VARIOUS ARTISTS ALBUMS FEATURING STRAWBS - 2010s

AUTUMN ALMANAC

(Dec 2010 covermount, Uncut magazine)

The re-release of Sandy & The Strawbs has brought this forgotten classic to wider atterntion - this Uncut covermount is a tribute to Ray Davies' songwriting and features one of the Strawbs tracks in a similar vein - don't think I ever expected to see "Sam" on a cover disc [grin]

Kate Rusby - Village Green Preservation Society

Nick Lowe - The Rose Of England

Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)

Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern - Pram Town

Wreckless Eric - Reconnez Cherie

Sandy Denny & The Strawbs - How Everyone But Sam Was A Hypocrite

Erland And The Carnival - The Derby Ram

Kevin Ayers - Baby Come Home

James Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In

Field Music - Them That Do Nothing

Richard Thompson - The Money Shuffle

Bill Fay - Diamond Studded Days

Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Belltown Ramble

Wild Billy Childish & The Musician Of The British Empire - Joe Strummer's Grave

Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease

ANOTHER 100 ROCK ESSENTIALS (*)    NEW 

(6CD, Universal, FBUDCD 011, South Africa, 2010)

"Hero And Heroine" included here.

CD1

Deep Purple - Highway Star (Live)

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

Free - All Right Now

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Uriah Heep - Gypsy

Status Quo - Down Down

Rainbow - Since You Been Gone

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird (Live)

Budgie - Baby Please Don't Go

Styx - Lady '95

Rush - Tom Sawyer

Live - All Over You

Rob Zombie - Dragula

Spiderbait - Black Betty

CD2

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

The Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running

Spooky Tooth - Better By You, Better Than Me

Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night

Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy

Mott The Hoople - Walkin' With A Mountain

Savoy Brown - Tell Mama

James Gang - The Bomber

Taste - Born On The Wrong Side of Time

The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues (Live)

Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Tree (Live)

Roy Buchanan - My Baby Says She's Gonna Leave Me

Strawbs - Hero And Heroine

The Moody Blues - Ride My See Saw

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah (Live)

Elton John - Bennie And The Jets

CD3

Kiss - Detroit Rock City

Budgie - In For The Kill

Uriah Heep - Seven Stars

Ace Frehley - New York Groove

Styx - Renegade

Joe Walsh - Turn To Stone

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets

Atlanta Rhythm Section - Spooky

Angel - Anyway You Want It

Paul Stanley - Move On

Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways (Live)

The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap

Tygers Of Pan Tang - Love Potion No. 9

Y & T - Your Mama Don't Dance

Asia - Sole Survivor

Big Country - Save Me

Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives

CD4

Anthrax - Madhouse

Motörhead - Overkill

Diamond Head - In The Heat Of The Night

Dio - We Rock

Pat Travers - Snortin' Whisky

Cinderella - Shelter Me

Extreme - Play With Me

Steelheart - Dancin' In The Fire

Dan Reed Network - Forgot To Make Her Mine

L.A. Guns - Rip And Tear

Alice Cooper - Teenage Frankenstein

Scorpions - Wind Of Change (Live)

