HERE IT COMES
A&M, 1972
UK Release date: 21 Apr 1972 (promo/test pressing)
UK vinyl
Europe vinyl
Asia Pacific vinyl
Other vinyl
Another trip into the studio after the release of Grave New World and the UK-wide tour to promote it, produced an out and out pop single, the precursor of "Lay Down" in many ways. "Here It Comes" was included on the compilations Strawbs By Choice and the UK version of Halcyon Days. Subsequently it has been added as a rather out of place bonus track on CD reissues of Grave New World.
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UK vinyl
UK release
"Here It Comes" (Cousins)/
"Tomorrow" (Cousins/Hudson/Ford/Weaver/Hooper)
(AMS 7002, A&M, 1972)
Released in the UK with a straightforward company sleeve only.
UK promo (*)
"Here It Comes" (Cousins)/
"Tomorrow" (Cousins/Hudson/Ford/Weaver/Hooper)
(AMS 7002, A&M, 1972)
No sign of this for as long as I can remember, and I thought that, despite all the other A&M releases having a promo issue, there might not have been a promo release for this single - however this was recently spotted online.
White label test pressings
In my collection, a badly stained, poor condition white label test pressing of the UK single. Spotted online a further example.
Europe vinyl
German release
"Here It Comes" (Cousins)/
"Tomorrow" (Cousins/Hudson/Ford/Weaver/Hooper)
(12155 AT, A&M, 1972)
No visible date on labes or sleeve.
Most likely released to coincide with either the 1972 release of the album Grave New World in Germany, or the festivals/concerts which the band played in continental Europe in the summer of '72.
Italian release
"Here It Comes" (Cousins)/
"Benedictus" (Cousins)
(45032 AT, A&M, 1972)
No visible date on the labels or sleeve. The photograph (same as used on the German issue and the Japanese "Keep The Devil Outside") has been used the other way round here (ie reversed left to right).
ASIA PACIFIC VINYL
Australian release (*)
"Here It Comes" (Cousins)/
"Tomorrow" (Cousins/Hudson/Ford/Weaver/Hooper)
(AMK-4703, A&M/Festival, Australia, 1972)
Listed on Festival Records discography and spotted online
New Zealand release
"Here It Comes" (Cousins)/
"Tomorrow" (Cousins/Hudson/Ford/Weaver/Hooper)
(AMK-4703, A&M/Festival, New Zealand, 1972)
OTHER VINYL
South African release
"Here It Comes" (Cousins)/
"Tomorrow" (Cousins/Hudson/Ford/Weaver/Hooper)
(AMRS 1020, A&M, 1972)
Released in South Africa. My copy came with a plain white sleeve - may have had an A&M company sleeve.
Kenyan release
"Here It Comes" (Cousins)/
"Tomorrow" (Cousins/Hudson/Ford/Weaver/Hooper)
(AMS 7002, A&M, 1972)
It may not have been in released in US or Canada, but Kenya got in there. My copy came in a plain sleeve. Maybe this is what was behind the song Dave Lambert wrote for Dancing To The Devil's Beat ("The Man Who Would Never Leave Grimsby"):
Got a letter from a boy
From a village in Kenya
He was such a fan
So smitten by the band
They called him the Strawbs Boy
And that made him proud
He would play us loud
In the letter Lucky wrote
That he'd been to Nairobi
Which I found quite sad
Because he said he looked around
But he couldn't see me
With a faith like that
How I wish he had
