VARIOUS ARTISTS ALBUMS FEATURING STRAWBS - 1980s

INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS VOLUME 3- A SELECTION OF A&M'S GREATEST DUO PERFORMANCES    NEW 

(A&M Records L27103, Aus, 1980)

An Australian compilation of duets includes Hudson Ford's "I Wanted You".

Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

England Dan & John Ford Coley - I Hear The Music

Bell & James - Livin' It Up (Friday Night)

Lon & Derrek Van Eaton - Who Do You Outdo

Alessi - Oh, Lori

Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good To You

Captain And Tennille - You Never Done It Like That

The Tarney/Spencer Band - Bye Bye Now My Sweet Love

Booker T and Priscilla Jones - When Two People Are In Love

Gallagher & Lyle - Breakaway

Hudson-Ford - I Wanted You

The Raes - A Little Lovin' (Keeps The Doctor Away

THE SOUND OF ROCK VOLUME 1 - FOLK ROCK CLASSICS

(CBS CBSX 85016, Greece, 1981)

A Greek outing for "Part Of The Union"

The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn

Donovan - Sunshine Superman

Simon & Garfunkel - I Am A Rock

Country Joe And The Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin To Die Rag

Leonard Cohen - The Partisan

Phil Ochs - Rehearsals For Retirement

Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother

Al Stewart - The News From Spain

THE HORN OF PLENTY

(A&M promotional 4x cassette boxed set, no cat numver, US, 1982)

A nicely produced boxed set, for promo purposes, celebrating A&M's 20th anniversary. Includes tracks from other labels such as Island which were licensed to A&M in the US. Strawbs' "Part Of The Union" is the chosen cut, but Sandy Denny's Fairport version of "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" (released on A&M in the US) is there as well as Stealers Wheel's hit "Stuck In The Middle", on which Rod Coombes plays drums.

Programme 1

Herb Alpert - The Lonely Bull

George McCure - Just A Country Boy

Baja Marimba Band - Comin' In Theback Door

Lucille Starr - The French Song

We Five - You Were On My Mind

Chris Montez - The More I See You

Sandpipers - Guantanamera

Claudine Longet - Meditiation

Phil Ochs - Pleasures Of The Barbor

Boyce & Hart - I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight

Programme 2

Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You

Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66 - The Fool On The Hill

Checkmates Ltd - Black Pearl

Paul Desmond - Summertime

Flying Burrito Broithers - Hot Burrito #2

Burt Bacharach - Make It Easy On Yourself

Wes Montgomery - A Day In The Life

Spooky Tooth - Better By You, Better Than Me

Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World, Beautiful People

Programme 3

Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes

Waylon Jennings - Just To Satisfy You

Liza Minelli - Come Saturday Morning

George Benson - Here Comes The Sun

Carpenters (They Long To Be) Close To You

Free - All Right Now

Cat Stevens - Wild World

Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean

Carole King - It's Too Late

Michel Colombier - Earth

Programme 4

Humble Pie - I Don't Need No Doctor

Paul Williams - We've Only Just Begun

Procol Harum - Conquistador

Lani Hall - Sundown

Valdy - Play Me A Rock And Roll Song

Michael Murphey - Geronimo's Cadillac

Billy Preston - Will It Go Round In Circles

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Programme 5

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Shawn Phillips - Hey Miss Lonely

Cheech And Chong - Earache My Eye

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue

Peter Allen - I Honestly Love You

Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together

Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful

Nils Lofgren - Back It Up

Joan Baez - Diamonds And Rust

Programme 6

Tube - White Punks On Dope

Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

Barry De Vorzon & Perry Botkin Jr. - Nadia's Theme

Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection

Rita Coolidge - Higher And Higher

Programme 7

Elkie Brooks - Pearl's A Singer

Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23

LTD - (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again

Paul Winter - Icarus

Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good

Quincy Jones - Stuff Like That

Pablo Cruise - Love Will Find A Way

Gino Vanelli - I Just Wanna Stop

Police - Roxanne

Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him ?

