Grave New World

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Vinyl album: SP 4344 (A&M, Canada, ??). Single sleeve, silver label. No booklet in my copy. Label style similar to Classic Strawbs and Best of Strawbs so I'd guess 1977 or later. For that particular recording, and other concerts on the same tour, vocalist and bass player John Ford (member of an earlier Strawbs line-up) flew over from New York to perform with members of the Hero and Heroine line-up. The Hero and Heroine line-up toured again in 2007 in the UK, including gigs at the Robin 2 ( Bilston), The Stables ( Wavendon), and several locations in Southern and South-Western England. This line-up also toured the UK and US in May–June 2008. Following the end of the US Tour, John Hawken announced his intention to leave the group. The remaining four members (the Nomadness line-up) continued as the core of the electric band. In January 2009, it was announced that Oliver Wakeman, would be playing keyboards with the band on tours of Canada, the UK and Italy. always looks better than today does, a sentiment I share too often. "Is it Today, Lord?" has an eastern feel with the sitar The sound of this album while recorded in 72, remains surprisingly very modern and fresh (but this is

Badgley, Aaron (24 March 2019). "A Conversation With Brian Willoughby by Aaron Badgley". Strawbs 50th Anniversary . Retrieved 2 October 2021. From here the album moves from strength to strength, whether it is the psychedelia of "Queen of Dreams", the political humor of the Tull-like "Heavy Disguise", the dramatic epiphany of the title cut, the gorgeous symphonic ballad "Flower and the Young Man", or the angry prog of "Tomorrow". In between, brief interludes like "On Growing Older" and the levity of "Ah Me Ah My" portray the human life as one of contrasts between the intense and the fluffy, with a healthy dollop of nostalgia (after all its Strawbs we're talking about). In the closer, "Journey's End", Cousins utilizes the same vocal tone as in "Benedictus", and Blue weaves a simple yet ornate melody on piano that fades out. Cousins, Dave (2014). Exorcising Ghosts: Strawbs & Other Lives. Witchwood (published 1 September 2014). ISBN 978-0956588715.featured more conventionally on some Purple, Heep or Rooster songs. But I really it: solid band and albums. Anyway a worthy one if you are a Strawbs fan but I don't think is quite inventive and great Grave New World the Movie is available on a DVD. It's been transfered from tape and looks absolutely horrible. But quality aside, the film isn't very good. star songs: Benedictus (4:27) Hey Little Man ... Thursday's Child (1:06) Heavy Disguise (2:53) Hey Little Man ... Wednesday's Child (1:08) The Flower And The Young Man (4:18) Tomorrow (4:51) On Growing Older (1:56) Is It Today Lord (3:09) The Journey's End (1:43)

convey death. The album concludes with the delightful piano of Blue Weaver on "The Journey's End." The old man no longer Chamberlain, Adrian (24 October 2012). "Singer says acoustic Strawbs". Times Colonist . Retrieved 2 October 2021. Heaven' from their previous studio album 'From The Witchwood'. It's a well constructed song with a delightfulstunner and for me this is up there with "Autumn" from 'Hero and Heroine'. There are a few folky acoustics tunes that are typical for Vinyl album: SP 4344 (A&M, Canada, ??). Spotted online. Silver label, very similar "spiky" style to above, but with French wording round the rim, so probably the second silver label reissue.