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- Track listing Side one Side two Side three Side four
- Personnel
- Guest musicians
- Recording history
- References
{{Infobox album | name = The Best of Strawbs | type = compilation | artist = Strawbs | cover = Best of strawbs.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1978}} | recorded = 1971 - 1975 | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk rock, progressive folk, progressive rock | length = | label = A&M Records | producer = | prev_title = Deadlines | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Don't Say Goodbye | next_year = 1987 }}The Best of Strawbs is a compilation album of songs by Strawbs, with one track from the Dave Cousins solo album Two Weeks Last Summer. Track listingSide one- "Hero and Heroine" (Dave Cousins)
- "Tears and Pavan"
"Tears" (Cousins) "Pavan" (Richard Hudson, John Ford, Cousins) - "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins)
- "Round and Round" (Cousins)
- "New World" (Cousins)
Side two- "Benedictus" (Cousins)
- "Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins)
- "To Be Free" (Cousins)
- "Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In)" (Cousins)
- "Autumn"
"Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken) "Deep Summer's Sleep" (Cousins) "The Winter Long" (Cousins)
Side three- "Don't Try to Change Me" (Dave Lambert)
- "Little Sleepy" (Lambert)
- "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford)
- "Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins)
- "Down by the Sea" (Cousins)
Side four- "Lay Down" (Cousins)
- "Heavy Disguise" (Ford)
- "Lemon Pie" (Cousins)
- "Blue Angel" (Cousins)
"Divided" "Half Worlds Apart" "At Rest"
Personnel- Dave Cousins – lead vocals, guitar, dulcimer
- Tony Hooper - backing vocals, guitar
- Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
- John Ford – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
- Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar
- Blue Weaver – keyboards
- John Hawken – keyboards
- Richard Hudson - backing vocals, drums, percussion
- Rod Coombes – drums
- Jon Hiseman – drums
Guest musicians - Roger Glover – bass guitar
Recording history Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Comment | United Kingdom | 1978}} | A&M | stereo 2LP | AMLM 66005 | United States | 1978}} | A&M | stereo 2LP | SP 6005 | Canada | 1978}} | A&M | stereo 2LP | SP 96005 |
References- The Best of Strawbs on Strawbsweb
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