Little Angels - Kickin' Up Dust

Tesla - Hang Tough

Kingdom Come - The Shuffle

Warlock - Touch Of Evil

Blue Murder - Black Hearted Woman

CD5

Live - Shit Town

Manowar - Return Of The Warlord

Mother Love Bone - Mindshaker Meltdown

Soundgarden - Pretty Noose

Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn

Weezer - Buddy Holly

Gun - Word Up

Ugly Kid Joe - Milkman's Son

Coverdale Page - Pride And Joy

Arapaho - Backstage

Little Caesar - Chain Of Fools

Monster Magnet - Crop Circle

Grinspoon - More Than You Are

American Hi-Fi - Flavor Of The Weak

The All-American Rejects - Swing Swing

Alien Ant Farm - Movies

Buckcherry - Whiskey In The Morning

CD6

Nightwish - Phantom Of The Opera

Audioslave - Be Yourself

Godsmack - I Stand Alone

Alter Bridge - Rise Today

Wolfmother - Woman

Tony Iommi - What You Living For

3 Doors Down - Better Life

Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder

Puddle Of Mudd - She Hates Me

Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow

The Hellacopters - A Heart Without A Home

Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment

Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs

Rasmus - In The Shadows

Hoobastank - Crawling In The Dark

Rise Against - Prayer Of The Refugee

The Hives - Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones

Institute - Bullet Proof Skin

The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

WONDROUS STORIES: 34 ARTISTS THAT SHAPED THE PROG ROCK ERA (*)    NEW 

(2CD Universal Music TV, 0600753282854, 2010)

"Lay Down" is the chosen Strawbs track. There's also a Rick Wakeman track fromn Six Wives but not the one on which Cousins, Lambert and Cronk play.

CD1

Yes - Wonderous Stories

Jethro Tull - Living In The Past

Supertramp - Crime Of The Century

Rush - The Spirit Of Radio

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Camel - Rhayader

Kansas - Dust In The Wind

Colosseum - The Kettle

Uriah Heep - Gypsy

Argent - Hold Your Head Up

Traffic - Paper Sun

Hawkwind - Silver Machine

The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

Gong - Perfect Mystery

Barclay James Harvest - Mocking Bird

Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)

Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-vida

CD2

Focus - Hocus Pocus

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man

Marillion - Kayleigh

Rare Bird - Sympathy

Genesis - The Serpent

Golden Earring - Radar Love

Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now

The Moody Blues - Question

Strawbs - Lay Down

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer

Rick Wakeman - Catherine Of Aragon

Caravan - In The Land Of Grey & Pink

Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture

Roxy Music - Virginia Plain

Wishbone Ash - Jail Bait

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Paganini: Theme (Paganini Caprice In A Minor No. 24) And Variations

SON OF FADING YELLOW VOLUME 2 (*)    NEW 

(CDR, Limited Edition, Promo, Sweden, 2011)

"Oh How She Changed" is included here.

Mark Almond - Organ Grinder

Cryan Shames - Baltimore Oriole

Tom Northcott - We Will Find Love

Hudson-Farnsworth - Way Down

Hudson-Farnsworth - Music

Strawbs - Oh How She Changed

Ralph McTell - Michael In The Garden

Bread - Look At Me

Mark And Sumley - Sincere Replies

Adam Miller - The Story Of Patrick Lee

Ian Matthews - Never Ending

Alan Price - Dream Of Delight

Clifford T. Ward - A Sad Cliché

Michael Konstan - Great Train

Saint Jacques - But It's True

Brewer And Shipley - She Thinks She's A Woman

Willow - Ace Man

Hudson-Farnsworth - Come To See My Lady

Hudson-Farnsworth - Lay Down Sheep

Kensington Market - Aunt Violet's Knee

Sam Signaoff - Blue Duck Fly To North Country

SUN IT RISES

(2011 covermount, Uncut magazine)

Another selection from Sandy & The Strawbs, as selected by Fleet Foxes, the Dylanesque "Nothing Else Will Do"

Girls - Heartbreaker

Dungen - Fredag

Nic Jones - Courting Is A Pleasure

The Luyas - Cats In A Bag

William Tyler - The Green Pastures

Mountain Man - Bathtub

The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me

PG Six - Old Man On The Mountain

Sandy Denny & The Strawbs - Nothing Else Will Do Babe

John Jacob Niles - The Ballad Of Barberry Ellen

Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Sabu Yerkoy

Pearly Gate Music - Gossamer Hair

Frank Fairfield - The Dying Cowboy

Lower Dens - Tea Lights

Roy Harper - One For All

40 JAHRE DISCO - DISCO GLITTER (*)    NEW 

(2CD, Sony Music 88697 82496 2, Germany, 2011)

German 2CD compilation including "Part Of The Union".

