THE STRAWBS PRISTINE VINYL 'DRAGONFLY' A&M UK FIRST PRESS 70s BRITISH FOLK-ROCK
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Dragonfly Review by Richie Unterberger

Courtesy of AllMusic.com

Dragonfly was the second album to be released by the Strawbs, though much other material unissued in the late '60s that preceded it has since been made available. Dragonfly was also the only LP the band recorded with cellist Claire Deniz in the lineup. Though an attractive and competent record, it's not as impressive as their debut. The songs aren't as striking, and the arrangements -- even with the addition of a fourth full-time member in Deniz -- aren't as effective as the mating of folk-rock, medieval, and classical music that characterized the best songs on the first album. It's a more subdued effort, and not as grave in its mood, Deniz's cello doing much to mellow the sound. Dave Cousins retained his appetite for epics, though, in the ten-minute "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake," which had piano by soon-to-be Strawb Rick Wakeman. When the fuzz guitar unexpectedly piles into the mix a few minutes into the track, joined by strange hissing background noises, it reaches a tense height that the rest of the record doesn't match, though it's an accomplished and pleasingly introspective dawn of '70s British folk-rock.


DISCOGS DETAILS: Courtesy of Discogs

Strawbs – Dragonfly

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Label:

A&M Records – AMLS 970

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

Feb 1970

Genre:

Rock, Folk, World, & Country

Style:

Folk A1 The Weary Song Written-By – Cousins* 3:50 A2 Dragonfly Written-By – Cousins* 5:34 A3 I Turned My Face Into The Wind Written-By – Cousins* 2:42 A4 Josephine For Better Or For Worse Written-By – Cousins* 3:17 A5 Another Day Written-By – Cousins* 3:16 B1 Til The Sun Comes Shining Through Written-By – Cousins* 3:34 B2 Young Again Written-By – Hooper* 2:51 B3 The Vision Of The Lady Of The Lake Written-By – Cousins* 10:44 B4 Close Your Eyes Written-By – Hooper* 0:56
  • Recorded At – Ivar Rosenberg Lydteknik
  • Recorded At – Morgan Studios
  • Mixed At – Trident Studios
  • Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
  • Published By – Strawberry Music (5)
  • Cello – Claire Deniz
  • Design, Illustration – Roger Saunders (2)
  • Double Bass – Ron Chesterman
  • Drums – Bjarne Rostvold (tracks: B3)
  • Engineer – Roger Quested
  • Lead Guitar – Paul Brett (tracks: B3)
  • Piano – Rick Wakeman (tracks: B3)
  • Producer, Engineer, Effects [Percussive] – Tony Visconti
  • Recorder – Tony Visconti (tracks: A2, B2)
  • Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer, Piano [Chinese], Percussion – David Cousins*
  • Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Tambourine, Percussion – Tony Hooper
Recorded at Rosenberg Lydteknik, Copenhagen
Additional recording at Morgan Studios, London, mixed at Trident Studios, London

UK 1st Pressing:
- Textured Single Cover
- Brown (Tan) A&M Label
- No A&M trademark info

includes Lyrics Insert.
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side A): AMLS 970-A-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side B): AMLS 970-B-1


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