''Strawberry Sampler Number 1'' is a studio

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band

Strawbs Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964 as the Strawberry Hill Boys. The band started out as a bluegrass group, but eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock and progressive rock. They are best known fo ...

. It was originally released as a publisher's demonstration record, intended to advertise

Dave Cousins Dave Cousins (born David Joseph Hindson; 7 January 1945) is an English musician who has been the leader, singer and most-active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967. Career Cousins is a founder member of the Strawbs, which started out as the S ...

's and Tony Hooper's songs to other artists. Most of the songs were re-recorded by the band on later albums ("Ah Me, Ah My" was used unchanged on the ''

Grave New World ''Grave New World'' is the fourth studio album by English band Strawbs, their fifth overall. It was the first album to be released after the departure of Rick Wakeman, who was replaced by Blue Weaver, late of Amen Corner. Background Tony ...

'' album). The initial white label pressing ran to 99 copies on 12-inch

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pressings. There are only two known vinyl copies in existence, making this one of the UK's most collectible records. In November 2012 a copy was auctioned on

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and sold for a final bid of £909.88.

Track listing

Side one

#"All I Need is You" (Dave Cousins) – 3:07 #"Stay Awhile With Me" (Cousins) – 2:41 #"Sail Away to the Sea" (Cousins) – 3:28 #"Two Weeks Last Summer" (Cousins) – 2:06 #"Nothing Else Will Do" (Cousins) - 2:16 #"

Who Knows Where the Time Goes "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" is a song written by the English folk-rock singer and songwriter Sandy Denny. Denny originally recorded the song as a demo in 1967, singing and playing guitar on the track. Later that year, she briefly joined the ...

" (

Sandy Denny Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer". After briefly w ...

) – 4:09 #"I've Been My Own Worst Friend" (Cousins) – 2:43 #"I Turned My Face into the Wind" (Cousins) – 2:41 #"

On Growing Older "On Growing Older" is a song by English band Strawbs written by Dave Cousins. The track first appeared on the ''Grave New World'' album, although it was written and recorded a few years earlier. The original recording was later released on the '' S ...

" (Cousins) – 2:00

Side two

#"And You Need Me" (Cousins) – 3:16 #" Ah Me, Ah My" (

Tony Hooper Anthony Hooper (14 September 1939 – 18 November 2020) was an English folk singer-songwriter and musician. He was best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins and double bassist Ron Chesterman. He left The Strawbs ...

) – 1:22 #"And You Need Me"/"Josephine for Better or for Worse" (Cousins) – 4:29 #"Just the Same in Every Way" (Cousins) – 3:01 #"How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite" (Cousins) – 2:47 #"Young Again" (Hooper) – 2:56 #"Whichever Way the Wind Blows" (Cousins) – 2:52 #"Sweetling" (Hooper) – 3:05

Personnel

The personnel are not listed on the album cover but the following is likely: *

–

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– lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar *

Ron Chesterman Ronald George Arthur Chesterman (27 November 1939 – 16 March 2007) was an English musician. He is best known as the original double bass player with The Strawberry Hills Boys, starring Dave Cousins on guitar, dulcimer, banjo and vocals, Tony ...

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Track listing

Side one

Side two

Personnel

Recording

Release history

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