A choice collection of the UK progressive folk rock band's material that contains live and studio recordings from their 1970's albums; Lay Down 9. I Only Want My Love To Grow In You 2. Lemon Pie 10. Benedictus 3. Lady Fuchia 11. Hero & Heroine 4. MEDLEY: Autumn/Heroine's Theme/Deep Summer's Sleep/Winter Long, The 12. Song Of The Sad Little Girl 5. Glimpse Of Heavan, A 13. MEDLEY: Tears And Pavan, Tears/Pavan 6. Hangman And The Papist, The 14. To Be Free 7. New World 15. Part Of The Union 8. Round And Round 16. Down By The Sea. Fully detailed 12 page fold out booklet.
Superb 2001 album on the bands own label featuring acoustic re-workings of classic Strawbs songs and a line-up of Dave Cousins, Dave Lambert and Brian Willoughby. Backed by a small orchestra this slimmed down line-up of the band evoke all the magic of the earlier years with beautiful re-workings of, amongst others, "Tears and Pavan" "The Golden Salamander" and "Benedictus" plus a few new songs as well. Excellent.
2003 album by the British Folk Rock legends that sees the band born again with a new renewed vigor. Featuring some updated performances of old classics - Blue Angel and Lay Down - and new recordings the album includes guest appearances by Maddy Prior and Mary Hopkin.
1973 album that broke the Strawbs nationally. This was not as you would expect a straight forward rock affair, but one that dabbled in progressive and psychedelic textures whilst giving us some excellent hit singles such as "Lay Down" (written after eating Magic Mushrooms!) and the totally unrepresentative "Part Of The Union" (for which the band are remembered...). Now remastered with three bonus tracks and annotation by Dave Cousins.
Superb concert footage from the UK folk rock giants featuring a whole host of live favourites from their entire career, including "The Hangman And The Papist," "Lay Down" and "Part Of The Union" Originally released in the late 80's from the 'Bedrock' TV series, this version is Region 0 NTSC. Stereo. PAL Version also available
Superb concert footage from the UK folk rock giants featuring a whole host of live favourites from their entire career, including "The Hangman And The Papist," "Lay Down" and "Part Of The Union" Originally released in the late 80's from the 'Bedrock' TV series, this version is Region 0 PAL. Stereo. NTSC Version also available
On the 29th of August 1998 many of the various members of The Strawbs gathered to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the band in the grounds of Chiswick House in West London. The concet featured four different line-ups of the band illustrating the bands evolution from intimate folk clubs to stadium rock venues with all the favourite songs. All the old faces are present - Dave Cousins, Tony Hooper, John Ford, Richard Hudson, Blue Weaver, Dave Lambert, Chas Cronk, Rod Coombes, Brian Willoughby and Rod Demick and there are guest appearances by Ric Sanders and Adam Wakeman. Bonus features include an interview with Dave Cousins and a preview of the Strawbs InTokyo DVD. Pretty much essential for any Strawbs fan. Region 0 NTSC. Stereo
On the 29th of August 1998 many of the various members of The Strawbs gathered to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the band in the grounds of Chiswick House in West London. The concert featured four different line-ups of the band illustrating the bands evolution from intimate folk clubs to stadium rock venues with all the favourite songs. All the old faces are present - Dave Cousins, Tony Hooper, John Ford, Richard Hudson, Blue Weaver, Dave Lambert, Chas Cronk, Rod Coombes, Brian Willoughby and Rod Demick and there are guest appearances by Ric Sanders and Adam Wakeman. Bonus features include an interview with Dave Cousins and a preview of the Strawbs InTokyo DVD. Pretty much essential for any Strawbs fan. Region 0 PAL.. Stereo
The 2004 album by the Strawbs sees a return of the classic Cousins, Lambert, Cronk, Coombes and Hawken line-up and the album certainly has the feel of the bands mid to late '70's recordings. Some excellent new songs include a Cousins epic in the shape of "Russian Front" and instruments such as The Mellotron and mandolin recall the bands earlier days. In all a great new Strawbs album from a band still going strong!
Euro jewel box reissue of the folky second album, from 1969. Including beautiful string arrangements and also featuring the contributions of Tony Visconti and Rick Wakeman, this was a step closer to the sound that would bring the band critical and commercial success in a short time to come. Includes The trippy title track and the disturbing "Vision Of the Lady Of The Lake". Booklet includes lyrics.
Only official reissue available of the folky second album, from 1969. Including beautiful string arrangements and also featuring the contributions of Tony Visconti and Rick Wakeman, this was a step closer to the sound that would bring the band critical and commercial success in a short time to come. Includes The trippy title track and the disturbing "Vision Of the Lady Of The Lake". Mini LP sleeve with historical booklet in English.
Much underrated UK band who mixed eastern sitar sounds with English folk and rock, whilst keeping a keen melodic sensibility. This stunner from 1971, featured the keyboard talents of Rick Wakeman and is a landmark electric folk rock album. Digitally remastered with a previously unreleased bonus track and new sleeve notes by Dave Cousins....
