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VARIOUS ARTISTS ALBUMS FEATURING STRAWBS - 1974-1979

Alphabetical | 1970-1973 | 1974-1979 | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020 on | Festivals

1974
  • Super 20 International (Ariola, 1974) ("Part Of The Union", "Burn Baby Burn"))
  • Super 20 International (Ariola, later in 1974) ("Floating In The Wind")
  • 25 Super Hits (Ariola, Holland 1974) ("Part Of The Union")
  • National Lampoon In-Store Air-Play Album for April 1974 (National Lampoon, US 1974) ("Hero And Heroine")
  • Harete Later (A&M, Norway, 1974) ("Hold On To Me (The Winter Long)", "Free Spirit")
  • Estas Dão Audiência promo (Odeon, Brazil 1974) ("Hold On To Me (The Winter Long)")
  • O Rebu (Som Livre? 404.7055, Brazil, Dec 1974) ("I Wanted You")
  • Sua Paz Mundial - Volume 3 (Som Livre – 404.7054, Brazil, Dec 1974) ("I Wanted You")
  • 1975
  • Rock 70 (A&M SA&MX-2147, Brazil, 1975) ("Ghosts", "Mechanics")
  • Golden Hit Parade (8LP set), Readers Digest, 1975 ("Part Of The Union")
  • A&M Summer Spectacular, A&M US, 1975 ("Keep On Rolling")
  • 1976
  • Bullets, A&M Israel, 1976 ("Little Sleepy")
  • Takrl Anthology Bozo 1 (white label copy, 1976) ("Lay Down (live)")
  • 1977
  • Instant Replay (Polydor, UK 1977) ("I Only Want My Love To Grow In You")
  • 20 Super Hits Originais (Polystar, Brazil 1977) ("So Close And Yet So Far Away")
  • Play It Again Sam (white label Polydor sampler, 1977) ("Keep On Trying")
  • Inglaterra de Hoje - Vol. 3 (Brazil, Epic 144221, 1977) ("Poor Boy")
  • 1978
  • Foreplay, A&M US, 1978 ("Round And Round, Lay Down")
  • Arista AOR Sampler, Arista US, 1978 ("I Don't Want To Talk About It", "Joey And Me")
  • 1979
  • Maxell Rock Sampler, RCA Special Products, 1979 ("Deadly Nightshade")
  • cover SUPER 20 INTERNATIONAL

    (Ariola 87 806 IT, 1974)

    A German Ariola compilation including both "Part Of The Union" and Hudson Ford's "Burn Baby Burn" (the only 1974 track, the rest are undated on 1973). There's also Stealers' Wheel's "Star" (but Rod Coombes had left by then). And of course, Tony Visconti produced the T Rex track. The front cover has a colour vignette of Hudson Ford(same sht as used for the insert in Nickelodeon The Strawbs are on the back in black and white - the first Hero And Heroine line-up promo shot, not the "Part Of The Union" line-up.

  • Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
  • Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  • Marc Bolan And T. Rex - Teenage Dream
  • Uriah Heep - Easy Livin'
  • Hudson-Ford - Burn Baby Burn
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Jerusalem
  • Sahara - Rainbow Rider
  • Roxy Music - Street Life
  • Alex* - Delrue
  • Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville

  • Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  • Stealers Wheel - Star
  • Stylistics - Rockin' Roll Baby
  • The Hollies - Long Cool Woman
  • Billy Preston - Space Race
  • Emilio José - Soledad
  • Strawbs - Part Of The Union
  • Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol
  • Middle Of The Road - Music Music
  • Ike & Tina Turner - The Hunter
  • cover SUPER 20 INTERNATIONAL

    (Ariola 88 394 IT, later in 1974?)

    A second German Ariola compilation that year including Hudson Ford's "Floating In The Wind"

  • Elton John - The Bitch Is Back
  • Alvin Stardust - You, You, You
  • Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
  • Cat Stevens - Oh Very Young
  • Sweet Dreams - Honey Honey
  • The Hollies - Jesus Was A Crossmaker
  • Dominik - Rocket
  • Hudson-Ford - Floating In The Wind
  • Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer
  • George McCrae - Please Help Me Find My Baby

  • Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
  • Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing
  • Stephanie de Sykes - Born With A Smile On My Face
  • Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
  • Middle Of The Road - Rockin' Soul
  • Uriah Heep - Something Or Nothing
  • Peter Shelley - Gee Baby
  • The Sweet - Slow Motion
  • Joan Baez - Guantanamera
  • Status Quo - Turn To Stone
  • cover 25 SUPER HITS (*)

    (88 363 XCT, Ariola Eurodisc Benelux B.V., Holland 1974)

    "Part Of The Union" is the opening track, and Rod Coombes plays on Stealer's Wheel's "Late Again". There's a track from Juicy Lucy, of which Coombes was also a member, but I don't think he played on that. A&M owner, Herb Alpert is featured, as well as labelmate Burt Bacharach's classic "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head".

