The Best of Strawbs
1978 compilation album by Strawbs
The Best of Strawbs | ||||
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Compilation album by Strawbs | ||||
Released | 1978 (1978) | |||
Recorded | 1971 - 1975 | |||
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Label | A&M Records | |||
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The Best of Strawbs is a compilation album of songs by Strawbs, with one track from the Dave Cousins solo album Two Weeks Last Summer.
Track listing
Side one
- "Hero and Heroine" (Dave Cousins)
- "Tears and Pavan"
- "Tears" (Cousins)
- "Pavan" (Richard Hudson, John Ford, Cousins)
- "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins)
- "Round and Round" (Cousins)
- "New World" (Cousins)
Side two
- "Benedictus" (Cousins)
- "Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins)
- "To Be Free" (Cousins)
- "Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In)" (Cousins)
- "Autumn"
- "Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken)
- "Deep Summer's Sleep" (Cousins)
- "The Winter Long" (Cousins)
Side three
- "Don't Try to Change Me" (Dave Lambert)
- "Little Sleepy" (Lambert)
- "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford)
- "Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins)
- "Down by the Sea" (Cousins)
Side four
- "Lay Down" (Cousins)
- "Heavy Disguise" (Ford)
- "Lemon Pie" (Cousins)
- "Blue Angel" (Cousins)
- "Divided"
- "Half Worlds Apart"
- "At Rest"
Personnel
- Dave Cousins – lead vocals, guitar, dulcimer
- Tony Hooper - backing vocals, guitar
- Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
- John Ford – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
- Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar
- Blue Weaver – keyboards
- John Hawken – keyboards
- Richard Hudson - backing vocals, drums, percussion
- Rod Coombes – drums
- Jon Hiseman – drums
Guest musician
- Roger Glover – bass guitar
Recording history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Comment |
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United Kingdom | 1978 (1978) | A&M | stereo 2LP | AMLM 66005 | |
United States | 1978 (1978) | A&M | stereo 2LP | SP 6005 | |
Canada | 1978 (1978) | A&M | stereo 2LP | SP 96005 |
References
- The Best of Strawbs on Strawbsweb
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- Dave Cousins
- Dave Lambert
- Chas Cronk
- Tony Fernandez
- Dave Bainbridge
- Tony Hooper
- Ron Chesterman
- Sandy Denny
- Rick Wakeman
- Richard Hudson
- John Ford
- Blue Weaver
- Rod Coombes
- John Hawken
- Andy Richards
- Brian Willoughby
- Oliver Wakeman
- Adam Wakeman
- All Our Own Work (with Sandy Denny)
- Strawbs
- Strawberry Sampler Number 1
- Dragonfly
- From the Witchwood
- Grave New World
- Bursting at the Seams
- Hero and Heroine
- Ghosts
- Nomadness
- Deep Cuts
- Burning for You
- Deadlines
- Don't Say Goodbye
- Heartbreak Hill
- Ringing Down the Years
- Blue Angel
- Déjà Fou
- The Broken Hearted Bride
- Dancing to the Devil's Beat
- Hero & Heroine in Ascencia
- Prognostic
- The Ferryman's Curse
- Settlement
- Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios
- Strawbs in Concert
- Greatest Hits Live
- Concert Classics
- The Complete Strawbs (Chiswick '98 Live)
- Live at Nearfest
- Recollection
- Lay Down with the Strawbs
- Strawbs by Choice
- The Best of Strawbs
- Preserves Uncanned
- A Choice Selection of Strawbs
- Halcyon Days
- Sandy Denny and the Strawbs
- The Collection
- Tears and Pavan
- Baroque & Roll
- Full Bloom
- Painted Sky
- "Oh How She Changed"
- "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus"
- "Forever"
- "Benedictus"
- "Here It Comes"
- "Lay Down"
- "Part of the Union"
- "Shine on Silver Sun"
- "Hero and Heroine"
- "Hold on to Me (The Winter Long)"
- "Grace Darling"
- "Lemon Pie"
- "I Only Want My Love to Grow in You"
- "Charmer"
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