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For the "Complete Sessions" reissues on CD and high quality vinyl, see the Sandy Denny And The Strawbs: All Our Own Work, The Complete Sessions.
VINYL
UK release
Vinyl album (UK): SHM 813 (Pickwick, 1973) . The album, recorded in 1967 (not 1968 as the cover suggests) was released on the back of Strawbs' popularity resulting from "Part Of The Union". The label was Hallmark, which was part of the Pickwick International group of budget labels. It was very cheap, and it's surprising that in years to come it would be regarded as one of the top 10 collectible records, mainly due to Sandy's involvement.
Cover is cheap and garish, with photos of the band inside the first "S" of Strawbs. Back cover features black and white shot of the intended cover - the band sitting round admiring chalk caricatures on a Copenhagen street of the band (the chalk drawing idea resurfaced on Sandy's first album with Fairport - What We Did On Our Holidays - in both cases the drawings were Sandy's).
There are appear to have been two pressings, one "Made In England", one "Made in Holland" - see text on label rim below. Not clear whether this was released in Holland or not, or just pressed there and shipped back over to UK.
Front detail, back of sleeve
Labels - UK pressing
Labels - Dutch pressing
Canadian release
Vinyl album (Can): SPI-7019 (Hallmark, 1973) . Pretty much the same design as the UK release, except that the pink label logo at top right on the front cover is Pickwick International, not the UK Hallmark label. Canada opted for a lurid pink colour on the back cover as well.
Front and back of sleeve
Labels
Australian release
Vinyl album (Aus): SRA 088 (Pickwick International, 1973) .
Front and back of sleeve
Labels
Sandy & The Strawbs, vinyl release (Hannibal)
Vinyl album (UK): HNBL 1361, Hannibal, 1991) . Joe Boyd's take on the Copenhagen tapes resulted in a package tailored to fans of Sandy rather than the Strawbs. In particular he chose versions of tracks with added string arrangements, rather than the sparser treatments on the original Hallmark album. One track, "Nothing Else Will Do" is a completely different take with a Sandy vocal, rather than Cousins.
Front and back of sleeve
Inner sleeve
Labels
For the "Complete Sessions" reissues (on CD and vinyl), see the Sandy Denny And The Strawbs: All Our Own Work, The Complete Sessions.
CASSETTE AND 8-TRACK
UK cassette release
Cassette: HSC209 (Hallmark, 1973) . Released on cassette by Hallmark
Outer sleeve
Cassette
Running order
Side 1
Who Knows Where The Time Goes
Always On My Mind
All I Need Is You
On My Way
Tell Me What You See In Me
Wild Strawberries
Side 2
Sail Away To The Sea
Sweetling
Nothing Else Will Do
Stay Awhile
How Everyone But Sam Was A Hypocrite
And You Need Me
UK 8-track release
8-track: H8209 (Hallmark, 1973) . The adjusted running order appears below.
Front, back and header
Running order
Track 1
Who Knows Where The Time Goes
Always On My Mind
All I Need Is You
Track 2
On My Way
Tell Me What You See In Me
Wild Strawberries
Track 3
Sail Away To The Sea
Sweetling
Nothing Else Will Do
Track 4
Stay Awhile
How Everyone But Sam Was A Hypocrite
And You Need Me
Sandy & The Strawbs, UK cassette release
Cassette: HNBC 1361, Hannibal, 1991) .
Outer sleeve
Inner sleeve
Cassette
CD
Sandy & The Strawbs, CD release
CD (UK): HNCD 1361, Hannibal, 1991) .
Booklet - front (p1) and back (p8)
Booklet - pages 2&3
Booklet - pages 4&5
Booklet - pages 6 & 7
CD body and tray back
All Our Own Work, Spanish bootleg CD
CD (Spain): Estrella Rockera 42119, 2005) . This bootleg draws on the packaging and sleeve notes for the original release All Our Own Work and the subsequent re-issue by Joe Boyd's Hannibal label Sandy And The Strawbs, which took a more Sandy-centric selection of tracks.
The bulk of the tracks are from (and in the same order as) the original Hallmark release; the bonus tracks (which are added to the front cover box listing the tracks) are those which Boyd included on the re-issue:
Legal Note: if this is in fact a legitimate release, and Estrella Rockeria wish contact me to confirm this I will be happy to set the record straight. But Dave Cousins is unaware of any licensing contract and though the album purports to be licensed from Hannibal, the tracks which only appear on the original All Our Own Work could not have been licensed that way.
Booklet - front (p1) and back (p8)
Booklet - pages 2&3
Booklet - pages 4&5
Booklet - pages 6 & 7
Tray inner and tray back
CD body
All Our Own Work, Russian bootleg CD
CD bootleg: Russia, 2005) . This bootleg bootlegs the Spanish bootleg above. Minimal packaging - plain silver CD. Assume that the tracks used are the same.
The record company is listed as COE Records, with a strange address with a non-existent UK postcode. The back states that copyright in this recording is owned by TABS Ltd. (untrue) and gives a @copy date in COE Records' name of 2005. Discogs reports that they are in fact Russian bootlegs. More on COE Records on Discogs - it seems they have also bootlegged Strawbs.
Booklet - cover and back
Booklet - inner
Tray inner and tray back
CD body
For the "Complete Sessions" reissues on CD and high quality vinyl, see the Sandy Denny And The Strawbs: All Our Own Work, The Complete Sessions.
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