  • Strawbs - Part Of The Union
  • James Lloyd - Keep On Smiling
  • Stealers Wheel - Late Again
  • Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol
  • Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Love Story
  • Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea
  • Wally Tax - Miss Wonderfull
  • Middle Of The Road - Samba D'Amour
  • Tony Ronald - Help (Get Me Some Help)
  • Udo Jürgens - Mein Klavier
  • Dalida - Gigi, Der Verliebte (Gigi L'Amoroso)
  • The Herd - From The Underworld
  • Tony Marshall - Schöne Maid
  • Blue Haze - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
  • Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo
  • Sweet Dreams - Honey Honey
  • Ruud Bos - Killy The Kid
  • Stephanie De Sykes - Born With A Smile On My Face
  • Burt Bacharach - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
  • Peret - Borriquito
  • Debbie - Everybody Join Hands
  • Stylistics - Rockin' Roll Baby
  • Gilbert O'Sullivan - Came To See Me Yesterday
  • Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love
  • Chris Montez - The More I See You
  • cover NATIONAL LAMPOON IN-STORE AIR-PLAY ALBUM FOR APRIL 1974

    (National Lampoon, US 1974)

    This is a mix of music, political satire and comedy: "This album features cuts from artists whose albums are advertised in the National Lampoon and is intended for promotional use only. NOT FOR SALE". "Hero And Heroine" is the featured Strawbs track, and Rick Wakeman plays on David Bowie's "Changes".

  • Mary Travers - Circles
  • not listed (from American Graffiti) - Rock Around The Clock
  • David Bowie - Changes
  • Strawbs - Hero And Heroine
  • Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
  • Woody Allen - comedy

  • Johnny Winter - Stone Cowboy
  • not listed - The Missing White House Tapes
  • Maggie Bell - After Midnight
  • not listed - Casablanca
  • Mick Ronson - Love Me Tender
  • Brian Auger - Straight Ahead
  • cover cover HARETE LATER (*)

    (A&M AMN 75, Norway, 1974)

    A Norwegian sampler, with both Hudson Ford's "Free Spirit" and Strawbs' "The Winter Long". With cracking tracks from labelmates Supertramp, Gallagher & Lyle and the Ozarks (all of which are favourites of mine), it's a good buy.

  • Gino Vanelli - People Gotta Move
  • Hudson Ford - Free Spirit
  • Paul Williams - The Family Of Man
  • Andy Fairweather Low - Spider Jivin'
  • Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Look Away
  • Strawbs - The Winter Long

  • Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing
  • Gallagher & Lyle - Keep The Candle Burning
  • Sam Neely - You Can Have Her
  • Michael D'Abo - Fuel To Burn
  • Nutz - Round And Round
  • Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
  • cover ESTAS DÃO AUDIÊNCIA (*)

    (SDP 590 promo, Odeon, Brazil 1974)

    A Brazilian 1974 promo LP includes "Hold On To Me (The Winter Long)".

  • Three Dog Night - Sitting In Limbo
  • João Nogueira - Batendo A Porta
  • Paul McCartney & Wings - Junior's Farm
  • Simone - Proposta
  • Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
  • Lemos & Debétio - Morro Do Barraco Sem Água

  • Luiz Ayrão - Intrigas E Opiniões
  • Strawbs - Hold On To Me (The Winter Long)
  • Eduardo Gudin - Mordaça
  • The Righteous Brothers - Dream On
  • Maysa - Bloco Da Solidão
  • Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
  • cover cover O REBU (*)

    (Som Livre? 404.7055, Brazil, Dec 1974)

    Unusually, a Hudson Ford track from 1973's Nickelodeon features on this Brazilian compilation.