CD1

Gary Glitter - Rock 'n' Roll Part II

Suzi Quatro - Can The Can

Hello - Love Stealer

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

Middle Of The Road - Rockin' Soul

Wizzard - See My Baby Jive

Bay City Rollers - Yesterday's Hero

George Baker Selection - I'm On My Way

Clout - Under Fire

Boney M. - Belfast

Kiki Dee - I've Got The Music In Me

Peter Maffay - Samstag Abend In Uns'rer Straße

Smokie - Don't Play Your Rock 'N Roll To Me

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Shocking Blue - Inkpot

Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo

Gilla - Tu' Es!

CD2

Deep Purple - Fireball

The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

Nazareth - This Flight Tonight

Status Quo - Down Down

Gianna Nannini - America

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar

Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone

Uriah Heep - Free Me

Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking

Hank The Knife And The Jets - Guitar King

Dr. Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol

Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits

Golden Earring - Radar Love

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Eddie And The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna

The Hollies - Hey Willy

Hawkwind - Silver Machine

The Sweet - Blockbuster

HARD TO GET HITS (*)    NEW 

(2CD, Sony Australia, 2013)

Australian 2CD compilation (may have been released there and elsewhere as separate CDs) including "Part Of The Union".

CD1

Apollo 100 - Joy

Jewel Akens - The Birds & The Bees

Bertie Higgins - Key Largo

Johnny Bond - Hot Rod Lincoln

Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch

Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly

Honey Cone - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show

Ann Margret - I Just Don't Understand

John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)

Typically Topical - Barbados

Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express

Mike Douglas - The Men In My Little Girls Life

Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right

Terry Stafford - Suspicion

Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling

The Jamies - Summertime, Summertime

Spectrum - I'll Be Gone

Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo

Ashford & Simpson - Solid

Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater

The Association - Cherish

Chet Atkins - Boo Boo Stick Beat

CD2

Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs - Lil' Red Riding Hood

Harpo - Moviestar

Die Song Masters & Ivo Robic - Morgen (One More Sunrise)

Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons

Robert John - Sad Eyes

Laurie London - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

The Raspberries - Go All The Way

Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman

Verdelle Smith - Tar And Cement

The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man

Lolita - Sailor (incl. english verse)

Hans Poulsen - Boom Sha La La Lo

Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain

Charlene - I've Never Been To Me

Barry Ryan - Eloise

Benny Mardones - Into The Night

The Beau Brummels - Just A Little

Charlie Dore - Pilot Of The Airwaves

Joannie Sommers - Johnny Get Angry

Clarence Carter - Patches

The Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Diane Ray - Please Don't Talk To The Lifeguard

Ambrosia - How Much I Feel

Lynn Anderson - (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden

101 70S HITS (*)    NEW 

(5CD, UMC 10102, 2017)

Includes "Lay Down", "Part Of The Union" and Stealers Wheels' "Stuck In The Middle With You", which includes Rod Coombes.

CD1

ABBA - Waterloo

Blondie - Heart Of Glass

Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

Kenny Rogers - Lucille

Don McLean - American Pie (Part 1)

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (Part 1)

Dr. Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

The Jackson 5 - ABC

The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)

Commodores - Three Times A Lady

Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You

10cc - I'm Not In Love

Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime

The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World

Edwin Starr - War

CD2

The Jam - The Eton Rifles

Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together

Status Quo - Caroline

The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People

Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Part 1)

R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House

The Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)

Four Tops - Simple Game

Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me

Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well

The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap

The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting

Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)

James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet

Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone

Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion

CD3

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

Roxy Music - Virginia Plain

Free - All Right Now

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits

Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?

