[3] Hopes and Fears was originally recorded as a Henry Cow album, but when some of the band members were unhappy about the predominance of song-oriented material over instrumentals, it was released under the Art Bears name.
In 2006 Recommended Records, founded by Henry Cow drummer Chris Cutler.
In 2009, to mark the anniversary of the formation of Henry Cow, Recommended Records released a 9-CD plus one DVD box set, The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set that contained previously unreleased recordings made between 1972 and 1978.
In March 2017 Volumes 1 to 5 and 7 to 10, and the bonus CD released by Recommended as freestanding albums; Volume 6 previously released separately in September 2008.The 2006 bonus CD-single: "Unreleased Orckestra Extract" appears as two tracks ("Untitled" and "Would You Prefer Us To Lie") on the 2019 bonus CD: Ex Box – Collected Fragments 1971–1978.
20 was released in December 2022 and is a supplement to The Henry Cow Box Redux; it contains additional unreleased material uncovered after the release of the box set in 2019.Albums with, or by, other artists containing previously unreleased Henry Cow tracks.