Bursting at the Seams

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For the 2007 Reith lecture by Jeffrey Sachs, see Bursting at the seams (Reith lectures).

Bursting at the Seams is a studio album by English band Strawbs.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Flying" (Dave Cousins) – 4:49
2. "Lady Fuschia" (Richard Hudson, John Ford) – 3:59
3. "Stormy Down" (Cousins) – 2:45
4. "Down by the Sea" (Cousins) – 6:17
5. "The River" (Cousins) – 2:21

Side two

1. "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) – 2:54
2. "Tears and Pavan" – 6:35

   "Tears" (Cousins)

   "Pavan" (Cousins, Hudson, Ford)

3. "The Winter and the Summer" (Dave Lambert) – 4:07
4. "Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:31
5. "Thank You" (Blue Weaver, Cousins) – 2:11

Bonus tracks

The A&M 1998 remastered CD featured the following as bonus tracks:

1. "Will You Go" (Traditional)
2. "Backside" (Cousins, Hudson, Ford, Lambert, Weaver)
3. "Lay Down" (Single version) (Cousins)

Personnel

• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo
• Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Blue Weaver – organ, piano, mellotron
• John Ford – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar
• Richard Hudson – backing vocals, drums, sitar

Recording

• Strawbs – Producers
• Tom Allom – Engineer

Recorded at Sound Techniques, the Manor and Morgan Studios

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1973 (1973)	A&M	stereo LP	AMLH 68144
United States	1973 (1973)	A&M	stereo LP	SP 4383
Germany, Italy	1973 (1973)	A&M	stereo LP	A&M 86 658
Denmark	1973 (1973)	Sonet/Dansk Grammafon	stereo LP	SLPS 1544
United Kingdom	1973 (1973)	A&M	cassette	ZCAM 68144
United States		A&M	CD	394383-2
Worldwide	1998 (1998)	A&M	remastered CD (3 bonus tracks)	540 936-2
Japan	2002 (2002)	A&M	remastered CD (3 bonus tracks)	UICY-9215

References

• Bursting at the Seams on Strawbsweb
• Sleeve notes CD 540 936-2 Bursting at the Seams