Track listing

1. "Autumn
   Autumn (song)
   "Autumn" is a three part song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1974 album Hero and Heroine. The final part "The Winter Long" was released as a single in 1974 under the title "Hold on to Me ."-Heroine's Theme:...
   
   "

   "Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken

   John Hawken

   John Hawken John Hawken John Hawken (born John Christopher Hawken, 9 May 1940, at Christchurch General Hospital, Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset) is a British keyboard player. He studied classical piano between the ages of four and eighteen at which point he succumbed to the lure of rock and roll...

   
   )

   "Deep Summer Sleep" (Dave Cousins

   Dave Cousins

   Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...

   
   )

   "The Winter Long" (Cousins)

2. "Shine on Silver Sun
   Shine on Silver Sun
   "Shine on Silver Sun" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1974 album Hero and Heroine. It is written by Dave Cousins and was intended as a "come-back" single after the post-"Part of the Union" band split...
   
   " (Cousins)
3. "Ghosts" (Cousins)

   "Sweet Dreams"

   "Night Light"

   "Guardian Angel"

   "Night Light"

4. "The Flower and the Young Man
   The Flower and the Young Man
   "The Flower and the Young Man" is a song by English band Strawbs written by Dave Cousins. The track first appeared on the Grave New World album.-Lyrical and musical content:...
   
   " (Cousins)
5. "Remembering" (Hawken)
6. "You and I (When We Were Young)" (Cousins)
7. "The Winter and the Summer" (Dave Lambert
   Dave Lambert (British musician)
   Dave Lambert is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who was a member of The Strawbs in the 1970s.-Career:...
   
   )
8. "Tears and Pavan" (Cousins, Richard Hudson
   Richard Hudson (musician)
   Richard Hudson is an English singer-songwriter and musician.-Career:Richard Hudson was a member of Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, in which he played drums and sitar and sang. In 1970, he and band-mate John Ford joined Strawbs...
   
   , John Ford)
9. "Out in the Cold" (Cousins)
10. "Round and Round" (Cousins)
11. "Alice's Song" (Cathryn Craig, Brian Willoughby
    Brian Willoughby
    Brian Willoughby is a British guitarist. He has worked with many musicians , as well as releasing solo work.-With other artists:...
    
    )
12. "Hero and Heroine
    Hero and Heroine (song)
    "Hero and Heroine" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1974 album of the same name. It is written by Dave Cousins and has obvious drug allusions, the main reason it didn't get much airplay on BBC radio...
    
    " (Cousins)
13. "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins)
14. "The River" (Cousins)
15. "Down by the Sea" (Cousins)

Personnel

• Dave Cousins
  Dave Cousins
  Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
  
   – lead vocals, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  , banjo
  Banjo
  In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
  
  
• Dave Lambert
  Dave Lambert
  David Alden Lambert , was an American jazz lyricist, singer, and an originator of vocalese. He was best known as a member of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Lambert spent a lifetime experimenting with the human voice, and expanding the possibilities of its use within jazz.Lambert's band debut...
  
   – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Brian Willoughby
  Brian Willoughby
  Brian Willoughby is a British guitarist. He has worked with many musicians , as well as releasing solo work.-With other artists:...
  
   – acoustic guitar

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