''Strawberry Sampler Number 1'' is a

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by English band

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. It was originally released as a publisher's demonstration record, intended to advertise

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 ...

's and Tony Hooper's songs to other artists. Most of the songs were re-recorded by the band on later albums. ("Ah Me, Ah My" was used unchanged on the '' Grave New World'' album.) The initial white label pressing ran to 99 copies on 12-inch

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pressings. There were supposedly only two known vinyl copies in existence, making this one of the UK's most collectible records, but there are suggestions of other copies and it has also been released on CD. In November 2012, a copy was auctioned on

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and sold for a final bid of £909.88.

Track listing

Side one

#"All I Need is You" (Dave Cousins) – 3:07 #"Stay Awhile With Me" (Cousins) – 2:41 #"Sail Away to the Sea" (Cousins) – 3:28 #"Two Weeks Last Summer" (Cousins) – 2:06 #"Nothing Else Will Do" (Cousins) - 2:16 #"

Who Knows Where the Time Goes "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" is a song written by the England, English folk-rock singer and songwriter Sandy Denny. History Denny recorded a first demo of the song in 1966. It was the second song she ever completed. She again recorded the so ...

" (

Sandy Denny Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as " guably the pre-eminent British folk-rock sin ...

) – 4:09 #"I've Been My Own Worst Friend" (Cousins) – 2:43 #"I Turned My Face into the Wind" (Cousins) – 2:41 #" On Growing Older" (Cousins) – 2:00

Side two

#"And You Need Me" (Cousins) – 3:16 #" Ah Me, Ah My" (

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 ...

) – 1:22 #"And You Need Me"/"Josephine for Better or for Worse" (Cousins) – 4:29 #"Just the Same in Every Way" (Cousins) – 3:01 #"How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite" (Cousins) – 2:47 #"Young Again" (Hooper) – 2:56 #"Whichever Way the Wind Blows" (Cousins) – 2:52 #"Sweetling" (Hooper) – 3:05

Personnel

The personnel are not listed on the album cover but the following is likely: *

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banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

– lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar *

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 ...

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Track listing

Side one

Side two

Personnel

Recording

Release history

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