XTC - Making Plans For Nigel

Status Quo - Down Down

Eddie And The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do

Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry

The Jam - In The City

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

Strawbs - Part Of The Union

Nils Lofgren - No Mercy

The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man

The Slickers - Johnny Too Bad

Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come

Third World - Now That We've Found Love

Cat Stevens - The Hurt

Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More

CD4

Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection

Spinners - It's A Shame

The Supremes - Automatically Sunshine

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

Rose Royce - Car Wash

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden

Magazine - Shot By Both Sides

Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer

Graham Parker And The Rumour - Hold Back The Night

Cat Stevens - Ready

Tavares - More Than A Woman

Andy Fairweather-Low - Wide Eyed And Legless

Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache

Elkie Brooks - Pearl's A Singer

Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

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

Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting

Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay

Lindisfarne - Run For Home

Nils Lofgren - Goin' Back

CD5

Tom Jones - She's A Lady

The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love

Peter Skellern - You're A Lady

The Marmalade - Cousin Norman

J.J. Cale - After Midnight

The Moody Blues - Question

Strawbs - Lay Down

Free - My Brother Jake

McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone

East Of Eden (2) - Jig-A-Jig

Skids - Into The Valley

Public Image Limited - Public Image

The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything

Don McLean - Vincent

Gary Moore Feat. Phil Lynott - Parisienne Walkways

New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

10cc - The Things We Do For Love

Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

The Motors - Forget About You

Mike Oldfield - Theme From Tubular Bells

101 70S ROCK ANTHEMS    NEW 

(5CD, UMC 10105, 2017)

Features "Lay Down" and "Pick Up The Pieces" as well as Stealers Wheels' "Stuck In The Middle With You", which includes Rod Coombes.

CD1

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll

Status Quo - Paper Plane

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

Kiss - Do You Love Me

Budgie - Breadfan

Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band

Gary Moore - Back On The Streets

Uriah Heep - Easy Livin'

The Runaways - Cherry Bomb

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

April Wine - I Like To Rock

Sammy Hagar - I've Done Everything For You

Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way

38 Special - Rockin' Into The Night

Atlanta Rhythm Section - Champagne Jam

The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues

James Gang - Funk #49

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

Buddy Miles - Dreams

CD2

Kiss - Detroit Rock City

Rainbow - Since You Been Gone

Styx - Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

Free - All Right Now

Nils Lofgren - Back It Up

Angel (24) - Don't Leave Me Lonely

Saga (3) - How Long

Diesel (5) - Sausolito Summernight

Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story

Spooky Tooth - Better By You, Better Than Me

Nazareth - This Flight Tonight

Raspberries - Overnight Sensation

Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady

10cc - The Things We Do For Love

Pablo Cruise - Love Will Find A Way

Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell

The Motors - Airport

Little River Band - Reminiscing

Sparks - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth

Free - Only My Soul

CD3

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Status Quo - Wild Side Of Life

Joe Walsh - Turn To Stone

10cc - Get It While You Can

April Wine - Get Ready For Love

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Roll On Down The Highway

Heart - Crazy On You

T. Rex - Get It On

Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

The Knack - My Sharona

Free - I'll Be Creepin'

New York Dolls - Jet Boy

Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

The Motors - Forget About You

Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

Raspberries - Go All The Way

Nils Lofgren - Keith Don't Go (Ode To The Glimmer Twin)

Free - My Brother Jake

Paul Stanley - Tonight You Belong To Me

10cc - I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor

Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft

CD4

Budgie - In For The Kill

Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain

Status Quo - Caroline

Thin Lizzy - Emerald

Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way (Live)

Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Free

Atlanta Rhythm Section - So Into You

Ace Frehley - New York Groove

Styx - Come Sail Away

Pat Travers - Life In London

The Tubes - Prime Time

Iggy Pop - The Passenger

T. Rex - One Inch Rock

Gene Simmons - Radioactive

Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker

Player - Baby Come Back

Wishbone Ash - Jail Bait

10cc - Dreadlock Holiday

Thin Lizzy - Waiting For An Alibi

CD5

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World

Free - Wishing Well

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business

Joe Walsh - Walk Away (Live)

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

Cozy Powell - Theme One

Gary Moore - Don't Believe A Word

Status Quo - Mystery Song

Starz - Cherry Baby

10cc - Art For Art's Sake

Pat Benatar - We Live For Love

Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way (Live)

Thin Lizzy - Sarah

Sparks - Something For The Girl With Everything

Strawbs - Lay Down

10cc - Good Morning Judge

Hudson-Ford - Pick Up The Pieces

Sparks - Amateur Hour

TOP OF THE POPS: '70S ROCK (*)    NEW 

(3CD, Spectrum Music UMC 5377593, 2017)

Features "Lay Down" and "Pick Up The Pieces" as well as Stealers Wheels' "Stuck In The Middle With You", which includes Rod Coombes.

