The Best of Strawbs explained
| The Best of Strawbs |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Strawbs |
| Cover: | Best of strawbs.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1971–1975 |
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| Label: | A&M Records |
| Prev Title: | Deadlines |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Don't Say Goodbye |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
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.
Track listing
Side one
- "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
- "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
- "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
- "Lay Down" (Cousins)
- "Heavy Disguise" (Ford)
- "Lemon Pie" (Cousins)
- "Blue Angel" (Cousins)
"Divided"
"Half Worlds Apart"
"At Rest"
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
- 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
Recording history
References
