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A double CD of 38 previously unreleased songs (one is unlisted on the sleeve) dating from 1966-68, prior to the recording of their proper debut album. Most of these are demos, and many would surface (sometimes in altered form) on future Strawbs and Dave Cousins albums, although quite a few were never officially rerecorded. Its appeal isn't just limited to Strawbs specialists -- it's good, versatile (if slightly derivative) late-'60s British folk-rock, recalling Fairport Convention and (to a lesser degree) Pentangle in its eclecticism, though the Strawbs were no match for the Fairports in the vocal department. Most of the songs are Cousins originals, including tuneful, almost poppy harmony numbers and wordy tracts that take their lyrical cues from Bob Dylan and Ray Davies; the traditional folk tunes and bluegrass instrumentals, though indicative of the group's multi-faceted talents, are less interesting. Self-penned compositions like "October to May," "Martin Luther King's Dream," "Where Is the Dream of Your Youth," and "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" are among the best (not to mention lyrically ambitious) songs Cousins has ever done; "All I Need is You" and the Beatles-ish "And You Need Me" are among the poppiest. Good sound quality, and detailed liner notes by Cousins himself.

© Richie Unterberger /TiVo

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1
Coal Creek March
00:02:15

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

2
Sail Away To The Sea (Alternative Version)
00:03:50

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

3
That Which Once Was Mine (Alternative Version)
00:02:00

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

4
How Everyone But Sam Was A Hypocrite (Alternative Version)
00:03:02

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

5
October To May (Alternative Version)
00:03:09

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

6
On My Way (Alternative Version)
00:03:04

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

7
All I Need Is You (Alternative Version)
00:02:54

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

8
Josephine, For Better Or For Worse (Alternative Version)
00:03:20

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

9
We'll Meet Again Sometime (Alternative Version)
00:03:05

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist - David Cousins, Composer

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

10
Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
00:03:35

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

11
Handsome Molly
00:02:17

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

12
Hard Times
00:01:28

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

13
How I Need You
00:03:29

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

14
The Man Who Called Himself Jesus (Alternative Version)
00:03:31

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

15
Pieces Of 79 & 15 (Alternative Version)
00:03:07

Tony Hooper, Composer - Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

16
Following The Rainbow
00:03:55

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

17
Always On My Mind (Alternative Version)
00:02:00

Tony Hooper, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

18
Martin Luther King's Dream (Alternative Version)
00:02:04

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

19
Bitter Sunshine
00:01:31

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

20
All The Little Ladies (Alternative Version)
00:02:20

Tony Hooper, Composer - Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

21
Just The Same In Every Way
00:02:49

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

22
Strawberry Picking
00:01:36

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

23
A Good Woman's Love
00:02:36

Cy Coben, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

24
The Battle (Alternative Version)
00:06:10

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 2019 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

25
Jenny O'Brien
00:02:58

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

26
Sweetling (Alternative Version)
00:02:27

Tony Hooper, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

27
Flinthill Special
00:01:18

Earl Scruggs, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

28
The Blantyre Explosion
00:02:57

Tony Hooper, Composer - Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

29
Tell Me What You See In Me (Alternative Version)
00:05:02

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

30
Or Am I Dreaming (Alternative Version)
00:02:12

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

31
I'll Show You Where To Sleep (Alternative Version)
00:02:59

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

32
And You Need Me (Alternative Version)
00:03:12

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

33
You Keep Going Your Way (Alternative Version)
00:02:53

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

34
Where Is The Dream Of Your Youth (Alternative Version)
00:02:36

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

35
Why?
00:01:56

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

36
Lawrence Brown
00:03:54

Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

37
Wild Strawberries
00:01:44

Tony Hooper, Composer - Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

38
Song To Alex (Alternative Version)
00:02:15

Tony Hooper, Composer - Dave Cousins, Composer - Strawbs, MainArtist

© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

Album review

A double CD of 38 previously unreleased songs (one is unlisted on the sleeve) dating from 1966-68, prior to the recording of their proper debut album. Most of these are demos, and many would surface (sometimes in altered form) on future Strawbs and Dave Cousins albums, although quite a few were never officially rerecorded. Its appeal isn't just limited to Strawbs specialists -- it's good, versatile (if slightly derivative) late-'60s British folk-rock, recalling Fairport Convention and (to a lesser degree) Pentangle in its eclecticism, though the Strawbs were no match for the Fairports in the vocal department. Most of the songs are Cousins originals, including tuneful, almost poppy harmony numbers and wordy tracts that take their lyrical cues from Bob Dylan and Ray Davies; the traditional folk tunes and bluegrass instrumentals, though indicative of the group's multi-faceted talents, are less interesting. Self-penned compositions like "October to May," "Martin Luther King's Dream," "Where Is the Dream of Your Youth," and "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" are among the best (not to mention lyrically ambitious) songs Cousins has ever done; "All I Need is You" and the Beatles-ish "And You Need Me" are among the poppiest. Good sound quality, and detailed liner notes by Cousins himself.

© Richie Unterberger /TiVo

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© 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd. ℗ 1991 Cherry Red Records Ltd.

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