Old School Songs [Extra tracks, Import]

Dave Cousins, Brian Willoughby, Strawbs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 8, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Vivid Sound Japan
• ASIN: B0000TANMG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,281,168 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Grace Darling

2. Ive Been My Own Worst Friend

3. Ways & Means

4. You Keep Going Your Way

5. The Battle

6. The Hangman & The Papist

7. Hanging In The Gallery

8. Beside The Rio Grande

9. Josephine For Better Or For Worse

10. Lay Down

11. A Song For Me

12. You Never Needed Water (Bonus Track)

13. Song For Alex (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews

Limited Japanese reissue (2000 copies) of The Strawbs leader/founder's 1980 album with guest Brian Willoughby, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve, features 13 tracks including 2 bonus tracks previously released on the 1994 album The Bridge but now withdrawn, 'You Never Needed Water' & 'Song For Alex'. Muskrat. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "The" Old School, January 5, 2000

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John R. Struk (Clearwater Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Old School Songs (Audio CD)

A well recorded rarity. A collector's item at the time of its original release on vinyl. If you like Dave Cousin's voice up front on the Strawbs recordings you will love this simple acoustic recording of some of the band's most memorable titles.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a great Lp, October 30, 1999

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Mark DelMedico ([e-mail]) (Central New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Old School Songs (Audio CD)

This Lp is older Strawbs tunes but Cousins plays a lot of dulcimer on it.I really liked the Lp alot

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars aged well, September 24, 2002

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booboo bear (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Old School Songs (Audio CD)

When I 1st saw this album in 1980 it was the album cover that got my attention. That has changed and I prefer the original one. In Canada the cover was a sunny yellow with a pencil sketch of a young guy in a jean jacket with an acoustic guitar. It looked a lot like what I remembered of school. The acoustics and vocals were pretty much as expected except perhaps for the almost medieval edge. Always did enjoy lyrics that do more than rhyme.

This album has a tendency to grow on the listener. A number of my friends have added this one to their collection after asking on more than one occasion what they were listening to. It could be Mr. Cousins passionate vocals or Mr. Willoughby's fine and clean guitar stylings...

There is an underlying sadness about this album that seems to have something to do with aging. It could be the way the passions are kept in check by the acoustic format but whatever the reason this album has aged very very well.