1969: Strawbs, A&M Records
1969: Strawberry Music Sampler No. 1, private [100 copies only]
1970: Dragonfly,A&M Records
1970: Just A Collection of Antiques and Curios, A&M Records
1971: From The Witchwood, A&M Records
1972: Grave New World, A&M Records
1972: Dave Cousins: Two Weeks Last Summer,A&M Records
1973: Bursting At The Seams, A&M Records
1973: All Our Own Work, Pickwick
1974: Hero And Heroine, A&M Records
1974: By Choice, A&M Records
1974: Early Strawbs, A&M
1975: Ghosts, A&M Records
1975: Nomadness, A&M Records
1976: Deep Cuts, Oyster Records
1977: Burning For You,Oyster Records
1977: Classic Strawbs,A&M Records
1978: Deadlines, Arista Records
1978: The Best of The Strawbs, A&M Records
1979: Dave Cousins & Brian Willoughby: Old School Songs, Old School Records
Originally the Strawberry Hill Band , but by the time of their first recording (recorded in Denmark, I think) with Sandy Denny sort of sitting in, they had already shortened it to Strawbs. I seem to recall it was called something like `All Our Own Work'. [On their return to the UK, they hawked the tapes around various record companies, but failed to clinch a deal. Meanwhile Sandy decided to move on to join Fairport Convention, and the album was shelved 'til 1973]. This was also Sandy's first album, and had a lovely version of Who Knows Where the Time Goes. The central creative force of the band was/is always David Cousins, but there have been several other strong writers, like Hudson and Ford, who went on to fame as a duo. The sound started out in the Fairport Convention vein of folk rock, with traditional
british folk roots, but soon migrated into its own unique territory, which incorporated baroque music, and Moody Blues style mellotron washes. Music to crank up and flush out your brain with, like standing
on top of a hill in a storm. Had massive amounts of `underground' FM airplay with the title cut and Benedictus from the Grave New World album, and 4 or 5 cuts from Bursting at the Seams, most notably
`Tears and Pavan'. Thanks to -PV
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