Ghosts is the eighth studio album by English band Strawbs.
Track listing
Side one "Ghosts" (Dave Cousins) – 8:31 "Sweet Dreams" "Night Light" "Guardian Angel" "Night Light" "Lemon Pie" (Cousins) – 4:03 "Starshine/Angel Wine" (Chas Cronk) – 5:15 "Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In)" (Cousins) – 3:02
Side two "The Life Auction" – 6:52 "Impressions of Southall from the Train" (Cousins, John Hawken) "The Auction" (Cousins, Dave Lambert) "Don't Try to Change Me" (Lambert) – 4:28 "Remembering" (Hawken) – 0:54 "You and I (When We Were Young)" (Cousins) – 4:04 "Grace Darling" (Cousins) – 3:55
Bonus track – A&M remastered CD "Changes Arrange Us" (Rod Coombes) – 3:55 (Rod Coombes sings lead vocals and plays guitar on this track)
Personnel
Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, recorder Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic & electric guitar John Hawken – piano, electric piano, harpsichord, mellotron, Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ, pipe organ Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar Rod Coombes – backing vocals, drums, congas, percussion
Additional personnel Claire Deniz – cello on "Starshine/Angel Wine" Robert Kirby – choral arrangements
Recording
Tom Allom – Producer and Engineer Mick Glossop – assistant engineer
Recorded at The Manor, Kidlington, Oxfordshire; Sound Techniques, London; TPA, London and the chapel of Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey between 16 July and 13 September 1974. "Where Do You Go" was recorded at Island Studios, London, on 30 July 1973.
Charts Chart (1975) Peakposition
Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog Comment United Kingdom A&M stereo LP AMLH 68277 United States A&M stereo LP SP 4506 Canada A&M stereo LP SP 4506Highest chart placement #12 on RPM chart April 1975 Germany A&M stereo LP 88564 United Kingdom A&M Cassette CAM 68277 South Korea Si-Wan CD SRMC 0085 A&M CD 540 937-2 Remastered with bonus track.
References
Ghosts on Strawbsweb Sleeve notes CD 540 937-2 Ghosts
Notes