Yes, It Was a New Strawbs Era...

Cowboomie is right... Deep Cuts was after the Strawbs had left their long-time label (A&M), a move they later regretted. Nomadness (1975)was the last studio album they did for A&M and then went with Oyster Records. Despite the fact it was a stronger album than Nomadness (their first without keyboardist John Hawken), Deep Cuts could not have possibly sold as well because the album did not have a major label push behind it. I was fortunate to see the Strawbs on the Deep Cuts tour (in 1976, Ambrosia opened for them) and they were very very strong. Also saw the electric version of the band (with Hawken) two years ago and it was a delight to see. A classic british prog-influenced band. Good to see much of their stuff here... although of course, you will not see the great epics that were released on A&M records.

Oh my lovely lemon lady...

cowboomie

I hate to tell you this, but once again, which is actually pretty common, All Music Guide is wrong. This album did not come out between Ghosts and Nomadness. It came out after Nomadness and before Burning For You. Jeffrey Lesser produces here, as he did on Burning For You. Both Robert Kirby and John Mealing are on keyboards here, as they are on Burning. Jeffrey does not produce Nomadness, it is done by Tom Allom, who had also done Hero & Heroine as well as its follow-up, Ghosts. While John Mealing does indeed show up on Nomadness, so does Rick Wakeman and Tommy Eyre -- John would later take a far larger part on the next two albums.

Grab It

LovelyLemonLady

So glad, for the 100th time, to see these on here. This is another great album, issued between Ghosts and Nomadness, two of my favorite albums (there are tens of tens!), with that general flavor, but you can see the movement toward Nomadness. Get Burning for You and then you'll have the combo that was released later.

Great Rock from a Former Bluegrass Band

crafterx43

You have to give Dave Cousins credit. He recreates his music on every release. I have seen this band several times and must say that this is one of their best recordings. I find it a great "wintertime" album. Great driving music, but be careful-you will find your speedo going into the red quite easily.