From the Witchwood

From the Witchwood
Studio album by Strawbs
Released	July 1971
Recorded	February-March 1971
Genre	Progressive rock, art rock, Folk rock
Length	38:11
Label	A&M
Producer	Tony Visconti
Strawbs chronology
Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios (1970) From the Witchwood (1971) Grave New World (1972)

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Allmusic	[1]

From the Witchwood is a studio album by English band Strawbs.

It was recorded at Air Studios, London during February and March 1971 and reached number 39 in the UK Album Charts.^[2]

The album is the only studio album to feature Rick Wakeman in the band line-up, although he had featured on their previous live release Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios and had also played as a session musician on the 1970 album Dragonfly.

Track listing

Side one

1. "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Dave Cousins) – 3:50
2. "Witchwood" (Cousins) – 3:23
3. "Thirty Days" (John Ford) – 2:52
4. "Flight" (Richard Hudson) – 4:24
5. "The Hangman and the Papist" (Cousins) – 4:11

Side two

1. "Sheep" (Cousins) – 4:14
2. "Canon Dale" (Hudson) – 3:46
3. "The Shepherd's Song" (Cousins) – 4:34
4. "In Amongst the Roses" (Cousins) – 3:48
5. "I'll Carry On Beside You" (Cousins) – 3:09

Bonus track

The A&M "Remasterpieces" CD re-release included the following as a bonus track

1. "Keep the Devil Outside" (Ford) – 3:02

Personnel

• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, banjo, recorder
• Tony Hooper – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, autoharp, tambourine
• Rick Wakeman – piano, organ, celeste, mellotron, Moog synthesizer, clavinet, harpsichord
• John Ford – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar
• Richard Hudson – lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, sitar

Recording

• Tony Visconti – Producer
• Bill Price – Engineer
• Alan Harris – Engineer
• John Punter – Engineer
• Chris Michie – Engineer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	July 1971	A&M	stereo LP	AMLH 64304
United States	July 1971	A&M	stereo LP	SP 4304
Denmark	1971	Sonet	stereo LP	SLPS 1531
Italy	1971	A&M	stereo LP	SLAM 64304
Canada	1971	A&M	stereo LP	SP 4304
New Zealand	1971	A&M	stereo LP	SAML-934437
Japan	1987	A&M/Canyon	CD	D32Y3578
Russia	1998	ArsNova	CD	AN99-061
Worldwide	1998	A&M	CD remastered with bonus track	540 939-2

References

• From the Witchwood on Strawbsweb
• Sleeve Notes CD 540 939-2 From The Witchwood

Notes

1. From the Witchwood at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
2. UK Top 40 database everyHit.com. Retrieved on December 16, 2008