A Choice Selection of Strawbs

Infobox Album
Name = A Choice Selection of Strawbs
Type = compilation
Artist = Strawbs


Released = start date|1992
Recorded = 1970 - 1976
Genre = folk rock, progressive folk, progressive rock
Length =
Label = A&M records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Ringing Down the Years"
(1991)
This album = "A Choice Selection of Strawbs"
(1992)
Next album = "Greatest Hits Live"
(1993)

"A Choice Selection of Strawbs" is a compilation album of songs by Strawbs.

Track listing

#"Lay Down" (Dave Cousins)
#"Lemon Pie" (Cousins)
#"Lady Fuschia" (Richard Hudson,John Ford)
#"Autumn"
#:"Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken)
#:"Deep Summer's Sleep" (Cousins)
#:"The Winter Long" (Cousins)
#"A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins)
#"The Hangman and the Papist" (Cousins)
#"New World" (Cousins)
#"Round and Round" (Cousins)
#"I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" (Cousins, Chas Cronk)
#"Benedictus" (Cousins)
#"Hero and Heroine" (Cousins)
#"Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins)
#"Tears and Pavan"
#:"Tears" (Cousins)
#:"Pavan" (Hudson, Ford, Cousins)
#"To Be Free" (Cousins)
#"Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford)
#"Down by the Sea" (Cousins)

Personnel

*Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, dulcimer (all tracks)
*Tony Hooper - backing vocals, guitar (tracks 6,7,10,12)
*Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar (tracks 1,2,3,4,8,9,11,13,14,15,16)
*John Ford – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar (tracks 1,3,5,6,7,10,12,13,15,16)
*Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar (tracks 2,4,8,9,11,14)
*Richard Hudson - backing vocals, drums, percussion, sitar (tracks 1,3,5,6,7,10,12,13,15,16)
*Rod Coombes – drums (tracks 2,4,8,9,11,14)
*Rick Wakeman – keyboards (tracks 5,6,12)
*Blue Weaver – keyboards (tracks 1,3,7,10,13,15,16)
*John Hawken – keyboards (tracks 2,4,8,11)
*Robert Kirby – keyboards (track 9)
*John Mealing – keyboards (track 9)

Release history

References

* [http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/@f/f_select.htm "A Choice Selection of Strawbs" on Strawbsweb]