''Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios'' is the third

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by the Strawbs, mostly recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on 11 July 1970. The album reached number 27 in the

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. The band line-up had changed from the previous album, '' Dragonfly''. Only founder-members

Dave Cousins Dave Cousins (born David Joseph Hindson; 7 January 1945) is an English musician who has been the leader, singer and most-active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967. Career Cousins is a founder member of the Strawbs, which started out as the Str ...

and Tony Hooper remained; with

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player

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and cellist Claire Deniz having departed the band, and bassist

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, drummer Richard Hudson, and keyboardist Rick Wakeman having joined. The concert was instrumental in bringing Rick Wakeman's virtuosity to the attention of the music media, when '' Melody Maker'' prophesied super-stardom for the keyboard player.

Track listing

"Where is This Dream of Your Youth" was originally released as a track on '' Strawbs''. ;Side one #"Martin Luther King's Dream" (Dave Cousins) – 2:53 #"The Antique Suite" (Cousins) – 12:12 #:"The Reaper" #:"We Must Cross the River" #:"Antiques and Curios" #:"Hey It's Been a Long Time" #"Temperament of Mind" (Rick Wakeman) – 4:50 ;Side two #"Fingertips" (Cousins) – 6:14 #"Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins) – 5:28 #"Where Is This Dream of Your Youth" (Cousins) – 9:07 ;Bonus tracks The following tracks are offered as bonus tracks on the A&M re-issue CD. #

"The Vision of the Lady of the Lake" (Cousins) – 10:03 #"We'll Meet Again Sometime" (Cousins) – 4:17 #"

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" (Cousins, Tony Hooper) – 3:32 "Forever" is a studio track and was released as a single in 1970. All other tracks were taken from the concert recording.

Personnel

–

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, acoustic guitar,

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* Tony Hooper – vocals, acoustic guitar,

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– vocals,

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Rick Wakeman –

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, organ, harpsichord, celeste * Richard Hudson – vocals, drums, congas,

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Recording

*Produced and mixed by

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*Recorded by Bob Auger

Release history

Notes

References

''Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios'' on Strawbsweb
*Sleeve notes CD 540 938-2 ''Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios'' Albums produced by Tony Visconti 1970 live albums Strawbs live albums A&M Records live albums {{1970s-album-stub