  • Claude-Michel Schönberg - Le Premier Pas
  • Elton John - The Bitch Is Back
  • Velvet Glove - Sweet Was My Rose
  • Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble - Working In The Hacienda
  • I Cugini Di Campagna - Anima Mia
  • Hudson-Ford - I Wanted You
  • Moon Williams - Sticks And Stones

  • Oscar Toney Jr. - Make It Easy On Yourself
  • Miami - Melô Da Noturna (Party Freaks)
  • Jim Weatherly - You Are A Song
  • Lobo - Goodbye Is Just Another Word
  • Al Morrison - Swanee
  • Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '77 - The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye
  • Stevie Wonder - Bird Of Beauty

  • cover SUA PAZ MUNDIAL - VOLUME 3 (*)    NEW 

    (Brazil, Som Livre 404.7054, 1974)

    Released in late 1974, though credited as 1975. Another outing for "I Wanted You".

  • Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
  • Elton John - Roy Rogers
  • New Walkers - Mandoline
  • Tony Sherman - Tonight
  • Roy Etzel - Soleado
  • I Cugini Di Campagna - Anima Mia
  • Miami - Party Freaks (Melô Da Noturna)

  • Riot - Put Your Gun Down Brother
  • Daniel Moore - (You're) Having My Baby
  • Cookie (19) - Kung Fu Fighting
  • Hudson-Ford - I Wanted You
  • The Stylistics - Heavy Fallin' Out
  • Commodores - I Feel Sanctified
  • Cheryl Dilcher - So Sad
  • cover ROCK 70 (*)    NEW 

    (A&M SA&MX-2147, Brazil, 1975)

    Another Brazilian A&M compilation, this time with "Ghosts" and Hudson-Ford's "Mechanics".

  • Supertramp - School
  • Peter Frampton - (I'll Give You) Money
  • Henry Gross - Dixie Spider Man
  • Strawbs - Ghosts

  • Esperanto (5) - Eleanor Rigby
  • Hudson-Ford - Mechanics
  • Head East - Fly By Night Lady
  • Armageddon (6) - Buzzard
  • cover cover GOLDEN HIT PARADE

    (8LP, Readers Digest, 1975)

    Eight LP set of greatest hits starting with Volume 1, the Fifties, with each subsequent LP covering a two year span. A patchy collection, some good stuff but some cheesy rubbish as well - volume 8 for 1972-1973 includes "Part Of The Union". For sleeve notes on the Strawbs, click on the thumbnail below.

    Track listing, Vol 8, 1972-1973 only

  • Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father
  • Nilsson - Without You
  • Vicky Leandros - Come What May
  • Elton John - Rocket Man
  • Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough
  • Peter Skellern - You're A Lady
  • The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

  • Strawbs - Part Of The Union
  • Focus - Sylvia
  • Peters And Lee - Welcome Home
  • Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
  • Bobby Pickett And The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash
  • Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
  • Status Quo - Caroline

  • cover A&M SUMMER SPECTACULAR

    (A&M US, SP 8330, 1975)

    A US A&M in store sampler, which includes a Hudson Ford track from When Worlds Collide.

  • Carpenters - Solitaire
  • Cat Stevens - Two Fine People
  • Joan Baez - Blue Sky
  • Gino Vannelli - Mama Coco
  • Billy Preston - Fancy Lady
  • Captain & Tennille - God Only Knows

  • The Tubes - White Punks On Dope
  • Hummingbird - For The Children's Sake
  • Head East - Never Been Any Reason
  • Pablo Cruise - Island Woman
  • Hudson Ford - Keep On Rolling
  • cover BULLETS

    (A&M Israel, SP8371, 1976)

    An Israeli US sampler, which unusually includes "Little Sleepy" from Nomadness. Not the most politically correct album cover in the world ....

  • Carl Graves - Heart Be Still
  • Hustler - Little People
  • Strawbs - Little Sleepy
  • Bazuka - Love Explosion
  • Joan Armatrading - Back To The Night
  • Gino Vannelli - Gettin' High
  • Elkie Brooks - He's A Rebel
  • Chris De Burgh - I'm Going Home

  • Hustler - Break Of Day
  • Elkie Brooks - Tomorrow
  • Andy Fairweather Low - La Booga Rooga
  • Carl Graves - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
  • Gino Vannelli - Mama Coco
  • Firefly - Hey There Little Firefly
  • Shades Of Blu - Bella Mi
  • Paul Williams - The Family Of Man
  • cover TAKRL ANTHOLOGY BOZO 1

    (white label copy, 1976)

    The Strawbs track here is a not terribly high quality live version of "Lay Down", source uncertain, not one I'm familiar with (pretty certain it's not either of the BBC transcription disc recordings in 1973/1974), so it may be something hitherto unreleased. Dave Lambert's vocal very high in the mix, making the chorus a clear duet. From the cymbals, I'm guess it was the Hero And Heroine band on this.

