Full Bloom (Acoustic Strawbs album)

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Full Bloom
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Live album by Acoustic Strawbs
Released 2005 (2005)
Recorded 2004 (2004)
Genre folk rock
Label Natural Sound
Acoustic Strawbs chronology
Déjà Fou
(2004)
Full Bloom
(2005)
Live at Nearfest
(2005)

Full Bloom is a live album by Acoustic Strawbs.

Track listing

  1. "Autumn"
    "Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken)
    "Deep Summer Sleep" (Dave Cousins)
    "The Winter Long" (Cousins)
  2. "Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins)
  3. "Ghosts" (Cousins)
    "Sweet Dreams"
    "Night Light"
    "Guardian Angel"
    "Night Light"
  4. "The Flower and the Young Man" (Cousins)
  5. "Remembering" (Hawken)
  6. "You and I (When We Were Young)" (Cousins)
  7. "The Winter and the Summer" (Dave Lambert)
  8. "Tears and Pavan" (Cousins, Richard Hudson, John Ford)
  9. "Out in the Cold" (Cousins)
  10. "Round and Round" (Cousins)
  11. "Alice's Song" (Cathryn Craig, Brian Willoughby)
  12. "Hero and Heroine" (Cousins)
  13. "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins)
  14. "The River" (Cousins)
  15. "Down by the Sea" (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.

Backing vocalist singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists

Backing vocalists or backup singers are singers who provide vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing vocalist may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used in a broad range of popular music, traditional music and world music styles.

Recording

Recorded live at Natural Sound, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Kitchener, Ontario City in Ontario, Canada

Kitchener is a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario. Located approximately 100 km (62 mi) west of Toronto, Kitchener is the regional seat. It was called the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916.

Canada Country in North America

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.

Contents

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Worldwide2004Natural Sound CD
Worldwide2005Natural SoundCD with slightly different track listing

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