CD1

Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone

Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Free - All Right Now

Alice Cooper - School's Out

The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

Hawkwind - Silver Machine

Roxy Music - Virginia Plain

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

Chris Spedding - Motor Bikin'

Sweet - Fox On The Run

Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant

The Stranglers - No More Heroes

The Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do

The Boomtown Rats - Like Clockwork

The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

Dr. Feelgood - Milk & Alcohol

Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

CD2

The Knack - My Sharona

Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits

Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together

The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans

Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer

The Rattles - The Witch

Ram Jam - Black Betty

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia

East Of Eden - Jig-A-Jig

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar

Mink DeVille - Spanish Stroll

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Boston Tea Party

The Tubes - White Punks On Dope

Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway

The Jags - Back Of My Hand

The Dickies - Banana Splits

CD3

Boston - More Than A Feeling

Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

Heart - Barracuda

Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me

10cc - Life Is A Minestrone

City Boy - 5705

The Motors - Forget About You

Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World

Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright

Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come)

Hudson-Ford - Pick Up The Pieces

Strawbs - Lay Down

Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well

Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock

The Moody Blues - Question

Free - Wishing Well

Status Quo - Caroline

Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun

Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways

COME JOIN MY ORCHESTRA: THE BRITISH BAROQUE POP SOUND 1967-73 (*)    NEW 

(3CD, Grapefruit Records, CRSEGBOX049, 2018)

As well as The Strawbs' "Poor Jimmy Wilson", there's the opening track from proteges Paper Bubble's Scenery album, "Fillin' A Gap", produced by Cousins and Hooper.

CD1

Al Jones - Come Join My Orchestra

The Honeybus - (Do I Figure) In Your Life

Clifford T Ward - Coathanger

The Strawbs - Poor Jimmy Wilson

The Freedom - The Better Side

Michael Blount - Acorn Street

The Toast - Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall

Gilbert - Disappear

Tony Hazzard - The Sound Of The Candyman's Trumpet

Picadilly Line - Your Dog Won't Bark

John Williams - Can't Find Time For Anything Now

Bert Jansch - Woe Is Love, My Dear

The Matchmakers - Sandy

Jonathan Gill - Isandula Road

Genesis - Am I Very Wrong?

The Money Jungle - Away, Away

Warm Sounds - Sticks And Stones

The Alan Bown! - You're Not In My Class

Curved Air - Melinda (More Or Less)

Edward Jenkins - I'm Going Home

Neil MacArthur - Don't Try To Explain

Stackridge - Everyman

Deep Feeling - Do You Love Me

Festival - Today

The Ian Campbell Group - Private Harold Harris

Five Steps Beyond - Not So Young Today

CD2

The Searchers - Popcorn, Double Feature

The Rockin' Berries - Barterers And Their Wives

Julian Brooks - Justine

The Bliss - Courtyards Of Castile

Barclay James Harvest - Mother Dear

The Orange Bicycle - Competition

Mike Batt - I See Wonderful Things In You

Bill Fay - Doris Comes Today

Bridget St John - Yep

Billy Nicholls - This Song Is Green

Chris Neal - Cherrybelle

Wil Malone - I Could Write A Book

Offspring - Windfall

Audience - Poet

The Regime - Dear Amanda

John Pantry - Battle Of Trafalgar

Forever Amber - Letters From Her

Andy Ellison - It's Been A Long Time

Paper Bubble - Fillin' A Gap

Nirvana - Illinois

Johnny McEvoy - Father Dickens

The Annie Rocket Band - A Little Smile On Christmas Morning

Barry Booth & His Orchestra - He's Very Good With His Hands

The Majority - Charlotte Rose

Angel Pavement - Genevieve

Procol Harum - Luskus Delph (Live With Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)

