Strawbs – Deadlines (Remastered & Expanded Boxset Edition) [2019, DVD5]

Genre: Folk rock, Glam rock, Progressive rock
Duration: 01:01:17
Release Year: 2019
BBC Radio One Sight & Sound In Concert – February 18, 1978

01. Lay Down
02. The Last Resort
03. Ghosts
04. No Return
05. Heartbreaker
06. Sealed With A Traitors Kiss
07. Simple Visions
08. Cut Like A Diamond
09.. Out In The Cold
10 Round And Round
11. Hero And Heroine

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Das letzte Album der STRAWBS zum Ende der 70er Jahre markierte einen radikalen Wandel hin zum reinen ROCK(Pop). Zu jenem Zeitpunkt stand Strawbs-Gründer DAVE COUSINS- wohl genervt durch die ewigen Verrisse der engl. Musikpresse und angetrieben durch den Wunsch nach neuen Horizonten- vor der Entscheidung,die band zu verlassen

However, Deadlines has resonance of earlier Strawbs (the mellotron, harpsichord and autoharp figure - thanks John Mealing and Robert Kirby)although DC calls this "pop balladry" in the notes, more unkind commentators may say AOR but I think that would be inappropriate, it sounds derogatory. One track to pick out, 'Time and Life' (Cousins / Cronk) which I will nominate as the title track, builds ...

Strawbs: 'Deadlines - Remastered & Expanded' reviewed. The definitive reissue of a great lost gem doesn't sell itself short. Deadlines, the last original Strawbs release in the '70s (the legendary 'lost' album Heartbreak Hill made its appearance much later on) saw David Cousins persuaded by Arista boss Clive Davis to ...

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