The Best of Strawbs
# The Best of Strawbs

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 listing

### Side 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 musician

* Roger Glover – bass guitar

## Recording history

| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| United Kingdom | 1978 (1978) | A&M | stereo 2LP | AMLM 66005 |
| United States | 1978 (1978) | A&M | stereo 2LP | SP 6005 |
| Canada | 1978 (1978) | A&M | stereo 2LP | SP 96005 |
