Blue Angel is a studio album

Album

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 by English

England

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 band Strawbs. It was the first Strawbs album to contain new material for 12 years and featured several different line-ups of musicians from past Strawbs eras. Welsh folk-singer Mary Hopkin

Mary Hopkin

Mary Hopkin , credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti, is a Welsh folk singer best known for her 1968 UK number one single "Those Were The Days". She was one of the first musicians to sign to The Beatles' Apple label....

 featured on many tracks, continuing a working partnership established by Dave Cousins and Brian Willoughby on their album The Bridge, from which several of the tracks on this album are drawn.

The track "Blue Angel" is a rearrangement of the track which appears on Dave Cousins' first solo album Two Weeks Last Summer

Two Weeks Last Summer

-Track listing:All songs written by Dave Cousins#"Two Weeks Last Summer" – #"October to May" – #"Blue Angel" – #:"Divided"#:"Half Worlds Apart"#:"At Rest"#"That's the Way It Ends" – #"The Actor" –...

. "Lay Down" is a re-recorded version of the hit single from Bursting at the Seams

Bursting at the Seams

Bursting at the Seams is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It contains their two most successful singles and reached number 2 in the UK Album Chart.-Side one:#"Flying" – 4:49#"Lady Fuchsia" – 3:59...

.

Track listing

1. "Blue Angel" (Dave Cousins
   Dave Cousins
   Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
   
   ) – 11:13

   "Divided"

   "Half Worlds Apart"

   "At Rest"

2. "Oh So Sleepy" (Cousins) – 3:44
3. "Further Down the Road" (Cousins) – 3:25
4. "There Will Come the Day" (Cousins, Don Airey
   Don Airey
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   ) – 6:05
5. "Strange Day Over the Hill" (Cousins) – 3:56
6. "Cry No More" (Cousins, Brian Willoughby
   Brian Willoughby
   Brian Willoughby is a British guitarist. He has worked with many musicians , as well as releasing solo work.-With other artists:...
   
   )) – 3:18
7. "The Plain" (Cousins) – 5:48
8. "Do You Remember" (Cousins, Willoughby) – 3:12
9. "Rhythm of the Night" (Cousins) – 3:19
10. "Morning Glory" (Cousins) – 4:52
11. "Sealed With a Traitor's Kiss" (Cousins) – 2:57
12. "Lay Down
    Lay Down
    "Lay Down" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1973 album Bursting at the Seams. It peaked at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart....
    
    " (Cousins) – 4:09

Personnel

• Dave Cousins
  Dave Cousins
  Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
  
   – lead vocals, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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   (11)
• Brian Willoughby
  Brian Willoughby
  Brian Willoughby is a British guitarist. He has worked with many musicians , as well as releasing solo work.-With other artists:...
  
   – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Dave Lambert
  Dave Lambert (British musician)
  Dave Lambert is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who was a member of The Strawbs in the 1970s.-Career:...
  
   – guitar (2,9), vocals (2,9)
• Blue Weaver
  Blue Weaver
  Blue Weaver is a British keyboard player, session musician, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:...
  
   – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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   except 11 and "The King", programming (4), orchestration
  Orchestration
  Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...
  
   (10)
• Andy Richards – keyboards ("The King")
• Rod Demick – backing vocals (1,4,5,12), bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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   (1,4,5,12), harmonica
  Harmonica
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   (5)
• Richard Hudson
  Richard Hudson (musician)
  Richard Hudson is an English singer-songwriter and musician.-Career:Richard Hudson was a member of Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, in which he played drums and sitar and sang. In 1970, he and band-mate John Ford joined Strawbs...
  
   – backing vocals (1,4,5,12), drums
  Drum kit
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   (1,5,12)
• Chas Cronk
  Chas Cronk
  -Strawbs:*Hero and Heroine *Ghosts *Nomadness *Deep Cuts *Burning for You *Deadlines *Heartbreak Hill *Blue Angel *Déjà Fou *Strawbs Live at Nearfest 2004...
  
   – bass guitar (2,3,6,8,9,10,"The King"), backing vocals (4,9,"The King"), bass pedals
  Bass pedals
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   (7), programming (7,8)
• Rod Coombes
  Rod Coombes
  Rod Coombes is an English singer-songwriter and musician.-Career:He has played professionally since he was 17, when he joined singer Lulu's backing band The Luvvers. He played with the Jeff Beck Group at the time of the release of the single "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and then joined soul band Trifle,...
  
   – drums (2,9)
• Tony Fernandez – drums (3,10,"The King"), tom-toms
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   (7)

with

• Mary Hopkin
  Mary Hopkin
  Mary Hopkin , credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti, is a Welsh folk singer best known for her 1968 UK number one single "Those Were The Days". She was one of the first musicians to sign to The Beatles' Apple label....
  
   – vocals (1,3,4,6,8,10,12)
• Cathryn Craig – vocals (4)
• Terry Cassidy – vocals (4)
• Jana Heller – vocals (9)
• Roy Hill – vocals (9)
• Tommy Lundy – vocals (9)
• Maddy Prior
  Maddy Prior
  Maddy Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span.-Early life:...
  
   – vocals ("The King")
• Rick Kemp
  Rick Kemp
  Rick Kemp is an English bass player, songwriter, vocalist and record producer, best known for his work with the pioneering electric folk band, Steeleye Span.-Projects:...
  
   – vocals ("The King")

Recording

• Dave Cousins, Brian Willoughby, Chas Cronk – producers
• Mixed by Dave Cousins and Kenny Denton at KD's Studio, Chiswick
  Chiswick
  Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...
  
  , London
  London
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  , October 2002

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...		Witchwood	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	WMCD2008