Marc Brierley - The Answer Is

CD3

Fickle Pickle - Saturday

Donovan - Writer In The Sun

The Zombies - A Rose For Emily

The Humblebums - Rick Rack

The Freshmen - She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune

Kes Wyndham - Broken Bicycle

The Factotums - Cloudy

Simon, Plug & Grimes - I'll Keep Smiling

The Move - Mist On A Monday Morning

The U-No-Who - Strange People

Edwards Hand - If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind

Clive Sands - Picture On The Wall

Lea Nixon - New Kind Of Feeling

Chris Baker - Only Fooling

Harmony Grass - Mrs Richie

A & A North - Rosemary

Peter Sully - Row Row Row

The Spencer Davis Group - Time Seller (Single Version)

Katch 22 - Thoughts On A Rainy Day

The Mellow Yellow - Tuesday

Grapefruit - This Little Man

Sheridan/Price - Face In My Window

Muffin - Smokey Blue's Away

Richmond - Breakfast

Agincourt - All My Life

Elliot Mansions - Shades & Shadows

John George - Goodbye

BRITISH ROCK AT THE BBC 1967-1973 (*)    NEW 

(2LP, Maida Vale MV 1012, 2019)

Limited to 500 copies, double black vinyl edition released in a gatefold cover with pictures and line ups of ALL bands inside the gatefold. The Strawbs track here is "The Battle", as recorded for a BBC session.

Side 1

Eric Burdon & The Animals – Monterey

Jeff Beck - (I Know) I'm Losing You

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

Procol Harum - Morning Dew

Jeff Beck - Tallyman

Traffic - Paper Sun

Eric Burdon & The Animals - Connection

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire

Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Beg, Borrow Or Steal

Side 2

Joe Cocker - Can't Be So Bad

Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance

Strawbs - The Battle

Ten Years After - Crossroads

Love Sculpture - Farandole

Status Quo - The Price Of Love

Elton John - Lady Samantha

Trapeze - Another Day

Side 3

Brian Matthew - 'Top Of The Pops' Trailer

Humble Pie - Desperation

Fairport Convention - Sir Patrick Spens

Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love

Honeybus - Story

The Sweet - The Juicer

Faces - Flying

Mott The Hoople - Thunderbuck Ram

Taste - Morning Sun

Side 4

CCS - Whole Lotta Love

The Sweet - Paperback Writer

Humble Pie - Four Day Creep

Slade - Move Over

Babe Ruth - King Kong

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Bubble Gum And Kipling

Thin Lizzy - The Rocker

STRANGERS IN THE ROOM    NEW 

(3CD, Grapefruit (Cherry Red), 2019)

A number of Strawbs-related tracks on this excellent compilation:

Strawbs - an alternative version of "The Man Whgo Called Himself Jesus

Sandy Denny - Who Knows Where The Time Goes - the version from All Our Own Work

Paper Bubble - Strange Days - from their unreleased second album, produced by Cousins and Hooper and featuring the 1970 line-up Strawbs as their backing band. The album is now available on CD - Behind The Scenery which also collects their various releeases and rarities.

