The Best of Strawbs

Infobox Album
Name = The Best of Strawbs
Type = compilation
Artist = Strawbs

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Released = start date|1978
Recorded = 1971 - 1975
Genre = folk rock, progressive folk, progressive rock
Length =
Label = A&M records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Deadlines"
(1978)
This album = "The Best of Strawbs"
(1978)
Next album = "Don't Say Goodbye"
(1987)

"The Best of Strawbs" is a compilation album of songs by Strawbs.

Track listing

ide 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)

ide 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)

ide 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)

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

Recording history

References

* [http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/@f/f_best.htm "The Best of Strawbs" on Strawbsweb]