The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set

The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set
Box set by Henry Cow
Released	January 2009 (2009-01)
Recorded	1972–1978
Genre	Avant-rock free improvisation
Length	596:28 (excluding bonus CD)
Label	Recommended (UK)
Producer	Henry Cow
Henry Cow chronology
Stockholm & Göteborg (2008) The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set (2009) The Henry Cow Box Redux: The Complete Henry Cow (2019)

The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set (also known as The Road) is a nine-CD plus one-DVD limited edition^[1] box set by English avant-rock group Henry Cow, and was released by RēR Megacorp in January 2009. It consists of almost 10 hours of previously unreleased recordings made between 1972 and 1978 from concerts, radio broadcasts, one-off projects, events and the studio. Included are new compositions, over four hours of free improvisation, and live performances of some of Henry Cow's original LP repertoire.

Chris Cutler, of Henry Cow and RēR Megacorp, planned and coordinated the whole project. Assembly of the recordings began in the mid-1990s and were edited by Cutler. He also prepared and edited two books that are included in the box set. Bob Drake remastered and, where possible, non-invasively remixed the original recordings at Studio Midi-Pyrenees in France between 2004 and 2008.

The box set was expected to be ready before the end of 2008 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the formation of Henry Cow, but the discovery of additional material delayed its release. Volume 6 of the box set, Stockholm & Göteborg was released separately by RēR Megacorp in September 2008 in advance of the box set's release. A limited edition bonus CD, A Cow Cabinet of Curiosities was given to subscribers of the box set.

In March 2017 Volumes 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 of the box set, plus the bonus CD were each released by RēR Megacorp as separate albums.