Old School Songs
# Old School Songs

Old School Songs is a studio album by singer-songwriter Dave Cousins of the band Strawbs and guitarist Brian Willoughby. It was released in 1979 on Old School Records.

## Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Cousins.

* "Grace Darling"
* "I've Been My Own Worst Friend"
* "Ways and Means"
* "You Keep Going Your Way"
* "The Battle"
* "The Hangman and the Papist"
* "Hanging in the Gallery"
* "Beside the Rio Grande"
* "Josephine, For Better or for Worse"
* "Lay Down"
* "A Song for Me"

On the original vinyl recording, side 1 comprised tracks 1–5, side 2 tracks 6–11

## Bonus tracks

The Japanese re-issue contained two bonus tracks:

* "You Never Needed Water" (Cousins)
* "Song for Alex" (Cousins, Tony Hooper)

## Personnel

* Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
* Brian Willoughby – guitar

## Recording

Studio tracks recorded at Music Works Live tracks recorded at the Exmouth Summer Festival on May 27, 1979 (1979-05-27) by Bob Pridden

* Al Williams – engineer

## Versions

* vinyl album SLURP1 (Old School Records, UK, 1979)
* vinyl album PB2013 (Passport Records, US, 1980)
* vinyl album PVC8901 (PVC Records, US, 1980)
* CD RGF CD 004 (Road Goes On Forever, 1991)
* CD RATCD 4218 (Muskrat, Japan, 2003)
* CD WMCD 2051 (Witchwood Media, UK, 2011)
