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    Posted: November 12 2014 at 16:55
The only Strawbs studio album featuring the great Rick Wakeman (as an official band member). While I enjoy songs like the title track, this is 'a band in transition' album for me and is over produced at times. What's your opinion of 'Witchwood'?
 
For trivia fans,  Dave Cousins says that this is the first album that Wakeman plays a Moog Mark IIIC synthesizer on. (The 'horns' in The Shepherd's Song.)


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By far my favorite of theirs and the only one I can enjoy from strart to finish. Great atmosphere throughout and almost none of that half assed folk rock singalongs that ruins so many of their other albums.
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A good album, and a transitional effort to be sure, .....but I prefer the later ones.
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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2014 at 23:02
I only have Antiques And Curios, and Witchwood. Because of Rick's participation.
I love Witchwood a lot. I think The Hangman And The Papist is my fave, along with Shepherd's Song and Sheep, though only the last track dipped in quality for me. Great album, wish Rick had stayed on longer, but love Fragile even more. The band members other than Rick are a competent bunch, and I think I should look into more of their albums (especially Hawken-era) but too much else is a priority for me these days.
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Witchwood has that pagan, Medieval  feel to it. Maybe Grave New World or Dragonfly come closest to capturing that rustic folk feel also. Definitely a breakthrough album from folk to progressive and heck for 1971, more young genius music makers tending their flocks.
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I went thru my Strawbs phase years ago and only a few albums remain in my collection....Curios, Witchwood, Hero and Ghosts are essential, IMO.  Compared to the rest of the English folk scene at the time (Fairports, Steeleye, Pentangle, et al), the Strawbs really stand out.  Just wish they'd have kept it up instead of trying to hit the big time with Bursting and Grave....both good albums that could have been great but something is lacking....too slick, too "made for radio"....and that Union song ARGH!
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Bursting At The Seams is also worth a listen imo.
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Strawbs were first prog-rock bands that I heard in 1974. So I have a special relationship to them. Last album is amazing! I recommend another wonderful album - the collection of acoustic songs: ACOUSTIC GOLD 2011
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It's the only one I have, and I really like it.
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Points: 164 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2014 at 02:25
Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

It's the only one I have, and I really like it.


In this case, I highly recommend listening the best album "Hero And Heroine" 1974

Solo albums of Dave Cousins are too good.


Edited by RoadLASER - November 30 2014 at 02:35
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