Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded edition of the classic 1976 album DEEP CUTS by STRAWBS.Recorded at The Manor studio, Oxfordshire in the Spring and Summer of 1976, the album was the band’s first for the newly formed Oyster Records (established by Deep Purple member Roger Glover). For the recording sessions the line-up of Dave Cousins (vocals, acoustic guitars), Dave Lambert (vocals, electric guitars), Chas Cronk (bass, guitars, vocals) and Rod Coombes (drums) was augmented by Robert Kirby (mellotron, electric piano & French horn), John Mealing (keyboards) and Rupert Holmes (piano, harpsichord, clavinet, clarinet).

• 1. I Only Want My Love To Grow In You
• 2. Turn Me Round
• 3. Hard Hard Winter
• 4. My Friend Peter
• 5. The Soldier's Tale
• 6. Simple Visions
• 7. Charmer
• 8. Wasting My Time
• 9. Beside the Rio Grande
• 10. So Close and Yet So Far Away
• 11. You Won't See the Light
• 12. Charmer (Single Mix)
• 13. Wasting My Time (Edited Version)
• 14. Blue Angel
• 15. Oh So Sleepy
• 16. The Merchant Adventurer
• 17. Beside the Rio Grande (Spoken Word Version)