Two Weeks Last Summer

Two Weeks Last Summer
Studio album by Dave Cousins
Publication (s)	October 1972
Label (s)	A&M Records
Format (s)	LP, MC, CD
Genre (s)	Folk , rock
Title (number)	9
running time	38 min. 26 sec.
occupation	Dave Cousins : vocals , guitar , piano Dave Lambert : guitar, vocals Miller Anderson : guitar Roger Glover : Bass Rick Wakeman : Keyboard Tom Allom : keyboard, vocals Jon Hiseman : drums
production	Tom Allom
Studio (s)	June 1972, The Manor, Kidlington, Oxford , England
chronology - Two Weeks Last Summer Old School Songs (1979)

Two Weeks Last Summer is a solo album by English folk rock musician Dave Cousins , better known as a member of the Strawbs , which he recorded in 1972 with the support of numerous other prominent rock musicians.

Track list

1. Two Weeks Last Summer - 3:07
2. October to May - 2:27
3. Blue Angel ("Divided"; "Half Worlds Apart"; "At Rest") - 9:48
4. That's the Way It Ends (including "The World") - 3:00
5. The Actor - 4:28
6. When You Were a Child - 3:02
7. Ways and Means - 4:22
8. We'll Meet Again Sometime - 4:48
9. Going Home - 3:24

History of origin

In addition to his work as a member of the Strawbs, Cousins ​​put together the album Two Weeks Last Summer in 1972 from his own material, which had not previously been released on Strawbs records. To this end, musicians from the folk and rock scene were invited, who by then had already earned their own reputation, such as Roger Glover from Deep Purple and Jon Hiseman from Colosseum . The record was recorded in June 1972 at "The Manor" studio near Oxford and released in October. Dave Lambert, who was soon to become a member of the Strawbs, was also represented. Stylistically, she combines folk and rock with tendencies towards hard and progressive rock , like the Strawbs albums that followed . "Going Home" was later released as a single. This track was originally intended as a solo single by Dave Lambert.

Contributors

(unless mentioned above)

• Tom Newman - vocals
• Robert Kirby (The Robert Kirby Wind Septet) - wind instruments

It also mentions "The Kidlington Cossacks" (presumably a choir) and an unknown person named "Lampoon".

Publications

country	date	Label	format	Catalog
Great Britain	Oct 1972	A&M Records	stereo LP	AMLH 68118
Canada	Oct 1972	A&M Records	stereo LP	SP 9008
		A&M Records	MC	ZCAM 68118
Great Britain	2003	SDR records	CD	SDRCD 010

Web links

• http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/@f/f_2weeks.htm
• http://www.answers.com/topic/two-weeks-last-summer-1

Individual evidence

1. ^ Review by Richie Unterberger ( All Music Guide ) on answers.com (English), (Accessed March 13, 2010)