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Strawbs (album)

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Released
  
May 1969

Genre
  
Progressive folk

Label
  
A&M

Recorded
  
1969

Length
  
38:04

Producer
  
Gus Dudgeon

Strawbs is the debut studio album by English band Strawbs. (The Sandy Denny & The Strawbs LP All Our Own Work released in Denmark is generally not counted.)

Contents

Not initially issued in the US, US A&M did issue two singles ("Oh How She's Changed" b/w "Or Am I Dreaming", and "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" b/w "Poor Jimmy Wilson").

Side one

  1. "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" (Dave Cousins) – 3:53
  2. "That Which Once Was Mine" (Cousins) – 2:49
  3. "All the Little Ladies" (Cousins, Tony Hooper) – 2:18
  4. "Pieces of 79 and 15" (Cousins, Hooper) – 3:00
  5. "Tell Me What You See in Me" (Cousins) – 5:01
  6. "Oh How She Changed" (Cousins, Hooper) – 2:54

Side two

  1. "Or Am I Dreaming?" (Cousins) – 2:25
  2. "Where Is This Dream of Your Youth?" (Cousins) – 3:06
  3. "Poor Jimmy Wilson" (Cousins) – 2:37
  4. "Where Am I? / I'll Show You Where to Sleep" (Cousins) – 3:27
  5. "The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:34

Bonus tracks

The A&M 2008 release also included the following bonus tracks: -

  1. "Interview / That Which Once Was Mine" (Cousins) – 3:41
  2. "Poor Jimmy Wilson" (Cousins) – 2:28
  3. "The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:09

These tracks were recorded on January 12, 1969 (1969-01-12) for John Peel's "Top Gear" radio show on BBC Radio 1

Personnel

  • Dave Cousins – guitars, lead and backing vocals
  • Tony Hooper – guitars, lead and backing vocals
  • Ron Chesterman – double bass
    • Additional personnel
  • John Paul Jones – bass guitar
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano
  • Richard Wilson – spoken words

    • A group of Arab musicians also feature on the track "Tell Me What You See in Me".

    Recording

  • Gus Dudgeon – producer and engineer

    • References

    Strawbs (album) Wikipedia
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