Ghosts (Strawbs album) explained

Ghosts
Type:	studio
Artist:	Strawbs
Cover:	Ghosts cover.jpg
Released:	January 1975
Recorded:	July–September 1974
Genre:	Progressive rock
Length:	41:04
Label:	A&M, (UK)
Producer:	Tom Allom
Prev Title:	Strawbs by Choice
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Nomadness
Next Year:	1975

Ghosts is the eighth studio album by English band Strawbs.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Ghosts" (Dave Cousins) – 8:31

"Sweet Dreams"

"Night Light"

"Guardian Angel"

"Night Light"

1. "Lemon Pie" (Cousins) – 4:03
2. "Starshine/Angel Wine" (Chas Cronk) – 5:15
3. "Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In)" (Cousins) – 3:02

Side two

1. "The Life Auction" – 6:52

"Impressions of Southall from the Train" (Cousins, John Hawken)

"The Auction" (Cousins, Dave Lambert)

1. "Don't Try to Change Me" (Lambert) – 4:28
2. "Remembering" (Hawken) – 0:54
3. "You and I (When We Were Young)" (Cousins) – 4:04
4. "Grace Darling" (Cousins) – 3:55

Bonus track - A&M remastered CD

1. "Changes Arrange Us" (Rod Coombes) – 3:55

Rod Coombes sings lead vocals on this track and plays guitar.

Personnel

• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, recorder
• Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic & electric guitar
• John Hawken – piano, electric piano, harpsichord, mellotron, Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ, pipe organ
• Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
• Rod Coombes – backing vocals, drums, congas, percussion

Additional personnel

• Claire Deniz – cello on "Starshine/Angel Wine"
• Robert Kirby - choral arrangements

Recording

• Tom Allom – Producer and Engineer
• Mick Glossop - assistant engineer

Recorded at The Manor, Kidlington, Oxfordshire; Sound Techniques, London; TPA, London and the chapel of Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey between 16 July and 13 September 1974. "Where Do You Go" was recorded at Island Studios, London, on 30 July 1973.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Comment
United Kingdom		A&M	stereo LP	AMLH 68277
United States		A&M	stereo LP	SP 4506
Canada		A&M	stereo LP	SP 4506	Highest chart placement #12 on RPM chart April 1975^[1]
Germany		A&M	stereo LP	88564
United Kingdom		A&M	Cassette	CAM 68277
South Korea		Si-Wan	CD	SRMC 0085
		A&M	CD	540 937-2	Remastered with bonus track.

References

• Ghosts on Strawbsweb
• Sleeve notes CD 540 937-2 Ghosts

Notes and References

1. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - April 19, 1975.