Release Date: 21 June 2019
Label: Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929477643
Genres: Rock  
Release Date: 21 June 2019
Label: Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929477643
Genres: Rock  
Description
A RE-MASTERED 3 DISC EXPANDED CLAMSHELL BOXED SET EDITION COMPRISING 2 CDs & DVD (NTSC / REGION FREE) OF THIS 1977 ALBUM BY THE STRAWBS. FEATURING 33 BONUS TRACKS INCLUDING 11 OUT-TAKES FROM THE RECORDING SESSIONS & THE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 60 MINUTE BBC RADIO & TV "SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT" PERFORMANCE FROM FEBRUARY 1978 ON BOTH CD & DVD. WITH ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH A NEW ESSAY AND A FULLY RESTORED ALBUM ARTWORK.
Esoteric Recordings is pleased to announce the release of a re-mastered and expanded 3 Disc clamshell box edition of the 1977 album, "Deadlines" by STRAWBS. Released in late 1977, this would be the band's final album to be released in the 1970s. Recorded in Dublin and London by a line-up of Dave Cousins (vocals, acoustic guitars, banjo, guitar), Dave Lambert (vocals, lead guitar), Chas Cronk (bass, acoustic guitar, vocals) and Tony Fernandez (drums, percussion) with guest keyboard players John Mealing and Robert Kirby, "Deadlines" was the Strawbs only album for the Arista label. Often unfairly overlooked in the Strawbs canon and largely ignored by some quarters of the music press upon its release (at the height of Punk rock), "Deadlines" was a fine album featured some excellent tracks such as 'No Return', 'The Last Resort', 'Sealed With A Traitor's Kiss', 'Time And Life', 'New Beginnings', 'Deadly Nightshade' and 'Words of Wisdom'.To promote the album Strawbs made a memorable appearance on the BBC TV and Radio simulcast programme "Sight & Sound in Concert" in February 1978 (featuring recently recruited keyboard player Andy Richards in their ranks) where they performed a blistering 60 minute set of some material from "Deadlines" along with other classics such as 'Lay Down', 'Ghosts', 'Heartbreaker', 'Cut Like a Diamond', 'Round and Round' and 'Hero and Heroine'. This concert appears on both a CD and a DVD (NTSC).
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Various Artists
The Residents
The Residents
The Move
Shirley Bassey
Pat Travers
Mud
Various Artists
Various Artists
The Strawbs