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.
| The Best of Strawbs | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1971–1975 | |||
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| Label | A&M Records | |||
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Track listing
editSide one
edit- "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
edit- "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
edit- "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
edit- "Lay Down" (Cousins)
- "Heavy Disguise" (Ford)
- "Lemon Pie" (Cousins)
- "Blue Angel" (Cousins)
- "Divided"
- "Half Worlds Apart"
- "At Rest"
Personnel
edit- 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
edit- Roger Glover – bass guitar
Recording history
edit| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Comment |
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| United Kingdom | 1978 | A&M | stereo 2LP | AMLM 66005 | |
| United States | 1978 | A&M | stereo 2LP | SP 6005 | |
| Canada | 1978 | A&M | stereo 2LP | SP 96005 |
References
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