Peter Blegvad
Peter Blegvad is an American singer, songwriter and cartoonist, born in New York City in 1951 and raised partly in England after his family moved there in 1965, where he went to school in Letchworth. He formed Slapp Happy in Hamburg with Anthony Moore and Dagmar Krause, an avant-pop trio that briefly merged with Henry Cow. He is also known for Leviathan, the comic strip he drew for The Independent from 1992. With Henry Cow, Slapp Happy made Desperate Straights and In Praise of Learning, both released in 1975 on Virgin. In 1977 Blegvad recorded Kew. Rhone.
Kew. Rhone.
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* The classic restored. No extra tracks, just this legendary release as it was originally conceived. Kew Rhone was made soon a…
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Camera
Comes in mini LP replica with obi & Japanese insert. Acnalbasac Noom -- meant to be the German-English-American avant-pop group Slapp Happy's second album -- was originally recorded in 1973 but did not see release originally until 1980. Recorded with…
Uniformagazine N°3
The following commentary was written about three books by Richard Long from the late 1970s: “Throughout these publications, the photographs are definitive records of moments within a landscape, whether of a single geometric form made with material fr…
The Peter Blegvad Bandbox
Starting with Blegvad's "Downtime" LP, this box traces the evolution of the Peter Blegvad Trio into a quintet with Karen Mantler and Bob Drake, released in a solid box with a double CD of alternate versions, unreleased material and live performances,…
Go Figure
After 19 years, Go Figure marks the Peter Blegvad Trio's return to the studio, in supernal form and now a quintet with Karen Mantler and Bob Drake. Peter, John and Chris first met when Henry Cow was touring with Faust, in 1972. Peter was on secondm…
Downtime
The first release by the Blegvad Trio (Peter Blegvad, John Greaves, Chris Cutler). Compiled over two years without the pressure of Peter's major label releases, giving time for the songs and for Peter's singing to speak for themselves. Widely dive…
Hangman's Hill
13 New songs from the master of witty, cynical but wistful songs, Peter Blegvad. With John Greaves and Chris Cutler.Follow up to the masterly Just Woke Up, sporting great new songs and guests including B.J.Cole, Geraint Watkins, Adam X, Chris Stam…