Excellent 1975 album by a band that had started to move in a progressive rock direction. With Dave Lambert (ex The Fire) and ex members of Renaissance and Steelers Wheel The Strawbs had started to make waves in America. Ghosts contains the epic title track and Dave Cousins' songs are generally given a more complex rock treatment- never better demonstrated on 'The Life Auction', which for anyone who's ever been to the West London suburb of Southall, is lyrically self explanatory!!. However the more whimsical side of the bands character is retained on tracks such as "Lemon Pie" and "Grace Darling". One of rocks most underrated ensembles... Remastered with a bonus track
Back in 1972 The Strawbs released their classic album Grave New World. What is not so well known is the fact that the band made a film to go with the album (much like a modern video) that went round the cinema's briefly, with ELP's Pictures At An Exhibition. A brilliant document of the time it is the perfect visual accompaniment to the record. Likewise the band performed blistering shows in Japan in 1975 on the Hero and Heroine tour that are also featured here. Bonus features include the band on Granada TV with Rick Wakeman in 1970. Superb picture and sound quality and one of the best archive DVD issues by any '70's band. NTSC Region 0. Stereo.
Back in 1972 The Strawbs released their classic album Grave New World. What is not so well known is the fact that the band made a film to go with the album (much like a modern video) that went round the cinema's briefly, with ELP's Pictures At An Exhibition. A brilliant document of the time it is the perfect visual accompaniment to the record. Likewise the band performed blistering shows in Japan in 1975 on the Hero and Heroine tour that are also featured here. Bonus features include the band on Granada TV with Rick Wakeman in 1970. Superb picture and sound quality and one of the best archive DVD issues by any '70's band. PAL Region 0. Stereo.
Originally released in 1992 this live recording captures the classic Strawbs line-ip live in the 90's performing tracks from throughout the bands career. Includes "Cut Like A Diamond" "Something For Nothing" "The Hangman And The Papist" "Ringing Down The Years" "Stormy Down" "Afraid To Let You Go" "Grace Darling" "The River/Down By The Sea" "Lay Down" "Part Of The Union" and "Hero & Heroine"
A collection of tracks culled from 1988's reunion album Don't Say Goodbye along with other late period recordings by the band showing that they still had the old magic in them. Featuring the excellent " Something For Nothing" as long as the anguished title track "Heartbreak Hill" this was another worthy addition to the bands catalogue.
The Strawbs eighth album from 1974 showed no signs that the bands creative juices were drying up. Moving in a more progressive rock direction but retaining a lyrical folk edge, the album contains the beautiful "Autumn" as well as the frantic title track. A richly threaded melodic progressive rock tapestry that has a haunting timeless quality.Digitally remastered and contains 2 bonus tracks and an 8 page detailed booklet
Does what it says on the tin-This was first released in 1970 and introduced the world to the brand new Strawbs line up( which included Rick Wakeman) and brand new material!.This remastered edition includes 3 bonus tracks,including the 10 minute "Vision of the Lady of the Lake".Detailed 8 page booklet rounds off the package.
Recorded live in 2004 at the famed Pennsylvania prog-rock festival , with a fully reunited 'Hero And Heroine' lineup (Cousins, Lambert, Cronk, Hawken, Coombes) and a set culled from that album and its successor 'Ghosts' among others- the most proggy period of the band. Essential for all lovers of pure Britwiddly.
Classic 1976 album by the much loved UK band. An array of progressive styles with the Genesis like "To Be Free" and the Who like riff of "Little Sleepy." it also features the bluesy torch song "Absent Friend" with some fine piano work and pensive electric guitar. Rick Wakeman even shows up to pitch in an electric harpsichord part on "Tokyo Rosie.", whilst Euro release singles 'A Mind Of My Own' and 'The Promised Land', despite not achieving hit status, were played on drivetime and daytime radio for years!!! Unjustly neglected on its release by fans bewildered by the band's sudden reinvention of its sound, in retrospect this album easily stands among the best of their work.
Now the Strawbs are three grown-up men. The drums are gone, the electric guitars gather dust somewhere, and these three focus on blending their acoustic guitars into a sound that seems old and new at the same time. Or at least they do on this album. . .this is a recording by the 'acoustic' lineup (Cousins.Hooper/Lambert), as opposed to the electric band that tours featuring Cousins, Dave Lambert, Hudson, Ford, Blue Weaver etc, or the lineup that tours the US playing their hard rock orientated late 70s material. Still every part as magical as their best material was, and a worthy followup to 'Blue Angel' and 'Deja Fou'.
Finally back in stock! If you love the Strawbs first two late '60's albums (Strawbs/Dragonfly) then this double set is pretty much essential as it's taken from the same period. With alternative versions of "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" "Pieces Of 79 & 15" "I'll Show You Where To Sleep" and "Where Is The Dream Of Your Youth" there's also a huge selection of previously unreleased material. Beautiful late '60's UK psych tinged folk.
