Deep Cuts (Strawbs album)

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Deep Cuts

Studio album by

Released

October 1976^[1]

Recorded

Spring and Summer 1976

Progressive rock

Length

33:43

Oyster Records, (UK)

Strawbs chronology

Nomadness
(1975)

Deep Cuts
(1976)

Burning for You
(1977)

Singles from Deep Cuts

Alternative Album Cover

2 CD set cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic^[2]

Deep Cuts is the tenth studio album by English band Strawbs.

Track listing

Side one

"I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" (Dave Cousins, Chas Cronk) – 3:00
"Turn Me Round" (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:42
"Hard Hard Winter" (Cousins, Robert Kirby) – 2:54
"My Friend Peter" (Cousins, Cronk) – 2:15
"The Soldier's Tale" (Cousins, Cronk) – 4:15

Side two

"Simple Visions" (Cousins, Cronk) – 4:40
"Charmer" (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:13
"Wasting my Time (Thinking of You)" (Cousins, Cronk) – 2:27
"Beside the Rio Grande" (Cousins) – 4:18
"So Close and Yet So Far Away" (Cousins) – 2:59

Bonus track - Japanese re-issue CD

"You Won't See the Light" (Dave Lambert)

Personnel

Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
Rod Coombes – backing vocals, drums, percussion

Additional personnel

Robert Kirby – backing vocals, mellotron, electric piano, French horn
John Mealing – piano, organ, electric piano, harpsichord, synthesizer
Rupert Holmes – piano, harpsichord, clavinet, clarinet

Recording

Rupert Holmes, Jeffrey Lesser – Producers
Jeffrey Lesser – Engineer

Recorded and mixed at The Manor, Kidlington, Oxfordshire

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[3]	63
US Billboard 200^[4]	144

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Comment
United Kingdom	1976 (1976)	Oyster	stereo LP	2391 234
United States	1976 (1976)	Oyster	stereo LP	OY-1-1603
United Kingdom	1976 (1976)	Oyster	cassette	3177 234
Canada	1976 (1976)	Oyster	stereo LP	OY-1-1603	#63 ^[5]
	1996 (1996)	Road Goes on Forever	CD	RGF/WCDCD 027	Packaged with Burning for You
Japan	2003 (2003)	Muskrat	CD	RATCD 4219	includes bonus track
United Kingdom	2006 (2006)	Witchwood Media	CD	WMCD 2031

References

Deep Cuts on Strawbsweb
Sleeve notes AMLH 68331 Deep Cuts
Deep Cuts in-depth feature on Strawbsweb Archived 11 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

^ "The Strawbs". Super Seventies. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
^ Deep Cuts at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5136b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
^ "Strawbs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 11, 1976" (PDF).

v t e Strawbs
Dave Cousins Dave Lambert Chas Cronk Tony Fernandez Dave Bainbridge Tony Hooper Ron Chesterman Sandy Denny Rick Wakeman Richard Hudson John Ford Blue Weaver Rod Coombes John Hawken Andy Richards Brian Willoughby Oliver Wakeman Adam Wakeman
Albums	All Our Own Work (with Sandy Denny) Strawbs Strawberry Sampler Number 1 Dragonfly From the Witchwood Grave New World Bursting at the Seams Hero and Heroine Ghosts Nomadness Deep Cuts Burning for You Deadlines Don't Say Goodbye Heartbreak Hill Ringing Down the Years Blue Angel Déjà Fou The Broken Hearted Bride Dancing to the Devil's Beat Hero & Heroine in Ascencia Prognostic The Ferryman's Curse Settlement
Live albums	Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios Strawbs in Concert Greatest Hits Live Concert Classics The Complete Strawbs (Chiswick '98 Live) Live at Nearfest Recollection Lay Down with the Strawbs
Compilation albums	Strawbs by Choice The Best of Strawbs Preserves Uncanned A Choice Selection of Strawbs Halcyon Days Sandy Denny and the Strawbs The Collection Tears and Pavan
Box sets	A Taste of Strawbs
DVDs	The Complete Strawbs: The Chiswick House Concert
Acoustic Strawbs albums	Baroque & Roll Full Bloom Painted Sky
Singles	"Oh How She Changed" "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" "Forever" "Benedictus" "Here It Comes" "Lay Down" "Part of the Union" "Shine on Silver Sun" "Hero and Heroine" "Hold on to Me (The Winter Long)" "Grace Darling" "Lemon Pie" "I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" "Charmer"
Related articles	Band members Discography

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