Strawbs (album)

Strawbs
Studio album by Strawbs
Released May 1969
Recorded 1969
Genre Progressive folk
Length 38:04
Label A&M
Producer Gus Dudgeon
Strawbs chronology
Strawbs
(1969)
Strawberry Sampler Number 1
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Uncut [2]

Strawbs is a studio album by English band Strawbs, their first (not counting the Sandy Denny & The Strawbs LP recorded in Demark.) Not initially issued in the US, US A&M did issue two singles (Oh How She's Changed b/w Or Am I Dreaming, and The Man Who Called Himself Jesus b/w Poor Jimmy Wilson).

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" (Dave Cousins) – 3:53
  2. "That Which Once Was Mine" (Cousins) – 2:49
  3. "All the Little Ladies" (Cousins, Tony Hooper) – 2:18
  4. "Pieces of 79 and 15" (Cousins, Hooper) – 3:00
  5. "Tell Me What You See in Me" (Cousins) – 5:01
  6. "Oh How She Changed" (Cousins, Hooper) – 2:54

Side two

  1. "Or am I Dreaming?" (Cousins) – 2:25
  2. "Where is this Dream of Your Youth?" (Cousins) – 3:06
  3. "Poor Jimmy Wilson" (Cousins) – 2:37
  4. "Where am I? / I'll Show You Where to Sleep" (Cousins) – 3:27
  5. "The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:34

Bonus tracks

The A&M 2008 release also included the following bonus tracks: -

  1. "Interview / That Which Once Was Mine" (Cousins) – 3:41
  2. "Poor Jimmy Wilson" (Cousins) – 2:28
  3. "The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:09

These tracks were recorded on January 12, 1969 (1969-01-12) for John Peel's "Top Gear" radio show on BBC Radio 1

Personnel

Some session musicians also appear including: -

A group of Arabic musicians also feature on the track "Tell Me What You See in Me"

Recording

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Comments
United Kingdom May 1969 (1969-05) A&M Records stereo LP AMS 936
Australia 1969 (1969) Festival mono LP AML-33,475
Australia 1969 (1969) Festival stereo LP SAML-33,475
Canada 1974 (1974) A&M Records stereo 2-LP set with Dragonfly SP9014 set entitled Early Strawbs
South Korea 2000 (2000) Si-Wan CD SRMC 0088
Unknown Progressive Line CD PL 527 bootleg
September 2008 (2008-09) A&M CD 5302679

References

  1. ^ Strawbs (album) at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  2. ^ Rob Young Uncut magazine, September 2008.