Two albums from 1987 and 1991 by the rejuvinated Strawbs and the last official Strawbs studio releases. "Don't say Goodbye" contains the powerful "Something for Nothing" which is similar in style to "Cut Like A Diamond" whilst "Ringing Down The Years" features the atmospheric title track - Dave Cousins tribute to the late Sandy Denny.
This was the debut album for the UK band, first released in 1968. A classic piece of folk rock tinged with late '60s UK whimsical psych and featuring the distinctive vocals of Dave Cousins. It contained the epics "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus", "Where Is This Dream Of Your Youth" and "The Battle". With lyric booklet and in a jewel box.
Now available as a Korean import, this was the debut album for the UK band, first released in 1968. A classic piece of folk rock tinged with late '60s UK whimsical psych and featuring the distinctive vocals of Dave Cousins. It contained the epics "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus", "Where Is This Dream Of Your Youth" and "The Battle". Great to see this masterpiece on CD. In a mini card LP sleeve with historical booklet in English.
1977 release by the UK folk rock giants, their second on Oyster Records. It has a cracking opening with the moody title track and the live favourite "Cut Like A Diamond." This was the fifth album in as many years by the Strawbs to have charted in the top 200 in the States, an incredible run which meant that they appeared in the album charts fro 59 weeks across the period.
1976 and 1977 albums that captured some of the Strawbs earlier lyrical atmospherics whilst moving in a more mainstream rock direction "Deep Cuts" does contain the superb "Beside the Rio Grande" a kind of Wild West re-write of "The Hangman and the Papist" whilst the opening track on Burning For You ("Burning For Me") and "Cut Like A Diamond" are two of the best tracks the band recorded (the latter is still performed live)
This 1976 album was designed to re-establish the band in the UK market. The single "I Only Want My Love To Grow In You" was a radio smash, but didn't chart (or did it?. . . ) As well as the single, some of the songs on Deep Cuts were among the strongest the band ever recorded; the evil, snarling "Beside The Rio Grande" revives the epic sound and moral outrage of Grave New World in its tale of a frontier minister’s grisly religious martyrdom, while the pleasant strumming of "Thinking Of You" soft-shoes its way through a music hall love song, and tracks like 'Turn Me Round' 'Hard Hard Winter' and 'My Friend Peter' lean towards AOR.. The album has been re-mastered from the original tapes and includes "You Won’t See The Light", a previously unreleased bonus track written by guitarist Dave Lambert. Trivia Corner: the band themselves may not have had any hits this year, but keyboardist/arranger/producer Rupert Holmes (who was only with the band for half this album before being replaced by John Mealing) had one two years later with the infamous 'Pina Colada Song'. . .
Great mid-price release of the Strawbs' 1972 master work, packed with classic songs, instrumentation and eastern spiritual imagery. Mixing equal parts folk, psych and progressive rock, this has been remastered with two extra tracks and full sleeve notes by Dave Cousins and John Tobler. "Queen of Dreams" is an undiscovered psych classic full of backwards guitar work!!
A cracking anthology of rare and unreleased live material by the underrated UK band. Disc one is made up of unreleaed '60's era BBC sessions featuring Rick Wakeman. The second disk is Grave New World era BBC sessions with Blue Weaver replacing the departed future Yes keyboarist. Disc three has their live performances at the Cambridge Folk Festivaal while the last disc has their 25th anniversary and 30th anniversary concerts.
Limited edition 180 gram thick card sleeve vinyl version of the debut album for the UK band, first released in 1968. A classic piece of folk rock tinged with late '60s UK whimsical psych and featuring the distinctive vocals of Dave Cousins. It contained the epics "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus", "Where Is This Dream Of Your Youth" and "The Battle".
This live performance comes from late 1977, recorded as part of the BBC's pre Nicam stereo Sight And Sound series shown in February of the next year. It features one of the earliest performances of the Strawbs with Andy Richards on keyboards. Right tracks including: "No Return", "Out In The Cold" and "Heartbreaker." this release features two bonus tracks: "Sagittarius" by Tony Fernandez and "Aquarius" by Rick Wakeman.
‘NY ’75’ was recorded live in front of a wildly enthusiastic audience at the legendary Calderone Theatre on Long Island, just half an hour from the centre of Manhattan. This is the first release of this concert on CD.The album shows how the Strawbs stage show had evolved from its early folk-inspired tunes into an almost continuous symphonic sequence of hard-hitting songs. The Strawbs came on stage in a blackout to a long-lost taped introduction, ‘Still Small Voice’. Among the established classics such as ‘Hero and ‘Heroine’ and ‘Ghosts’ were new offerings including ‘The Promised Land’, ‘To Be Free’, and ‘Hanging In The Gallery’ which have never appeared before on a live Strawbs album
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