"Forever" is a song by English band

Strawbs The Strawbs are an English rock band founded in 1964 as the Strawberry Hill Boys. The band started out as a bluegrass group, but eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock and progressive rock. They are best known for their hi ...

written by Dave Cousins and Tony Hooper. It did not feature on any of their studio albums at the time but was included as a bonus track on the CD re-release of the albums '' Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios'' and ''

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B-Side

The

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track "Another Day" is taken from the ''

'' album. The Italian release was paired with "Fingertips", a song from '' Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios''.

Personnel

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. Cousins is a founding member of Strawbs, which started out as the Strawberry H ...

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar *

Tony Hooper Anthony Hooper (14 September 1939 – 18 November 2020) was an English folk singer-songwriter and musician. He was best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins and double bassist Ron Chesterman. He left The Strawbs ...

– backing vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion *

Ron Chesterman Ronald George Arthur Chesterman (27 November 1939 – 16 March 2007) was an English musician. He is best known as the original double bass player with the Strawberry Hills Boys, starring Dave Cousins on guitar, dulcimer, banjo and vocals, Tony ...

– double bass *

Rick Wakeman Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist and composer best known as a member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his prolific solo career. AllMusic describes Wakema ...

– organ * Claire Deniz – cello *Bjarne Rostvold – drums *

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

– production *Roger Quested – engineer

Release history

External links

Lyrics to "Forever" at StrawbswebLyrics to "Another Day" at StrawbswebLyrics to "Fingertips" at Strawbsweb

References

1970 singles Strawbs songs 1970 songs Songs written by Dave Cousins Songs written by Tony Hooper {{1970s-song-stub