SANDY DENNY & THE STRAWBS – ALL OUR OWN WORK LP – EXC+/Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1973 FOLK ROCK

Sandy Denny & The Strawbs – All Our Own Work
(Hallmark Records  1973  SHM813)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – Holland Pressing for UK release – UK sleeve

Front Laminated Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– front is great – back cover has foxing

Vinyl in Excellent+/Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964. Although the band started out as a bluegrass group they eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock, progressive rock, and (briefly) glam rock.

They are best known for their hit, “Part of the Union”, which reached number two in the UK charts in February 1973, as well as for “Lay Down” a popular Progressive Rock hit from the same LP. The Strawbs also toured with Supertramp in their “Crime of the Century” tour, doing their own “Hero and Heroine” tour, which drew musical similarities and themes.

All Our Own Work is an album by Sandy Denny and the Strawbs, recorded in 1967 but not released until 1973. The album was recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark, and contains an early recording of one of Sandy Denny’s best known songs “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?”. Denny later recorded this song as a member of Fairport Convention. The album was released by Pickwick Records, who in the 1970s specialised in budget releases of deleted record company catalogues.

1. “On My Way” (Dave Cousins) – 3:03
2. “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” (Sandy Denny) – 4:04
3. “Tell Me What You See in Me” (Cousins) – 3:38
4. “Always on My Mind” (Tony Hooper) – 1:51
5. “Stay Awhile with Me” (Cousins) – 2:24
6. “Wild Strawberries” (Cousins, Hooper) – 1:32

1. “All I Need Is You” (Cousins) – 2:19
2. “How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite” (Cousins) – 2:43
3. “Sail Away to the Sea” (Cousins) – 3:22
4. “Sweetling” (Hooper) – 2:34
5. “Nothing Else Will Do” (Cousins) – 2:13
6. “And You Need Me” (Cousins) – 3:13

• Sandy Denny – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
• Tony Hooper – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Ron Chesterman – double bass

Additional personnel

• Ken Gudmand – drums
• Cy Nicklin – sitar
• Svend Lundvig – string arrangements

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark July 1967

• Gustav Winckler – producer
• Karl Emil Knudsen – co-ordination
• Ivar Rosenberg – engineer