''Full Bloom'' is a live album by Acoustic

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Track listing

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" #:"Heroine's Theme" ( John Hawken) #:"Deep Summer Sleep" ( Dave Cousins) #:"The Winter Long" (Cousins) #" Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins) #"Ghosts" (Cousins) #:"Sweet Dreams" #:"Night Light" #:"Guardian Angel" #:"Night Light" #"

The Flower and the Young Man "The Flower and the Young Man" is a song by English band Strawbs written by Dave Cousins. The track first appeared on the ''Grave New World'' album. Lyrical and musical content The lyrics are a veiled reference to a love affair which Dave Cousi ...

" (Cousins) #"Remembering" (Hawken) #"You and I (When We Were Young)" (Cousins) #"The Winter and the Summer" ( Dave Lambert) #"Tears and Pavan" (Cousins, Richard Hudson, John Ford) #"Out in the Cold" (Cousins) #"Round and Round" (Cousins) #"Alice's Song" (Cathryn Craig,

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) #" Hero and Heroine" (Cousins) #"A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins) #"The River" (Cousins) #"Down by the Sea" (Cousins)

Personnel

* Dave Cousins –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

, backing vocals,

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

* Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar *

– acoustic guitar *Jon Connolly - producer and director

Recording

Recorded live by Jon Connolly at Natural Sound, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Release history

References

''Full Bloom'' on Strawbsweb
2004 live albums Strawbs live albums {{2000s-folk-rock-album-stub