    Sleeve notes run: "Although unfortunately never then issues, this collection was originally prepared in 1976 by the late Dr Terrence H "Telly" Fone. This edition was re-edited by Art Knuvo and Deek Kibard from the Doctor's original manuscripts and re-recorded and mastered from the original tapes by Sparko Time. Thanks to Roy N Oak for the cover..."

  • Bruce Springsteen - The Fever
  • Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Long May You Run
  • Jimi Hendrix And His Band Of Gypsies - Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne
  • Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Deadly Jaws
  • The Rutles - Get Up And Go
  • The Beatles - No Pakistanis

  • Brian Eno - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
  • Gentle Giant - The Runaway
  • Strawbs - Lay Down (live)
  • The Mushroom Tabernacle Choir - The Twelve Drugs Of Christmas
  • Jackson Browne - You Just Want Heavy (You Don't Want Me)
  • Little Feat - All That You Dream
  • Groucho Marx - Hooray For Captain Spaulding
  • cover INSTANT REPLAY

    (Polydor Super 2480 426, UK 1977)

    Just the 1976 nearly-was hit "I Only Want My Love To Grow In You" on this UK sampler release. On my copy someone has typed the track listing onto the white inner sleeve ...

  • Paul Nicholas - Grandma's Party
  • Rubettes - Baby I Know
  • Yvonne Elliman - Love Me
  • The Fatback Band - Double Dutch
  • Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots - Disco Duck
  • Chris Rainbow - Living In The World Today
  • Barclay James Harvest - Rock 'N' Roll Star
  • Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran - Rock Bottom

  • Bryan Ferry - Tokyo Joe
  • Clodagh Rodgers - Save Me
  • The Ritchie Family - The Best Disco In Town
  • Atlanta Rhythm Section - So In To You
  • James Brown - Bodyheat
  • Strawbs - I Only Want My Love To Grow In You
  • Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene (Part 4)
  • The Jam - In The City
  • cover 20 SUPER HITS ORIGINAIS (*)

    (Polystar 9199 140, Brazil 1977)

    "So Close And Yet So Far Away" is the Strawbs selection on this Brazilian hits album - was "So Close" a hit in Brazil? Quite a few albums released in Brazil including Deep Cuts. Released in 1977 - there's a little sticker on the back "1877-1977 - 100 Anos de Som Gravado" (100 Years of Recorded Sound).

  • The Stylistics - I'm Coming Home
  • Nazareth - I Don't Want (To Go On Without You)
  • Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Hold Back The Water
  • Left Side - Mamma Mia (Everytime I See Ye)
  • 10CC - The Things We Do For Love
  • Barry White - Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
  • Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots* - Disco Duck
  • Heatwave - Boogie Nights
  • Gloria Gaynor - Why Should I Pay
  • Ferre Grignard - Ring, Ring, I've Got To Sing

  • Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
  • Bee Gees - Love So Right
  • Kenny Nolan - I Like Dreamin'
  • Sylvia - L.A. Sunshine
  • Van McCoy - Good Night, Baby
  • Strawbs - So Close And Yet So Far Away
  • Mungo Jerry - Hello Nadine
  • Tony Joe White - Susie-Q
  • Paul Mauriat - If You Leave Me Now
  • Zamfir- Été D'Amour
  • cover cover PLAY IT AGAIN SAM (white label Polydor sampler)

    (Polydor, 1977)

    This comes in a nice cream sleeve with a Humphrey Bogart picture on the front and the track listing on the back. No cat no. Nothing at all on the white labels. Side 1 seems to be mixed rock and pop, including Strawbs' "Keep On Trying". Side 2 seems to be mainly jazz and blues cuts. The track listing is headed "June Supplement Releases, Record 1" which suggests there were other volumes.