Paul Brett's Sage - Dahlia - Sage included Dick Dufall and Bob Voice from Dave Lambert's disbanded Fire

CD1 - Raise Your Voice And Sweetly Sing

Michael Chapman - Stranger In The Room

Steeleye Span - The Blacksmith

Spirogyra - Dangerous Dave (Alternative Version)

Trees - Murdoch

Chimera - Sad Song For Winter

The Humblebums - Shoeshine Boy

Harvey Andrews - Martha

Oo Bang Jiggly Jang - Hanging Tree

Alan James Eastwood - She's Getting Married In August

Jade - Amongst Anemones

Knocker Jungle - I Don't Know Why

Robin Scott - The Sailor

Trader Horne - Here Comes The Rain

Dave Cartwright - My Delicate Skin

Mike Hart - Almost Liverpool 8

Richmond - Candy Dora

Gary Farr - Don't Know Why You Bother Child

Beau - 1917 Revolution

The Johnstons - Jesus Was A Carpenter

Alan Hull - We Can Swing Together

CD2 - Back To The Garden

Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock

The Strawbs - The Man Who Called Himself Jesus

The Woods Band - Asirovedout

Fairport Convention - Sir Patrick Spens

Bill Fay - Be Not So Fearful (Demo Version)

Unicorn - I Loved Her So Long

Al Jones - Sarah In The Isle Of Wight

Lea Nicholson & Stan Ellison - Song For A Dead Mole

Bridget St. John - There's A Place I Know

Jeremy Harmer - People Smile With Ghosts In The Land Of Make-Believe

Urban Clearway - Pucka-Ri

C.O.B. - .Scranky Black Farmer

Daylight - Lady Of St. Clare

Mary-Anne - Love Has Gone

Mick Softley - Time Machine

Third Ear Band - Fleance

Storyteller - Morning Glow

Dando Shaft - Riverboat

Fresh Maggots - What I Am

Canticle - Like A Rolling Stone

CD3 - Down Into The Moonlit World

Andy Roberts - Queen Of The Moonlight World

The Pentangle - The Cuckoo

Mr. Fox - Little Woman

Ralph McTell - Father Forgive Them

Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band - Just As The Tide Was A 'Flowing

Incredible String Band - Ohdidiloveadream

Paper Bubble - Strange Days

Paul Brett's Sage - Dahlia

Mike Cooper - Your Lovely Ways (Part One)

Heron - River Of Fortune

Jude - Beverley Market Meeting

Steve Tilston - All In A Dream

Prelude - Carry Me

Joan Armatrading - City Girl

Horslips - Furniture

Gerry Rafferty - Who Cares

JSD Band - Young Waters

9.30 Fly - September

Lifeblud - Waxing Of The Moon

Sandy Denny - Who Knows Where The Time Goes

LULLABIES FOR CATATONICS: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE BRITISH AVANT-POP/ART ROCK SCENE 1967-74 (*)    NEW 

(3CD, Grapefruit Records CRSEGBOX056, 2019)

The Strawbs' contribution is "The Battle" (the Renaissance track on here doesn't date from the period when John Hawken was a member).

CD1 - Spontaneous Underground

The Soft Machine - I Should've Known

The Riot Squad Featuring David Bowie - I'm Waiting For The Man

Procol Harum - Conquistador

The End - Bypass The By-Pass

Dantalian's Chariot - World War Three

The Zombies - Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)

Giles, Giles & Fripp - I Talk To The Wind

The Liverpool Scene - Tramcar To Frankenstein

The Strawbs - The Battle

Woody Kern - Xoanan Bay

Genesis - In The Beginning

The Velvet Frogs - Wasted Ground (Memento Mori)

Yes - Beyond And Before

Third Ear Band - Druid One

Bachdenkel - Through The Eyes Of A Child

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - All Over The Country

Eyes Of Blue - Merry Go Round

CD2 - Tea On The Lawn

Mighty Baby - Egyptian Tomb

Audience - Banquet

Cressida - To Play Your Little Game

Pretty Things - Parachute

Rustic Hinge - Crystallised Petard

Curved Air - Vivaldi

Sweet Slag - World Of Ice

Barclay James Harvest - Mockingbird

Comus - The Prisoner

Nirvana - Home (Reconstruction)

Second Hand - Death May Be Your Santa Claus

Spring - The Prisoner (Eight By Ten)

The Coxhill-Bedford Duo - Don Alfonso

Stackridge - Grande Piano

Samurai - Saving It Up For So Long

Blonde On Blonde - No. 2 Psychological Decontamination Unit

Fuchsia - Me And My Kite

CD3 - The Wind Sings Winter Songs

Deep Feeling - Welcome For A Soldier

Open Road - Can I See You?

