Live at Nearfest

This article is about the album by Strawbs. For the Pure Reason Revolution album, see Live at NEARfest 2007.

Live at NEARFest
Live album by Strawbs
Released	August 2005 (2005-08)
Recorded	June 2004 (2004-06)
Genre	progressive rock
Label	Witchwood
Producer	Steve Crimmel
Strawbs chronology
Full Bloom (2005) Live at NEARFest (2005) Painted Sky (2005)

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Live at NEARFest is a live album by Strawbs. It was recorded at NEARFest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on July 11, 2004 and featured the line-up which played together on the albums Hero and Heroine and Ghosts. This line-up had not played together since 1975.

Track listing

1. "Out in the Cold" (Dave Cousins) – 3:13
2. "Round and Round" (Cousins) – 5:31
3. "Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:19
4. "Burning for Me" (Cousins, John Mealing) – 5:55
5. "New World" (Cousins) – 3:54
6. "Autumn" – 10:11

   "Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken)

   "Deep Summer Sleep" (Cousins)

   "The Winter Long" (Cousins)

7. "Remembering/You and I (When We Were Very Young)" (Hawking, Cousins) – 5:37
8. "Heartbreaker" (Dave Lambert) – 4:40
9. "This Barren Land" (Cousins) – 4:43
10. "The River" (Cousins) – 3:02
11. "Down by the Sea" (Cousins) – 8:37
12. "Hero and Heroine" (Cousins) – 3:33
13. "Round and Round" (reprise) (Cousins) – 3:34
14. "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" (Cousins) – 5:05

Personnel

• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, dulcimer
• Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Chas Cronk – bass guitar, bass pedals, 12-string guitar, backing vocals
• John Hawken – keyboards
• Rod Coombes – drums, percussion

Recording

Recorded live at the NEARFest festival, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

• Steve Crimmel – producer, engineer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Worldwide	August 2005 (2005-08)	Witchwood	CD	WMCD2026

References

• Live at NEARFest on Strawbsweb
• Insert from Cd WMCD Live at Nearfest