The Best of Strawbs

The Best of Strawbs
Compilation album by Strawbs
Released	1978 (1978)
Recorded	1971 - 1975
Genre	Folk rock, progressive folk, progressive rock
Label	A&M Records
Strawbs chronology
Deadlines (1978) The Best of Strawbs (1978) Don't Say Goodbye (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

1. "Hero and Heroine" (Dave Cousins)
2. "Tears and Pavan"

   "Tears" (Cousins)

   "Pavan" (Richard Hudson, John Ford, Cousins)

3. "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins)
4. "Round and Round" (Cousins)
5. "New World" (Cousins)

Side two

1. "Benedictus" (Cousins)
2. "Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins)
3. "To Be Free" (Cousins)
4. "Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In)" (Cousins)
5. "Autumn"

   "Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken)

   "Deep Summer's Sleep" (Cousins)

   "The Winter Long" (Cousins)

Side three

1. "Don't Try to Change Me" (Dave Lambert)
2. "Little Sleepy" (Lambert)
3. "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford)
4. "Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins)
5. "Down by the Sea" (Cousins)

Side four

1. "Lay Down" (Cousins)
2. "Heavy Disguise" (Ford)
3. "Lemon Pie" (Cousins)
4. "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 musicians

• Roger Glover – bass guitar

Recording history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Comment
United Kingdom	1978 (1978)	A&M	stereo 2LP	AMLM 66005
United States	1978 (1978)	A&M	stereo 2LP	SP 6005
Canada	1978 (1978)	A&M	stereo 2LP	SP 96005

References

• The Best of Strawbs on Strawbsweb