Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios is a live album

Album

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 by English

England

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 band Strawbs recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

Queen Elizabeth Hall

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 London

London

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 on . The album reached number 27 in the UK Album Charts.

The band line-up had changed dramatically from that of the previous album, Dragonfly

Dragonfly (Strawbs album)

Dragonfly is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It contains the lengthy and rather progressive ballad "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake" describing the hardships of a boatman who encounters and battles all kinds of mystical creatures on a lake, with a sword that was given to him by the lady...

. Only founder-members Dave Cousins

Dave Cousins

Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...

 and Tony Hooper

Tony Hooper

Tony Hooper is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins. He left Strawbs in 1972 after their album Grave New World, when it became obvious that the band was moving further away from its folk roots towards rock and...

 remained, double bass player

Bassist

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 Ron Chesterman

Ron Chesterman

Ron Chesterman was an English musician and archivist. He is best known as the original double bass player with Strawbs...

 and cellist Claire Deniz being replaced by rhythm section

Rhythm section

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 John Ford and 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...

. Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman

Richard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes...

 also became a full-time member. Thus the band changed from being a folk

Folk music

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 quartet

Quartet

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 to a rock

Rock music

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 quintet

Quintet

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.

The concert was instrumental in bringing Rick Wakeman's virtuosity to the attention of the music media, who prophesied super-stardom for the keyboard player.

Track listing

Although this album was recorded live, none of the tracks on the original vinyl pressing were released on any studio album except for "Where is This Dream of Your Youth", originally released as a track on Strawbs

Strawbs (album)

Strawbs is a studio album by English band Strawbs, their first Not initially issued in the US, US A&M did issue two singles .-Side one:#"The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" – 3:53#"That Which...

.

Side one

1. "Martin Luther King's Dream" (Dave Cousins) – 2:53
2. "The Antique Suite" (Cousins) – 12:12

   "The Reaper"

   "We Must Cross the River"

   "Antiques and Curios"

   "Hey It's Been a Long Time"

3. "Temperament of Mind" (Rick Wakeman) – 4:50

Side two

1. "Fingertips" (Cousins) – 6:14
2. "Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins) – 5:28
3. "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.

1. "The Vision Of The Lady Of The Lake" (Cousins) – 10:03
2. "We'll Meet Again Sometime" (Cousins) – 4:17
3. "Forever
   Forever (Strawbs song)
   "Forever" is a song by English band Strawbs 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 album Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios....
   
   " (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

• Dave Cousins
  Dave Cousins
  Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
  
   – vocals, acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , dulcimer
  Appalachian dulcimer
  The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States...
  
  
• Tony Hooper
  Tony Hooper
  Tony Hooper is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins. He left Strawbs in 1972 after their album Grave New World, when it became obvious that the band was moving further away from its folk roots towards rock and...
  
   – vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine
  Tambourine
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• Rick Wakeman
  Rick Wakeman
  Richard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes...
  
   – piano
  Piano
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  , organ
  Organ (music)
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  , harpsichord
  Harpsichord
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  , celeste
  Celesta
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• John Ford – vocals, bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• 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...
  
   – vocals, congas, percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  , sitar
  Sitar
  The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
  
  

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
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...		A&M A&M Records A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...	stereo Stereophonic sound The term Stereophonic, commonly called stereo, sound refers to any method of sound reproduction in which an attempt is made to create an illusion of directionality and audible perspective...  LP Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...	AMS 994
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...		A&M	stereo LP	SP 4288
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...		A&M/Canyon	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 ,...	D32Y3524
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...		Si-Wan	CD	SRMC 0080
Worldwide		A&M	CD remastered with 3 bonus tracks	540 938-2