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The Best of Strawbs

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Released
  
1978 (1978)

Artist
  
Strawbs

Label
  
A&M Records

Recorded
  
1971 - 1975

Release date
  
1978

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The Best of Strawbs (1978)
  
Don't Say Goodbye (1987)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Folk rock, Progressive folk

Similar
  
Strawbs albums, Progressive rock albums

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.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Hero and Heroine" (Dave Cousins)
  2. "Tears and Pavan"
  3. "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins)
  4. "Round and Round" (Cousins)
  5. "New World" (Cousins)

Side two

  1. "Benedictus" (Cousins)
  2. "Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins)
  3. "To Be Free" (Cousins)
  4. "Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In)" (Cousins)
  5. "Autumn"

Side three

  1. "Don't Try to Change Me" (Dave Lambert)
  2. "Little Sleepy" (Lambert)
  3. "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford)
  4. "Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins)
  5. "Down by the Sea" (Cousins)

Side four

  1. "Lay Down" (Cousins)
  2. "Heavy Disguise" (Ford)
  3. "Lemon Pie" (Cousins)
  4. "Blue Angel" (Cousins)

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
  • Roger Glover – bass guitar
  • Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Richard Hudson - backing vocals, drums, percussion
  • Rod Coombes – drums
  • Jon Hiseman – drums
  • Blue Weaver – keyboards
  • John Hawken – keyboards

    • References

    The Best of Strawbs Wikipedia
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