Halcyon Days (Strawbs album)

Infobox Album
Name = Halcyon Days
Type = compilation
Artist = Strawbs

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Released = start date|1997
Recorded = start date|1968 - start date|1991
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 148:37
Label = A&M Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Strawbs in Concert"
(1995)
This album = "Halcyon Days"
(1997)
Next album = "Concert Classics"
(1999)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternative Album Cover
Type = album

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Lower caption = US release cover

"Halcyon Days" is a compilation album by English band Strawbs. Although credited to Strawbs it does contain three Hudson Ford tracks and a Dave Cousins solo track (taken from his album "Two Weeks Last Summer"). The album was released as a 2 CD set in the UK and US. The US release has a slightly different title ("Halcyon Days - The A & M Years") and a different track listing.

Track listing - UK release

CD one

#"Ghosts" (Dave Cousins) – 8:30
#:"Sweet Dreams"
#:"Night Light"
#:"Guardian Angel"
#:"Night Light"
#"On Growing Older" (Cousins) – 1:56
#"The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" (Cousins) – 3:50
#"Stormy Down" (Cousins) – 2:44
#"I Turned My Face into the Wind" (Cousins) – 2:35
#"Queen of Dreams" (Cousins) – 5:31
#"Witchwood" (Cousins) – 3:22
#"Keep the Devil Outside" (John Ford) – 3:01
#"The Hangman and the Papist" (Cousins) – 4:11
#"Benedictus" (Cousins) – 3:38
#"Golden Salamander" (Cousins) – 4:54
#"Tokyo Rosie" (Cousins) – 2:49
#"Hero and Heroine" (Cousins) – 3:22
#"Pick up the Pieces" (Richard Hudson, Ford) – 2:35 Hudson Ford track
#"Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:32
#"Backside" (Cousins) – 3:50
#"Out in the Cold" (Cousins) – 3:19
#"Round and Round" (Cousins) – 4:44
#"Oh How She Changed" (Cousins, Tony Hooper) – 2:52

In the liner notes, track 16 is referred to as "Ciggy Barlust (Backside)"

CD two

#"The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:25
#"Grace Darling" (Cousins) – 3:54
#"Blue Angel" (Cousins) – 9:46 Dave Cousins solo track
#:"Divided"
#:"Half Worlds Apart"
#:"At Rest"
#"Here It Comes" (Cousins) – 2:42
#"The Shepherd's Song" (Cousins) – 4:33
#"We'll Meet Again Sometime" (Cousins) – 3:12
#"Martin Luther King's Dream" (Cousins) – 2:53
#"Burn Baby Burn" (Hudson, Ford) – 3:02 Hudson Ford track
#"Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins) – 2:46
#"Why and Wherefore" (Cousins, Dave Lambert, Chas Cronk, John Hawken, Rod Coombes) – 5:31
#"Floating in the Wind" (Hudson, Ford) – 4:13 Hudson Ford track
#"Absent Friend" (Cousins) – 4:35
#"Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) – 2:56
#"Will Ye Go" (Francis McPeake) – 3:54
#"The River" (Cousins) – 2:23
#"Down by the Sea" (Cousins) – 6:19
#"Tell Me What You See in Me" (Cousins) – 6:11

Track listing - US release

CD one

#"The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" (Cousins) – 3:50
#"Where Is This Dream of Your Youth" (Cousins)
#"The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:25
#"The Weary Song" (Cousins) – 3:50
#"I Turned My Face into the Wind" (Cousins) – 2:35
#"Forever" (Cousins, Hooper) – 3:32
#"Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins) – 5:28
#"A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins) – 3:50
#"Witchwood" (Cousins) – 3:22
#"Sheep" (Cousins) – 4:14
#"The Shepherd's Song" (Cousins) – 4:33
#"The Hangman and the Papist" (Cousins) – 4:11
#"Benedictus" (Cousins) – 3:38
#"Queen of Dreams" (Cousins) – 5:31
#"Heavy Disguise" (Ford) – 2:53
#"New World" (Cousins) – 4:11
#"Two Weeks Last Summer" (Cousins) – 3:07 Dave Cousins solo track
#"Blue Angel" (Cousins) – 9:46 Dave Cousins solo track
#:"Divided"
#:"Half Worlds Apart"
#:"At Rest"

CD two

#"Here It Comes" (Cousins) – 2:42
#"Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) – 2:56
#"Tears and Pavan" – 6:35
#:"Tears" (Cousins)
#:"Pavan" (Cousins, Hudson, Ford)
#"The River" (Cousins) – 2:23
#"Down by the Sea" (Cousins) – 6:19
#"Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:32
#"Autumn" – 8:27
#:"Heroine's Theme" (Hawken)
#:"Deep Summer Sleep" (Cousins)
#:"The Winter Long" (Cousins)
#"Hero and Heroine" (Cousins) – 3:22
#"Midnight Sun" (Cronk, Cousins) – 3:06
#"Out in the Cold" (Cousins) – 3:19
#"Round and Round" (Cousins) – 4:44
#"Ghosts" (Cousins) – 8:30
#:"Sweet Dreams"
#:"Night Light"
#:"Guardian Angel"
#:"Night Light"
#"Grace Darling" (Cousins) – 3:54
#"Lemon Pie" (Cousins) – 4:03
#"To Be Free" (Cousins) – 4:17
#"Hanging in the Gallery" (Cousins) – 4:32
#"The Promised Land" (Cronk) – 4:07

Personnel

The songs were performed by several incarnations of the Strawbs, plus the Hudson Ford and Dave Cousins session musicians. The following musicians featured: -

*Dave Cousins – vocals, acoustic guitar, dulcimer
*Tony Hooper – vocals, acoustic guitar
*Dave Lambert – vocals, electric guitar
*Miller Anderson – electric guitar (on Dave Cousins solo tracks)
*Micky Keen – guitar (on Hudson Ford tracks)
*Claire Deniz – cello
*Rick Wakeman – keyboards
*Blue Weaver – keyboards
*John Hawken – keyboards
*Andy Richards – keyboards
*Chris Parren – keyboards (on Hudson Ford tracks)
*Ron Chesterman – double bass
*John Ford – vocals, bass guitar
*Chas Cronk – bass guitar, vocals
*Rod Demick – bass guitar, vocals
*Roger Glover – bass guitar (on Dave Cousins solo tracks)
*Richard Hudson – drums, guitar, vocals
*Rod Coombes – drums, vocals
*Tony Fernandez – drums
*Ken Laws – drums (on Hudson Ford tracks)
*Jon Hiseman – drums (on Dave Cousins solo tracks)

Release history

References

* [http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/@f/f_halcuk.htm "Halcyon Days" (UK release) on Strawbsweb]
* [http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/@f/f_halcus.htm "Halcyon Days" (US release) on Strawbsweb]
*Liner notes to CD set 540 662-2