Squeeze - Cool For Cats

Herb Alpert - Rise

Programme 8

Split Enz - I GotYou

Supertramp - Breakfast In America

Styx - The Best Of Times

Atlantic Starr - When Love Calls

38 Special - Hold On Loosely

Go-Gos - We Got The Beat

Chas Jankel -Glad To Know You

Human League - Don't You Want Me

Jeffrey Osbourne - I Really Don't Need No Light

Howard Johnson - So Fine

Herb Alpert - Route 101

THE MARQUEE COLLECTION (1958-1983), VOLUME 4

(cass, England Records MARC 4, 1983)

A celebration of the wide variety of artists who have played at London's Marquee club. Strawbs personnel get three inputs here - "Part Of The Union" from the band and Amen Corner's big hit "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" (with Blue Weaver) and Stealers Wheel's "Stuck In The Middle With You" (with Rod Coombes). And finally, a short time after Colin Earl and Paul King split from Mungo Jerry front man Ray Dorsey, our own Dave Lambert joined up with them as the King Earl Boogie Band, from which he then joined Strawbs.

There are three compilations on this page which are called the Marquee Collection, each of which has some similarity (and some differences) in selection of tracks:

44 Rock Classics (4LP set Spain, 1983)

Remember 25 Years In Rock (The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983)

The Marquee Collection (The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983) (only Volume 4 cassette listed)

The Great British Invasion (The Marquee Collection) (3LP set)

Elton John - Rocket Man

Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice

Troggs - With a Girl Like You

Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son

Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men

Long John Baldry - Let The Heartaches Begin

Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us

The Move - Flowers In The Rain

Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life

Ronnie Lane - How Come

Slade - Coz I Love You

Toyah - It's A Mystery

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hold Tight

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

The Move - Blackberry Way

Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime

Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians

44 ROCK CLASSICS (*)

(4LP, Victoria 9054, Spain, 1983)

This is a Spanish compilation, here with 4 LPs worth of material. As well as "Part Of The Union", there's Amen Corner's "If Paradise Was Half As Nice" with Blue Weaver on board and Rod Coombes appears on Stealers Wheel's "Stuck In The Middle With You".

The discs are listed as "The Marquee Collection Vols 1-4". There are other compilations on this page which are called the Marquee Collection, each of which has some similarity (and some differences) in selection of tracks. This one is the same as the 3LP Great British Invasion (below), but with an additional first disc:

44 Rock Classics (4LP set Spain, 1983)

Remember 25 Years In Rock (The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983) (3LP set)

The Marquee Collection (The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983) (only Volume 4 cassette listed)

The Great British Invasion (The Marquee Collection) (3LP set)

Record 1

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

The Yardbirds - For Your Love

Derek & The Dominos - Layla

Small Faces - Itchycoo Park

The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (Live)

Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe

Them - Here Comes The Night

Record 2

Cream - Strange Brew

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire

Nazareth - Broken Down Angel

Status Quo - Whatever You Want

Ten Years After - Love Like A Man

Back Sabbath - Paranoid

Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer

Frankie Miller - Darlin'

The Animals - Don't Bring Me Down

Humble Pie - Natural Born Boogie

Record 3

Genesis - Turn It On Again "Live"

Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air

The Jam - Sounds Of The Street

Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World

Moody Blues - Go Now

Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

Nice - America

Record 4

Marillion - He Knows You Know "Live"

David Bowie - London Boys

Squeeze - Cool For Cats

Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice

Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son

Marmalade - Reflections Of My Live

Slade - Coz I Luv You

Toyah - It's A Mystery

Gallagher & Lyle - Heart On My Sleeve

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hold Tight

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Adam And The Ants- Young Parisians

REMEMBER 25 YEARS IN ROCK (The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983) (*)

(3LP, Victoria 9021/2/3, Spain, 1984)

This is a 3LP Spanish compilation spanning the 60s through to the early 80s (billed as "The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983" but I can't see anything earlier that the 60s there. As well as "Part Of The Union", there's Amen Corner's "If Paradise Was Half As Nice" with Blue Weaver on board and Rod Coombes appears on Stealers Wheel's "Stuck In The Middle With You".

Though it's not referred to on the box, the album labels are titled "The Marquee Collection Vols 1, 2 and 3". There are three compilations on this page which are called the Marquee Collection, each of which has some similarity (and some differences) in selection of tracks:

44 Rock Classics (4LP set Spain, 1983)

Remember 25 Years In Rock (The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983)

The Marquee Collection (The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983) (only Volume 4 cassette listed)

The Great British Invasion (The Marquee Collection) (3LP set)

Record 1

Cream - Strange Brew

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire

Nazareth - Broken Down Angel

Status Quo - Whatever You Want

Ten Years After - Love Like A Man

Back Sabbath - Paranoid

Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer

Frankie Miller - Darlin'

The Animals - Don't Bring Me Down

Humble Pie - Natural Born Boogie

Record 2

Genesis - Turn It On Again "Live"

Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air

The Jam - Sounds Of The Street

Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World

Moody Blues - Go Now

Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

Nice - America

Record 3

Marillion - He Knows You Know "Live"

David Bowie - London Boys

Squeeze - Cool For Cats

Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice

Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son

Marmalade - Reflections Of My Live

Slade - Coz I Luv You

Toyah - It's A Mystery

Gallagher & Lyle - Heart On My Sleeve

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hold Tight

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Adam And The Ants- Young Parisians

THE GREAT BRITISH ROCK INVASION, VOLUMES 1, 2 & 3 ("The Marquee Collection")

(3LP, Wizard Records (EMI), Take 1, 2, 3, 1984)

"Part Of The Union" is also on this 3LP compilation, along with with Stealers Wheel's "Stuck In The Middle With You" (Rod Coombes) and "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" (Blue Weaver)

There are three compilations on this page which are called the Marquee Collection, each of which has some similarity (and some differences) in selection of tracks:

44 Rock Classics (4LP set Spain, 1983)

Remember 25 Years In Rock (The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983)

The Marquee Collection (The Greatest Hits from 1958 to 1983) (only Volume 4 cassette listed)

The Great British Invasion (The Marquee Collection) (3LP set)

Side 1

Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

The Who - Happy Jack

Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

Deep Purple - Black Night

Small Faces - Itchycoo Park

Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin

Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things

Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo

Side 2

Suzi Quatro - Can The Can

The Animals - Don't Bring Me Down

Squeeze - Cool For Cats

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

Them - Here Comes The Night

Cat Stevens - Matthew And Son

Slade - Coz I Luve You

Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time

David Bowie - London Boys

Side 3

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Derek And The Dominoes - Layla (extended version)

Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air

Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie

Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life

Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Hold Tight

Side 4

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

The Yardbirds - For Your Love

Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug

Kim Wilde - Kids In America

Moody Blues - Go Now

Status Quo - Whatever You Want

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

Cream - Strange Brew

Frankie Miller - Darlin'

Side 5

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Genesis - Turn It On Again

Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians

The Herd - From The Underworld

Gallagher & Lyle - Heart On My Sleeve

Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire

Side 6

Ten Years After - Love Like A Man

The Jam - Sounds From The Street

Nazareth - Broken Down Angel

Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

Nice - America

Atomic Rooster - The Devil's Answer

Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day

Toyah - It's A Mystery

Marillion - He Knows You Know

HIT ACTION - 50 GREAT CHART TRACKS

(3LP, Warwick Records WW 1000, 1985)

Plenty of licensed material from Strawbs' A&M labelmates - Gallagher & Lyle, Elkie Brooks, Hazel O'Connor, Rita Coolidge, Captain Sensible, Styx, Herb Alpert, Quincy Jones, Peter Frampton, Andy Fairweather-Low (Blue's former colleague from Amen Corner/Fairweather). "Part Of The Union" is featured here as is Stealers Wheel's "Stuck In The Middle" with Rod Coombes on drums.

Record 1

Wham! - Club Tropicana

Dead Or Alive - That's The Way I Like It

Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

Tight Fit - Fantasy Island

Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle

Elkie Brooks - Fool if You Think It's Over

Hazel O'Connor - Will You

Herb Alpert - Rise

Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove

Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat

Shakin' Stevens - Teardrops

Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After The Rain

Waldo De Los Rios - Mozart Symphony No. 40

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

Captain Sensible - Happy Talk

Record 2

Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen

Miami Sound Machine - Dr. Beat

Jeffrey Osborne - Stay With Me Tonight

Shakin' Stevens With Bonnie Tyler - A Rockin' Good Way

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

Dickies - Banana Splits

Laurie Lingo And The Dipsticks - Convoy G.B.

Styx - Babe

Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone

T-Rex - Jeepster

Billy Ocean - Loverboy

Roman Holliday - Don't Try To Stop It

Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida

Gallagher & Lyle - I Wanna Stay With You

Jeffrey Osborne - On The Wings Of Love

Elkie Brooks - Pearl's A Singer

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn

Record 3

K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up

Tight Fit - Back To The Sixties

Quincy Jones - Razzamatazz

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

Mac & Katie Kissoon - Don't Do It Baby

Andy Fairweather-Low - Wide-Eyed And Legless

Gary Benson - Don't Throw It All Away

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Captain Sensible - Glad It's All Over

A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing

Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven

Alessi - Oh Lori

Emotions - Best Of My Love

Third World - Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love)

Brothers Johnson - Stomp

ROCK CLASSICS - THE STORY OF ROCK N' ROLL (*)

(2LP, Trutone Music DGL 903/4, South Africa, 1985)

An odd mix of classic rock'n'roll and 70s material. "Part Of The Union" is featured here as is Stealers Wheel's "Stuck In The Middle" with Rod Coombes on drums.

