• Piano – Anthony Moore
• Violin – Fred Frith
• Voice – Dagmar*, Peter Blegvad

Notes

1st pressing.
Released in a gatefold cover and record with Virgin colour labels.

Artists are Slapp Happy & Henry Cow on front cover and spine, but Slapp Happy only on inside gatefold and labels.

on back cover and label side 1 : ℗ 1975 Virgin Records Ltd.
on label side 2 : ℗ 1975 Virgin Music Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: V 2024 A-2U
• Matrix / Runout: V 2024 B-1U

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
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
limitedDesperate	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	ReR Megacorp	limitedDesperate	Japan	2006