Strawbs is a studio album

Album

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 by English

England

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 band Strawbs, their first (not counting the Sandy Denny & The Strawbs LP recorded in Demark.) Not initially issued in the US, US A&M did issue two singles (Oh How She's Changed b/w Or Am I Dreaming, and The Man Who Called Himself Jesus b/w Poor Jimmy Wilson).

Side one

1. "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus
   The Man Who Called Himself Jesus
   "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" is a song by English band Strawbs written by Dave Cousins. It appears on their album Strawbs. An alternative mix of the song may be found on the 2006 box set A Taste of Strawbs.-B-Side:...
   
   " (Dave Cousins
   Dave Cousins
   Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
   
   ) – 3:53
2. "That Which Once Was Mine" (Cousins) – 2:49
3. "All the Little Ladies" (Cousins, 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...
   
   ) – 2:18
4. "Pieces of 79 and 15" (Cousins, Hooper) – 3:00
5. "Tell Me What You See in Me" (Cousins) – 5:01
6. "Oh How She Changed
   Oh How She Changed
   "Oh How She Changed" is a song by English band Strawbs written by Dave Cousins and Tony Hooper. It was the first single to be released by Strawbs and later appeared on their 1969 album Strawbs...
   
   " (Cousins, Hooper) – 2:54

Side two

1. "Or am I Dreaming?" (Cousins) – 2:25
2. "Where is this Dream of Your Youth?" (Cousins) – 3:06
3. "Poor Jimmy Wilson" (Cousins) – 2:37
4. "Where am I? / I'll Show You Where to Sleep" (Cousins) – 3:27
5. "The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:34

Bonus tracks

The A&M 2008 release also included the following bonus tracks: -

1. "Interview / That Which Once Was Mine" (Cousins) – 3:41
2. "Poor Jimmy Wilson" (Cousins) – 2:28
3. "The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:09

These tracks were recorded on for John Peel

John Peel

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's "Top Gear" radio show on BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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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
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  , guitars
  Guitar
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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, guitars
• 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
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Some session musicians also appear including: -

• John Paul Jones
  John Paul Jones (musician)
  John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Nicky Hopkins
  Nicky Hopkins
  Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins was an English pianist and organist.He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a session musician....
  
   – piano
  Piano
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• Richard Wilson – spoken words

A group of Arabic musicians also feature on the track "Tell Me What You See in Me"

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Comments
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...		A&M Records A&M Records A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...	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...	AMS 936
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...		Festival	mono LP	AML-33,475
Australia		Festival	stereo LP	SAML-33,475
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...		A&M Records	stereo 2-LP set with Dragonfly Dragonfly (Strawbs album) Dragonfly is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It contains the lengthy and rather progressive ballad "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake" describing the hardships of a boatman who encounters and battles all kinds of mystical creatures on a lake, with a sword that was given to him by the lady...	SP9014	set entitled Early Strawbs
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...		Si-Wan	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 ,...	SRMC 0088
	Unknown	Progressive Line	CD	PL 527	bootleg Bootleg recording A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
		A&M	CD	5302679