- Source: 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
="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
References
The Best of Strawbs on Strawbsweb