Acoustic Strawbs
2016-09-17
The David Hall
South Petherton
Somerset UK
Audience Recording
Artwork Included
Quality A
Time:115 Minutes.



Lineage Roland R-09> Soundprofessionals TFB-2 >> 24Bit 48Khz >> WavePad (top and tail) >>
Audacity >> 16Bit 44Khz >> Dime.


Checked SBE's with Trader's Little Helper


Raised the spoken chat between songs,cut out a bit of tuning.
Reduced the applause.Tracked in Audacity,a fade in and out here and there,and we're good to go.


Acoustic Strawbs are:
Dave Cousins - vocals, guitar, dulcimer
Dave Lambert - vocals, guitar, percussion
Chas Cronk - vocals, bass, 12 string guitar


Disc One

1. Turn Me Round
2. The Man Who Called Himself Jesus
3. Copenhagen
4. New World
5. Oh, How She Changed
6. A Glimpse Of Heaven
7. The Hangman & The Papist


Disc Two

1. Benedictus
2. Tears & Pavan
3. Ghosts
4. Golden Salamander
5. Cold Steel
6. Shine On Silver Sun
7. Autumn
8. Lay Down
9. We'll Meet Again Sometime




Outlining the David Hall’s dramatic arch is golden script that proclaims
‘Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you’. Underneath, the band mount the stage,
embrace their musical instruments and promise the packed venue, “we’re going to take you on a journey…”
The Acoustic Strawbs are storytellers, socio-political commentators and entertainers. Their work is well documented digitally and readily available online.
What their live performance at The David Hall affords is a compelling personal curation,
route through and telling of their long and textured narrative in a way that is as accessible to those unfamiliar with their magical history as for their die-hard fans.
Early on in the first set Dave Cousins, lead singer, told the story of meeting Sandy Denny at the Troubadour Club in Earl’s Court in the mid-60s. The band invited Sandy to join them,
which led to a week in Denmark – recording an album in a cinema by day and decamping to Tivoli Gardens afterwards. The Strawbs then played their song ‘Copenhagen’ that reflects upon that week with Sandy.
After the audience’s roar of approval for the band’s anguished performance of ‘New World’, Dave went on to describe how Gerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records contacted the band and asked them to spearhead the label’s launch in the UK.
They were told to find their own producer, which led them to work with Tony Visconti and Gus Dudgeon at Chappell Music in New Bond Street (Visconti went on to work with Bowie, The Moody Blues, Marc Bolan and T-Rex…).
According to Dave, their record ‘Oh How She Changed’, ‘is a sleeper, as they call it in the business!’
One of the most famous musicians who was a one time Strawb is Rick Wakeman – prior to joining 70’s prog rock legends ‘Yes’. Indeed, Dave recounted a tale of playing with Wakeman at ‘The Rock and Roll Circus’
beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris. As they played alongside the high-wire act and child jugglers, Salvador Dali suddenly appeared on stage waving his stick in the air!
Over time the band evolved into more of a rock band and left much of their folk and bluegrass roots behind them.

From the website cultureroar.wordpress.com

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