HERE IT COMES
A&M, 1972
Release date: 21 Apr 1972 (UK)
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.
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UK vinyl
"Here It Comes"/"Tomorrow"
(AMS 7002, A&M, April 1972)
UK release
Released in the UK with a straightforward company sleeve only. (There MAY have been promotional copies, but I have never seen one.)
White label test pressing
A badly stained, poor condition white label test pressing of the UK single.
Europe vinyl
"Here It Comes"/"Tomorrow"
(12155 AT, A&M, no date)
German release
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.
"Here It Comes"/"Benedictus"
(45032 AT, A&M, no date)
Italian release
As above. 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
"Here It Comes"/"Tomorrow"
(AMK-4703, A&M/Festival, Australia, 1972)
Australian release (*)
Listed on Festival Records discography and spotted online
"Here It Comes"/"Tomorrow"
(AMK-4703, A&M/Festival, New Zealand, 1972)
New Zealand release
Other vinyl
"Here It Comes"/"Tomorrow"
(AMRS 1020, A&M, 1972)
South African release
Released in South Africa. My copy came with a plain white sleeve - may have had an A&M company sleeve.
"Here It Comes"/"Tomorrow"
(AMS 7002, A&M, 1972)
Kenyan release
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
