The Best of Strawbs

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"
3. :"Tears" (Cousins)
4. :"Pavan" (Richard Hudson, John Ford, Cousins)
5. "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins)
6. "Round and Round" (Cousins)
7. "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"
6. :"Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken)
7. :"Deep Summer's Sleep" (Cousins)
8. :"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)
5. :"Divided"
6. :"Half Worlds Apart"
7. :"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 musician

• Roger Glover – bass guitar

Recording history

References

• The Best of Strawbs on Strawbsweb