Henry Cow: In Praise of Learning
Ian MacDonald, NME, 7 June 1975
IT HAS been said that rock has lost its vision. It has also been suggested that the current drought of spectacular things to behold in the field is down to either the malign influence of capital or simple boredom with the means of production. (Yep, this is a Henry Cow review.)
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