The Best of Strawbs
Compilation album by Strawbs
Released	1978 (1978)
Recorded	1971 - 1975
Genre	Folk rock progressive folk progressive rock
Label	A&M Records
Strawbs chronology
Deadlines (1978) The Best of Strawbs (1978) Don't Say Goodbye (1987)

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"

   "Tears" (Cousins)

   "Pavan" ( Richard Hudson, John Ford, Cousins)

3. "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins)
4. "Round and Round" (Cousins)
5. " 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"

   "Heroine's Theme" ( John Hawken)

   "Deep Summer's Sleep" (Cousins)

   "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)

   "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

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