The Collection is a compilation album by English band Strawbs.
Track listing
"Part of the Union" (Richard Hudson, John Ford) – 2:54 "I'll Carry on Beside You" (Cousins) – 3:09 "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" (Cousins) – 3:50 "Oh How She Changed" (Cousins, Tony Hooper) – 2:52 "I Turned My Face into the Wind" (Cousins) – 2:42 "Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins) – 5:28 "Witchwood" (Cousins) – 3:23 "Benedictus" (Cousins) – 4:24 "Heavy Disguise" (Ford) – 2:53 "Keep the Devil Outside" (Ford) – 3:02 "Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins) – 2:46 "Grace Darling" (Cousins) – 3:55 "Lemon Pie" (Cousins) – 4:03 "Martin Luther King's Dream" (Cousins) – 2:53 "Tokyo Rosie" (Cousins) – 2:48 "Will Ye Go" (Francis McPeake) – 3:54 "I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" (Cousins, Chas Cronk) – 3:00 "Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:31
Personnel
Dave Cousins – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, piano (all tracks except 9) Tony Hooper – vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks 2–8,10,14) Dave Lambert – vocals, electric guitar (tracks 1,11–13,15–18) Ron Chesterman – double bass (tracks 3–5) John Ford – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals (tracks 1,2,6–10,14,16,18) Chas Cronk – bass guitar, vocals (tracks 11–13,15,17) Rick Wakeman – keyboards, clavinet (tracks 2,6,7,10,14,15) Blue Weaver – keyboards, accordion (tracks 1,8,16,18) John Hawken – keyboards (tracks 11–13) Robert Kirby – keyboards (track 17) John Mealing – keyboards (track 17) Richard Hudson – drums, vocals (tracks 1,2,6–8,10,14,16,18) Rod Coombes – drums, vocals (tracks 11–13,15,17)
Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog United Kingdom Spectrum 2-CD set 5447062
References The Collection on Strawbsweb