Strawbs
A Taste of Strawbs


Tracks:

CD 1 – Eyes Wide Open (1966–1971)

1. The Grey Hawk
2. The Cruel Wars (Higher Germanie)
3. You Don't Think About Me
4. Not All The Flowers Grow
5. You Keep Going Your Way
6. Sail Away to the Sea
7. Nothing Else Will Do
8. Oh How She Changed
9. Or Am I Dreaming
10. All The Little Ladies
11. Ah Me, Ah My
12. The Man Who Called Himself Jesus
13. The Battle
14. It's Just Love
15. Another Day
16. Forever
17. Where am I/I'll Show You Where to Sleep
18. Canondale
19. RMW
20. Sheep

CD 2 – Changing Places (1972–1974)

1. Tomorrow
2. New World
3. Here It Comes
4. See How They Run
5. Going Home
6. The Actor
7. Part of the Union
8. The Winter and the Summer
9. Whichever Way the Wind Blows
10. Shine on Silver Sun
11. Out in the Cold/Round and Round
12. The Writing on the Wall
13. The Four Queens
14. Ghosts Theme
15. Lemon Pie
16. Cherie Je T'aime
17. So Shall Our Love Die
18. Still Small Voice
19. How I Need You Now

CD 3 – Inside Out (1975–1988)

1. The Merchant Adventurer
2. Blue Angel
3. Goodbye
4. Midnight
5. Sweet Voices
6. Bring Out Your Dead
7. Another Day Without You
8. Touch the Earth
9. Armada
10. A Glimpse of Heaven
11. The Hangman and the Papist
12. I'll Carry On Beside You
13. Heavy Disguise
14. That's When the Crying Starts
15. Evergreen
16. Song of a Sad Little Girl

CD 4 – Further Down the Road (1990–2006)

1. Ringing Down the Years
2. Further Down the Road
3. Heartbreak Hill
4. Extravaganza on a Theme of Strawbs
5. File of Facts
6. Hero and Heroine
7. The Ten Commandments
8. The King
9. Alice's Song
10. McLean Street/Who Knows Where the Time Goes
11. We'll Meet Again Sometime
12. Sunday Morning
13. On a Night Like This
14. Dragonfly
15. Canada
16. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

CD 5 - Tastebuds (bonus disc)

1. The Happiest Boy in Town
2. Draught Raga
3. Ways and Means
4. Rip it Off Blues
5. Stay Awhile With Me
6. Oh So Sleepy
7. Barcarole
8. Time and Life
9. Heartbreaker
10. Andalucian Express
11. Lay Down
12. Over the Hill
13. You Never Needed Water
14. If
15. Cold Steel
16. The River/Down by the Sea

Line up:

Dave Cousins – vocals, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, banjo

Chas Cronk - bass, vocals
John Ford - bass, vocals
Brian Willoughby - guitar
Tony Hooper - guitar, vocals
Dave Lambert - guitar, vocals
Rod Coombes - drums, vocals
Rick Hudson - drums
Rick Wakeman - keyboards
Don Airey – keyboards (on track 3, 4, 5 on disc 4)

Record Label / Year of Release:

Witchwood Records 2006

Notes:

A Taste of Strawbs is a box-set album by Strawbs, released 13 November 2006. Instead of being a "best of" album, the compilers (Dave Cousins and Dick Greener) have attempted to present alternative versions of some well known songs plus some previously unreleased material from the Strawbs' own archives and other sources.

CD1: "Eyes Wide Open" (1966–1971): The Strawberry Hill Boys to Sandy Denny and the Strawbs. Then the Strawbs go electric as Rick Wakeman joins the band.

CD2: "Changing Places" (1972–1974): High flying singles and albums in the UK and North America.

CD3: "Inside Out" (1975–1988): Strawbs go their separate ways for a while, but Wakeman brings them back together. Success at the Cambridge Folk Festival spawns a network TV documentary and concert. Wakeman and Cousins appear together in concert.

CD4 "Further Down The Road" (1990–2006): 25th Anniversary tour - Don Airey on keyboards. The Chiswick House concert. Wakeman and Cousins record again. Strawbs Acoustic reinvent the band. Strawbs headline major festivals.

CD5 "Tastebuds" bonus disc

Don Airey on 3 tracks: "Heartbreak Hill" and "Extravaganza on a Theme of Strawbs" recorded on the 1993 silver jubilee tour. "File of Facts" is a 1993 recording by Dave Cousins and Don Airey.