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Strawbs
Heartbreak Hill: The Platinum Edition
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Something for Nothing
2. Another Day Without You
3. We Can Make It Together
4. Heartbreak Hill
5. Starting Over
6. Two Separate People
7. Desert Song
8. Let It Rain
9. Something for Nothing [Whiplash Mix-Short][*]

CD Details

All Artists: Strawbs
Title: Heartbreak Hill: The Platinum Edition
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Witchwood Records
Release Date: 5/8/2006
Album Type: Extra tracks, Import
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: British & Celtic Folk, Folk Rock, Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5065000199340

Synopsis

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of the Classic from the Strawbs Catalogue. The Long-lost Master Tapes were Rediscovered and Prepared for Release. ?heartbreak Hill? was the Last of the 1970s Albums Recorded by Strawbs. David Cousins Remembers: "we Felt We Had Made Our Best Album in Years, But, as We Finished Recording, Our Management Decided to Withdraw Support of the Band and the Master Tapes Disappeared in a Legal Haze." The Album features the Remarkable Keyboard Work of Andy Richards, who Used it as a Calling Card to Become the Sound of Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

CD Reviews

Little Known and Even Less Appreciated

Kurt Harding | Boerne TX | 05/30/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"You could say that the Strawbs were unfortunate victims of changing tastes. They rode fairly high in the early seventies only to be buried in a landslide of punk and disco as the decade closed. Led by musical genius David Cousins, the group issued a string of mostly excellent albums until record company support began to slip away. A few mediocre releases that sold poorly didn't help their cause any and the band faded away with hardly a whimper when the record company basically called it quits on them in the middle of recording the very decent album released today as Heartbreak Hill.

Anyone who was a fan of the Strawbs back in the day will want to own this one. Even though it is little known and even less appreciated, there is a lot to like here. My favorites are the Marillion-like Something For Nothing (both versions), the rocking We Can Make It Together (sounds like "we got naked together", I had to check the song title) and the excellent hard-driving title cut. Even though a couple of songs are a little MOR for my tastes, there is still enough good music to propel this to the four-star level.

Today, technology and a new dispensation in the music business has made it possible for niche musicians to bypass the major record companies and to get their music out to the people who want to hear it. Dave Cousins and the Strawbs never really went away, they were just temporarily smothered. Not only have they been making great new records, they have been remastering and rereleasing all the old ones. Get this and hear what you missed!"