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Released
  
July 1971

From the Witchwood(1971)
  
Grave New World(1972)

Release date
  
July 1971

Label
  
A&M Records

Length
  
38:11

Artist
  
Strawbs

Producer
  
Tony Visconti

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Recorded
  
February-March 1971, Air Studios, London

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Folk rock, Art rock

Similar
  
Strawbs albums, Progressive rock albums

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From the Witchwood is the fourth album by English band Strawbs. It was recorded at Air Studios, London during February and March 1971 and reached number 39 in the UK Album Charts.

Contents

The album is the third and final album to include Rick Wakeman, including his appearance as a session musician on the 1970 album Dragonfly.

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Cousins unless otherwise stated

Side one
  1. "A Glimpse of Heaven" – 3:50
  2. "Witchwood" – 3:23
  3. "Thirty Days" (John Ford) – 2:52
  4. "Flight" (Richard Hudson) – 4:24
  5. "The Hangman and the Papist" – 4:11
Side two
  1. "Sheep" – 4:14
  2. "Canon Dale" (Hudson) – 3:46
  3. "The Shepherd's Song" – 4:34
  4. "In Amongst the Roses" – 3:48
  5. "I'll Carry On Beside You" – 3:09
Bonus track

The A&M "Remasterpieces" CD re-release included the following as a bonus track

  1. "Keep the Devil Outside" (Ford) – 3:02

Personnel

  • Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, banjo, recorder
  • Tony Hooper – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, autoharp, tambourine
  • Rick Wakeman – piano, organ, celeste, mellotron, Moog synthesizer, clavinet, harpsichord
  • John Ford – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Richard Hudson – lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, sitar

    • Recording

  • Tony Visconti – Producer
  • Bill Price – Engineer
  • Alan Harris – Engineer
  • John Punter – Engineer
  • Chris Michie – Engineer

    • Songs

    1A Glimpse of Heaven3:51
    2Witchwood3:24
    3Thirty Days2:53

    References

    From the Witchwood Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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