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Released
  
1973

Producer
  
Strawbs

Release date
  
1973

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Length
  
40:29

Artist
  
Strawbs

Label
  
A&M Records

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Recorded
  
October - December 1972

Bursting at the Seams (1973)
  
All Our Own Work (1973)

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Strawbs flying 1973


Bursting at the Seams is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It contains their two most successful singles and reached number 2 in the UK Album Chart.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Flying" (Dave Cousins) – 4:49
  2. "Lady Fuschia" (Richard Hudson, John Ford) – 3:59
  3. "Stormy Down" (Cousins) – 2:45
  4. "Down by the Sea" (Cousins) – 6:17
  5. "The River" (Cousins) – 2:21

Side two

  1. "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) – 2:54
  2. "Tears and Pavan" – 6:35
  3. "The Winter and the Summer" (Dave Lambert) – 4:07
  4. "Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:31
  5. "Thank You" (Blue Weaver, Cousins) – 2:11

Bonus tracks

The A&M 1998 remastered CD featured the following as bonus tracks:

  1. "Will You Go"(aka "Wild Mountain Thyme") (Francis McPeake)
  2. "Backside" (Cousins, Hudson, Ford, Lambert, Weaver)
  3. "Lay Down" (Single version) (Cousins)

Additionally, tracks 4 & 5 are reversed in order (4) "The River" followed by (5) "Down by the Sea."

Personnel

  • Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo
  • Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Blue Weaver – organ, piano, mellotron
  • John Ford – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Richard Hudson – backing vocals, drums, sitar

    • Recording

  • Strawbs – Producers
  • Tom Allom – Engineer

    • Recorded at Sound Techniques, the Manor and Morgan Studios

    Songs

    1Flying4:50
    2Lady Fuschia3:59
    3Stormy Down2:45

    References

    Bursting at the Seams Wikipedia
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