STRAWBS – BURNING FOR YOU LP – Nr MINT 1977

Strawbs  – Burning For You
(Oyster Records  1977  OY11604)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some light rubbing on the back & import cut on top left corner
Inner Sleeve has small splits

Vinyl in 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.

Burning for You is the eleventh studio album by English band Strawbs, with cover art by Patrick Woodroffe.

Track listing

Side one

1. “Burning for Me” (Dave Cousins, John Mealing) – 4:01
2. “Cut Like a Diamond” (Cousins, Chas Cronk) – 3:44
3. “I Feel Your Loving Coming On” (Dave Lambert) – 2:56
4. “Barcarole (For the Death of Venice)” (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:25
5. “Alexander the Great” (Cousins, Lambert) – 3:59

Side two

1. “Keep on Trying” (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:15
2. “Back in the Old Routine” (Cousins, Cronk, Lambert) – 3:17
3. “Heartbreaker” (Lambert) – 4:40
4. “Carry Me Home” (Cronk) – 3:28
5. “Goodbye (Is Not an Easy Word to Say)” (Cousins) – 3:44

Personnel

• Dave Cousins – vocals (1–10) (lead vocals 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10) acoustic guitar (2–4, 6–8)
• Dave Lambert – lead guitar (1–6, 8–10), vocals (3–9) (lead vocals 3, 6, 7, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (5, 8), acoustic lead guitar (7)
• Chas Cronk – bass (1–10), vocals (3, 4, 6, 7), acoustic guitar (7)
• Rod Coombes – drums (1–3, 5–10)

Additional personnel

• Robert Kirby – piano (3), synthesizer (3), orchestral arrangement (3, 9), electric piano (4, 6, 9), Mellotron (4–6, 8), clavinet (8), acoustic guitar (7)
• John Mealing – piano (1, 7, 9, 10), synthesizer (1, 3–5, 8), Mellotron (3), harpsichord (2), tubular bells (3), organ (4), orchestral arrangement (1, 10)
• Jeffrey Lesser – Producer and engineer

assisted by

• Robin Freeman

Recorded and mixed at Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands