Strawberry Sampler Number 1 is a studio album

Album

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 by English

England

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 band Strawbs. It was originally released as a publisher's demonstration record, intended to advertise Dave Cousins

Dave Cousins

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

's and Tony Hooper's songs to other artists. Most of the songs were re-recorded by the band on later albums ("Ah Me, Ah My" was used unchanged on the Grave New World

Grave New World

Grave New World is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It was the first album to be released after the departure of Rick Wakeman, under circumstances about which band leader Dave Cousins was very bitter. Cousins has admitted that the track "Tomorrow" was written about Wakeman...

album).

The initial white label pressing ran to 99 copies on 12 inch vinyl

Gramophone record

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 pressings. There are only two known vinyl copies in existence, making these one of the UK's most collectable records.

Side one

1. "All I Need is You" (Dave Cousins) – 3:07
2. "Stay Awhile With Me" (Cousins) – 2:41
3. "Sail Away to the Sea" (Cousins) – 3:28
4. "Two Weeks Last Summer" (Cousins) – 2:06
5. "Nothing Else Will Do" (Cousins) - 2:16
6. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes
   Who Knows Where the Time Goes
   "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" is a song written by the English folk-rock singer and songwriter Sandy Denny. Denny originally recorded the song as a demo in 1967, singing and playing guitar on the track...
   
   " (Sandy Denny
   Sandy Denny
   Sandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...
   
   ) – 4:09
7. "I've Been My Own Worst Friend" (Cousins) – 2:43
8. "I Turned My Face into the Wind" (Cousins) – 2:41
9. "On Growing Older
   On Growing Older
   "On Growing Older" is a song by English band Strawbs written by Dave Cousins. The track first appeared on the Grave New World album, although it was written and recorded a few years earlier...
   
   " (Cousins) – 2:00

Side two

1. "And You Need Me" (Cousins) – 3:16
2. "Ah Me, Ah My
   Ah Me, Ah My
   "Ah Me, Ah My" is a song by English band Strawbs written by Tony Hooper. The track first appeared on the Grave New World album, although it was written and recorded a few years earlier...
   
   " (Tony Hooper
   Tony Hooper
   Tony Hooper is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins. He left Strawbs in 1972 after their album Grave New World, when it became obvious that the band was moving further away from its folk roots towards rock and...
   
   ) – 1:22
3. "And You Need Me"/"Josephine for Better or for Worse" (Cousins) – 4:29
4. "Just the Same in Every Way" (Cousins) – 3:01
5. "How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite" (Cousins) – 2:47
6. "Young Again" (Hooper) – 2:56
7. "Whichever Way the Wind Blows" (Cousins) – 2:52
8. "Sweetling" (Hooper) – 3:05

Personnel

The personnel are not listed on the album cover but the following is likely:

• 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
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  , banjo
  Banjo
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• Tony Hooper
  Tony Hooper
  Tony Hooper is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins. He left Strawbs in 1972 after their album Grave New World, when it became obvious that the band was moving further away from its folk roots towards rock and...
  
   – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Sandy Denny
  Sandy Denny
  Sandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...
  
   – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Ron Chesterman
  Ron Chesterman
  Ron Chesterman was an English musician and archivist. He is best known as the original double bass player with Strawbs...
  
   – double bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
  

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
		Private pressing	stereo Stereophonic sound The term Stereophonic, commonly called stereo, sound refers to any method of sound reproduction in which an attempt is made to create an illusion of directionality and audible perspective...  LP Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
Worldwide		Witchwood Collection	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	WC CD2002