Nomadness

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Nomadness
Studio album by Strawbs
Released	1975
Recorded	June – July 1975
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	40:27
Label	A&M, (UK)
Producer	Tom Allom
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Strawbs chronology
Ghosts (1975) Nomadness (1975) Deep Cuts (1976)

Nomadness is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It was their last album recorded for A&M Records and their first with no full-time keyboard player since 1970's Dragonfly. Indeed, Strawbs would not feature a full-time keyboard player until 1978 when Andy Richards joined the band. All the tracks are timed at less than five minutes giving the album a lighter, less 'epic' feel in contrast to the previous three studio albums.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 Recording 4 Release history 5 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "To Be Free" (Dave Cousins) – 4:17
2. "Little Sleepy" (Dave Lambert) – 4:10
3. "The Golden Salamander" (Cousins) – 4:57
4. "Absent Friend" (How I Need You) (Cousins) – 4:42
5. "Back on the Farm" (Cousins) – 2:42

[edit] Side two

1. "So Shall Our Love Die?" (Cousins) – 3:39
2. "Tokyo Rosie" (Cousins) – 2:48
3. "A Mind of my Own" (Rod Coombes) – 4:33
4. "Hanging in the Gallery" (Cousins) – 4:32
5. "The Promised Land" (Chas Cronk) – 4:07

[edit] Personnel

• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, banjo
• Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar
• Rod Coombes – backing vocals, drums, acoustic guitar

with

• Tony Carr – congas
• Jack Emblow – accordion
• Tommy Eyre – piano, clavinet, synthesizer
• John Lumley-Saville – synthesizer
• John Mealing – piano, organ, electric piano
• Rick Wakeman – electric harpsichord
• Tom Allom – cymbalum

[edit] Recording

• Tom Allom – Producer
• Vic Gamm – Engineer

Recorded at Sound Techniques, London

[edit] Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Comment
United Kingdom	1975 (1975)	A&M	stereo LP	AMLH 68331
United States	1975 (1975)	A&M	stereo LP	SP 4544

[edit] References

• Nomadness on Strawbsweb
• Sleeve notes AMLH 68331 Nomadness

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