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Strawbs: Just A Collection of Antiques and Curios

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Topic: Strawbs: Just A Collection of Antiques and Curios

Posted By: SteveG
Subject: Strawbs: Just A Collection of Antiques and Curios
Date Posted: December 19 2018 at 08:46

Rick Wakeman is the star of Just A Collection of Antiques and Curios and gave fans a chance to hear the Moog genius on his first love, the piano, and the music is all the better for it.

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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 19 2018 at 11:19

I like the album well enough as it finds them moving forward into a more electrified sound will still having very little lead guitar and no standard drums. I still prefer the more pastoral studio albums that surround it - Dragonfly and Witchwood. But it was quite amazing that the first US release was a live album, and of songs that had mostly not yet been released in any form (I think "Where is this Dream of Your Youth" was the only one that had hitherto appeared).

Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: December 19 2018 at 15:07

A lot of great memories of this album - which I still enjoy playing. Very much a transitional album from the more acoustic and pastoral Strawbs and Dragonfly (which I also love) and the more progressive Wakeman-based era. A range of different styles on display, which makes it a diverse and entertaining listen!

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“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”

Posted By: grantman
Date Posted: December 21 2018 at 18:28

Great record not as near as hero and heroine by standards but good wakeman ,makes a super entrance, keyboard mastery