Side 1

The Chiffons - Da Doo Ron Ron

The Archies - Sugar Sugar

Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo

Buddy Holly - Maybe Baby

Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Everly Brothers* - When Will I Be Loved

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire

Jan And Dean* - I Get Around

Johnny And The Hurricanes - Red River Rock

Side 2

Dion - Run Around Sue

Buddy Holly - Oh Boy

The Chiffons - Locomotion

The Chiffons - Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown

Bill Haley And His Comets - We're Gonna Rock Around The Clock

Jan And Dean - Little Old Lady From Pasadena

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

Shanana - Rock 'N Roll Is Here To Stay

Side 3

Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

B.W. Stevenson - Shambala

Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black

John Fogerty - Rockin' All Over The World

Neil Sedaka - Calendar Girl

Sam Cook - Twistin' The Night Away

Dion & The Belmonts - The Wanderer

Don Gibson - Sea Of Heartbreak

Side 4

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Strawbs - Lay Down

Elton John - Crocodile Rock

Blondie - Denis

Eagles - Lyin' Eyes

B.W. Stevenson - A Little Bit Of Understanding

Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say

Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'n Roll

SWEET SONGS - LEMBRANΗA DOS MELHORES MOMENTOS (*)

(Mercury – 816 582-1, Mercury – ALP 7004, Mercury – AMC 7004, Brazil, 1987)

"Hold On To Me" is the sweet song here - but the sub-title is misprinted as "(The Winter Song)"

Nazareth - I Don't Want (To Go On Without You)

Bee Gees - Then You Left Me

The Korgis - Don't Look Back

Ray, Goodman & Brown - Special Lady

Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'Clock

Maureen McGovern - The Morning After

Slade - She Did It To Me

Andy Gibb / Victoria Principal - All I Want To Do Is Dream

Nazareth - Love Hurts

Dario Baldan Bembo - Aria

Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember

Strawbs - Hold On To Me (The Winter Song) (sic)

ENCORE

(CD, A&M 837 104-2, 1988 promo)

"Part Of The Union" also featured here on a wide ranging compilation of A&M artists ranging from the very earliest days of the label (Antonio Carlo Jobim's "Girl From Ipanema") through to relatively recent 80s releases (Roger Hodgson, Neville Brothers).

Annabel Lamb - Riders On The Storm

Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Dillard & Clark - Train Leaves Here This Mornin'

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Hot Burrito #1

Gene Clark - Spanish Guitar

Gino Vanelli - Crazy Life

Supertramp - Give A Little Bit

Al Green - Going Away

Neville Brothers - The Ten Commandments of Love

Dr John - Wild Honey

The Police - Roxanne

Stewart Copeland - Koteja (Oh Bolilla)

Antonio Carlo Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema

Joan Baez - Jesse

Roger Hodgson - In Jeopardy

Chris De Burgh - If You Really Love Her Let Her Go

Carpenters - Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

HIT COME BACK

(Polyphon, Germany, 819 981-1, 1988)

"Part Of The Union" was reissued as a single in a series of "Hit Come Back" releases, which were then collected up into a number of albums. Volume 3, subtitled "16 Number 1 UK Hits 1969-1977", includes two appearances by Blue Weaver on "Part Of The Union" and Amen Corner's "If Paradise ..."

Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice

Ralph McTell – Streets Of London

The New Seekers – I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

Don McLean – American Pie (Part One)

Strawbs – Part Of The Union

The New Seekers – Never Ending Song Of Love

Peter Shelley – Gee Baby

Alvin Stardust – Jealous Mind

Status Quo – Down, Down

ABBA – Mamma Mia

Bobby Goldsboro – Honey

10cc – I'm Not In Love

Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart

ABBA – Dancing Queen

Donna Summer – I Feel Love

Status Quo – Rockin' All Over The World

RAISED ON ROCK

(Knight Records, France, RORCD17003, 1989)

"Part Of The Union" features on this French compilation, one of four similar.

Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

Kinks - Lola

10 CC - Rubber Bullets

Argent - Hold Your Head Up

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Take On The World

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well

Derek & The Dominos - Layla

The Moody Blues - Question

Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone

Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love

Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy

Strawbs - Part Of The Union