Matching Mole - O Caroline

9.30 Fly - Unhinged

Gnome Sweet Gnome - The Machine Grinds On

As You Like It - No More Sunshine Till May

Jade Warrior - A Winter's Tale

Bond & Brown - C.F.D.T. (Colonel Frights' Dancing Terrapins)

Gnidrolog - Ship

Rupert Hine - Anvils In Five

Ron Geesin - Upon Composition

Mick Ronson - Growing Up And I'm Fine

Be-Bop Deluxe - Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape

10cc - Somewhere In Hollywood

Renaissance - Mother Russia

ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE GETTING IT TOGETHER IN THE COUNTRY 1968-74 (+*)    NEW 

(3CD, Grapefruit Records CRSEGBOX061, 2019)

The track here is Cousins and Lambert's demo "See How They Run", first released on the boxed set A Taste Of Strawbs. The Fairport track here has Sandy Denny singing and the Paul Brett's Sage track is from Jubilation Foundry, wherre former members of Fire Dick Dufal and Bob Voice were involved.

CD1 - Teatime On The Trail

Heads Hands & Feet - Warming Up The Band

Fairport Convention - Cajun Woman

Mott The Hoople - Home Is Where I Want To Be

Mighty Baby - Devil's Whisper

Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers - Desert Island Woman

Shape Of The Rain - Willowing Trees

Tony Hazzard - Abbot Of The Vale

The Hollies - Louisiana Man

Mason - Fading

Unicorn - Sleep Song

Open Road - Boy, You've Got The Sun In Your Eyes

The Marmalade - Cousin Norman

Richmond - Clifftop

Starry Eyed And Laughing - Lady Came From The South

Stray - Oil Fumes And Sea Air

Rare Bird - Redman

The Sutherland Brothers Band - The Pie

Matthews' Southern Comfort - Touch Her If You Can

Quicksand - Empty Street, Empty Heart

Faces - Ooh La La

CD2 - Before The Goldrush

Brinsley Schwarz - Country Girl

McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone

Traffic - Forty Thousand Headmen

Bronco - New Day Avenue

Tranquility (3) - Try Again

Cochise - Velvet Mountain

Procol Harum - A Souvenir Of London

The Deep Set - Cinnamon Girl

Stephen Jameson - Day The World Ran Away

Byzantium - I'll Just Take My Time

High Broom - It's A Way To Pass The Time

Holy Mackerel - Going To The Country

Montage - Liquor Man

Shelagh McDonald - Jesus Is Just Alright

Granny's Intentions - We Both Need To Know

Heron - Bye And Bye

Timebox - Country Dan And City Lil

The Searchers - And A Button

The Orange Bicycle - Take Me To The Pilot

Natural Gas - The Jailer

Curtiss Maldoon - So Nice

Jawbone - Million Times Before

CD3 - Urban Cowboys

Carolanne Pegg - Open The Door

Rod Stewart - Country Comfort

Northwind - Home For Frozen Roses

Bridget St John - Nice

The Pretty Things - Country Road

Andy Roberts - Home Grown

Edwards Hand - Sheriff Myras Lincoln

Marian Segal - Circle Round The Sun

The Parlour Band - Pretty Haired Girl

The Tremeloes - Hello Buddy

Greasy Bear - Tallawaya

Man - My Name Is Jesus Smith

Keith Christmas - Metropolis

Deep Feeling - Country Heir (Single Edit)

Prelude - Johnson Boy

Paul Brett's Sage - Cottage Made For Two

Dave Cousins & Dave Lambert - See How They Run

Mother Nature - Clear Blue Sky

Idle Race - Dancing Flower

The Illusions - Wheel Of Fortune

Gordon, Ellis & Steel - My Little One

Plainsong - I'll Fly Away (Demo Version)