Nomadness

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Nomadness
Studio album by Strawbs

Publication
(s)

1975

Label (s) A&M Records

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Folk rock , progressive rock

Title (number)

10

running time

40:27

occupation
  • Bass , vocals: Chas Cronk
  • Drums , vocals, guitar: Rod Coombs

production

Tom Allom

Studio (s)

Sound Techniques, London

chronology
Ghosts
(1974) 		Nomadness Deep Cuts
(1976)

Nomadness is a music album from the Strawbs .

Nomadness was released in 1975 by A&M Records and is assigned to the genres of progressive rock and folk rock . It is the eighth studio album by the Strawbs and the last to be released on A&M Records. Nomadness was recorded in June / July 1975 and appeared in the same year, but other sources also give 1976 as the year of publication.

Music genre

For the first time since Dragonfly (1970) - and until Andy Richards joined in 1978 - an album was recorded without a permanent keyboard player. The length of the songs is less than five minutes, in contrast to the earlier albums, which gives Nomadness a lighter, less epic character. As a composer, the focus is again on cousins. Once again, numerous guest musicians were involved in the recordings. The review commented: "This chameleon from one album sounds more like 10 different bands on one collection than a joint effort by the Strawbs ..."

Contributors

unless mentioned above

Track list

  1. To Be Free ( Dave Cousins ) - 4:17
  2. Little Sleepy ( Dave Lambert ) - 4:10
  3. The Golden Salamander (Cousins) - 4:57
  4. Absent Friend (How I Need You) (Cousins) - 4:42
  5. Back on the Farm (Cousins) - 2:45
  6. So Shall Our Love Die? (Cousins) - 3:39
  7. Tokyo Rosie (Cousins) - 2:48
  8. A Mind of My Own ( Rod Coombes ) - 4:33
  9. Hanging in the Gallery (Cousins) - 4:32
  10. The Promised Land ( Chas Cronk ) - 4:07

Bonus tracks

The 2008 CD edition also includes:

  1. Still Small Voice (Cousins) - 2:27
  2. It's Good to See the Sun (Cousins) - 4:05

Publications

  • 1975 LP A&M Records UK, catalog no. AMLH 68331, UK
  • 1975 LP A&M Records USA, catalog no. SP 4544, USA
  • 2008 CD reissue with 2 bonus tracks A&M Records, catalog no. 75302822

The Strawbs website also mentions two CDs that were illegally released on the market:

  • Groove Master - Bootleg from an LP, plus demos , studio outtakes and some unreleased tracks by Dave Lambert / Fire
  • PL 517 (Progressive Line) - standard jewel case CD with rudimentary booklet (see jewel case), probably bootleg from a music cassette .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review by Paul Collins; allmusic.com (accessed March 13, 2010)
  2. ↑ Groovemaster Bootleg on strawbsweb.co.uk (accessed March 13, 2010)

Web links

  • Nomadness on strawbsweb.co.uk (accessed March 13, 2010)