Concert Classics (Strawbs album)

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Concert Classics
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Live album by Strawbs
Released 1999 (1999)
Recorded 1977 (1977)
Genre Progressive rock
Label Renaissance
Strawbs chronology
Halcyon Days
(1997)		Concert Classics
(1999)		 The Complete Strawbs
(2000)

Concert Classics is a live album by English band Strawbs. It was recorded in 1977 and broadcast in February 1978 as part of the BBC TV series "Sight and Sound".

Album collection of recorded music, words, sounds

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78-rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP records played at ​33 1⁄3 rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used alongside vinyl from the 1970s into the first decade of the 2000s.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

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Strawbs English rock band

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.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Last Resort" (Dave Cousins, Dave Lambert, Chas Cronk)
  2. "Ghosts" (Cousins)
    "Sweet Dreams"
    "Night Light"
    "Guardian Angel"
    "Night Light"
  3. "No Return" (Cousins, Lambert)
  4. "Heartbreaker" (Lambert)
  5. "Simple Visions" (Cousins, Cronk)
  6. "Cut Like a Diamond" (Cousins, Cronk)
  7. "Out in the Cold/Round and Round" (Cousins)
  8. "Hero and Heroine" (Cousins)

Personnel

Dave Cousins singer, songwriter and musician from England

Dave Cousins is an English singer and songwriter, who has been the leader, singer and most-active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

Acoustic guitar type of guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification (see electric guitar). The sound waves from the strings of an acoustic guitar resonate through the guitar's body, creating sound. This typically involves the use of a sound board and a sound box to strengthen the vibrations of the strings. In standard tuning the guitar's six strings are tuned (low to high) E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4.

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1999 Renaissance CD RRCC00706


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