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
"Hero and Heroine" (Dave Cousins) "Tears and Pavan" "Tears" (Cousins) "Pavan" (Richard Hudson, John Ford, Cousins) "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins) "Round and Round" (Cousins) "New World" (Cousins)
Side two
"Benedictus" (Cousins) "Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins) "To Be Free" (Cousins) "Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In)" (Cousins) "Autumn" "Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken) "Deep Summer's Sleep" (Cousins) "The Winter Long" (Cousins)
Side three
"Don't Try to Change Me" (Dave Lambert) "Little Sleepy" (Lambert) "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) "Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins) "Down by the Sea" (Cousins)
Side four
"Lay Down" (Cousins) "Heavy Disguise" (Ford) "Lemon Pie" (Cousins) "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 musician Roger Glover – bass guitar
Recording history
Region Date Label Format Catalog Comment United Kingdom A&M stereo 2LP AMLM 66005 United States A&M stereo 2LP SP 6005 Canada A&M stereo 2LP SP 96005
References The Best of Strawbs on Strawbsweb