  • Tim Moore - Love Overnight
  • Joe Beck - Love
  • Ted Nugent - Breast-Fed Gator
  • Ted Nugent - The Non-Conformist Wildebeest
  • Strawbs - Keep On Trying
  • Marie Osmond - This Is The Way I Feel
  • Easy Street - Flying
  • Easy Street - Rely On You

  • Wes Montgomery - Four Or Six
  • Ben Webster - Young Bean
  • Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  • Bill Evans - With A Song In My Heart
  • Harry Edison - Taste On The Place
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Jailhouse Blues
  • Oscar Peterson - Waltz For Debbie
  • cover VARIOUS – INGLATERRA DE HOJE - VOL.3 (*)    NEW 

    (Brazil, Epic 144221, 1977)

    A Hudson Ford track, "Poor Boy", from the 1977 CBS Daylight album.

  • Hudson-Ford - Poor Boy
  • Crawler - Stone Cold Sober
  • Mike Batt - The Walls Of The World
  • Quiver, Sutherland Brothers - Every Tear I Cry
  • Rogue - Lady Put The Light Out
  • Johnny Nash - Birds Of Feather

  • Judas Priest - Diamonds And Rust
  • The Vibrators - Baby Baby
  • The Clash - White Riot
  • Dead End Kids - Breakaway
  • Lone Star - Hypnotic Mover
  • Kursaal Flyers - The Sky Is Falling In Our Love
  • cover FOREPLAY

    (A&M US, A&M SP 19009, 1978)

    A US A&M "pre-release sampler" in a blue card sleeve, which includes two Strawbs tracks "Round And Round" and "Lay Down" (both taken from the Best Of album and two tracks from Stealers Wheel featuring Rod Coombes.

  • Cockrell & Santos - I'm In Love With You/I Tried It All
  • Gato Barbieri - Evil Eyes
  • Elkie Brooks - Since You Went Away/Learn To Love
  • Atlantic Starr - With Your Love I Come Alive/Stand Up
  • White Mansions (Various Artists) - Dixie Hold On/Bad Man

  • The Brothers Johnson - Ain't We Funkin' Now
  • Captain & Tennille - You Need A Woman Tonight/Good Enough
  • Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
  • Stealers Wheel - Late Again
  • Strawbs - Round And Round
  • Strawbs - Lay Down
  • cover ARISTA AOR SAMPLER

    (ARISTA US, Arista ALS 06, 1978)

    A promo album for Arista's 1978 roster.

  • Patti Smith - Because The Night
  • Patti Smith - Privilege (Set Me Free)
  • Strawbs - Joey And Me
  • Strawbs - I Don't Wanna Talk About It
  • John Miles - I Have Never Been In Love Before
  • John Miles - No Hard Feelings

  • Ian Dury - Sex And Drugs And Rock'n'Roll
  • Ian Dury - Wake Up And Make Love To Me
  • Nick Lowe/Stiffs Live - I Knew The Bride
  • Elvis Costello/Stiffs Live - Miracle Man
  • Lou Reed - Gimme Some Good Times
  • Lou Reed - Street Hassle

  • Outlaws - Holiday
  • Outlaws - Hurry Sundown
  • Kevin Lamb - You're On The Wrong Track
  • Dickey Betts & Great Southern - Good Time Feeling
  • Dickey Betts & Great Southern - Atlanta's Burning Down

  • Arista AOR Sampler back cover
  • Loudon Wainwright III - Watch Me Rock I'm Over Thirty
  • Loudon Wainwright III - Natural Disaster
  • Jerry Garcia Band - Rubin And Cherise
  • Jerry Garcia Band - Gomorrah

  • Arista AOR Sampler detail

    cover MAXELL ROCK SAMPLER

    (RCA Special Products, DPL 1-0400, 1979)

    Maxell sampler detail

    An RCA promotional album for Maxell tape products, which includes "Deadly Nightshade" licensed in from Arista.

    To see sleeve notes, click on thumbnail to right.

  • Triumph - Blinding Light Show/Moonchild
  • Starbuck - It Feels So Good
  • The Strawbs - Deadly Nightshade
  • Rufus/Chaka Khan - Take Time

  • Odyssey - Easy Come Easy Go/Hold Da Mota Down
  • Omaha Sheriff - What's It All For
  • Daryl Hall And John Oates - August Day
  • Harvey Mason - Sho Nuff Groove
  • The Alan Parsons Project - Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 32
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