Dragonfly (Strawbs album)

Dragonfly (Strawbs album)
Dragonfly
Studio album by Strawbs
Released February 1970
Recorded 1969
Genre Folk, folk rock
Length 36:44
Label A&M, (UK)
Producer Tony Visconti
Strawbs chronology
Strawberry Sampler Number 1
(1969)
Dragonfly
(1970)
Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
George Starostin 10/15 stars[2]
Uncut 4/5 stars[3]

Dragonfly is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It contains the lengthy and rather progressive ballad "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake" describing the hardships of a boatman who encounters and battles all kinds of mystical creatures on a lake, with a sword that was given to him by the lady of the lake.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "The Weary Song" (Dave Cousins) – 3:50
  2. "Dragonfly" (Cousins) – 5:34
  3. "I Turned my Face into the Wind" (Cousins) – 2:42
  4. "Josephine for Better or for Worse" (Cousins) – 3:17
  5. "Another Day" (Cousins) – 3:16

Side two

  1. "'Til the Sun Comes Shining Through" (Cousins) – 3:34
  2. "Young Again" (Tony Hooper) – 2:51
  3. "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake" (Cousins) – 10:44
  4. "Close Your Eyes" (Hooper) – 0:56

Bonus tracks

The A&M re-release CD 5302680 includes the following as bonus tracks: -

  1. "We'll Meet Again Some Time" (Cousins) – 3:13
    Recorded at Trident Stdios, London June 1969
  2. "Forever" (Cousins, Hooper) – 3:32
    Single release
  3. "Another Day" (Cousins) – 3:03
  4. "We'll Meet Again Sometime" (Cousins) – 3:09
    Bonus tracks 3 & 4 recorded for John Peel's "Top Gear" BBC Radio 1 show September 7, 1969 (1969-09-07)

Personnel

with

Recording

Recorded at Rosenberg Lydteknik, Copenhagen with additional work at Morgan Studios, London. Mixed at Trident Studios, London

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Comments
United Kingdom February 1970 (1970-02) A&M stereo LP AMS 970
Canada 1974 (1974) A&M stereo 2-LP set with Strawbs SP9014 set entitled Early Strawbs
South Korea 1999 (1999) Si-Wan CD SRMC 0083
Unknown Progressive Line CD PL503 bootleg
September 2008 (2008-09) A&M CD 5302680 includes 4 bonus tracks

References

  1. ^ Dragonfly (Strawbs album) at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  2. ^ http://starling.rinet.ru/music/strawbs.htm#Dragonfly
  3. ^ Rob Young Uncut magazine, September 2008.



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