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[edit] Additional info please

This article could do with a lot more info on the albums, musical direction, etc. Also the CD info needs to mention remastering, bonus tracks, etc. Lee M 02:52, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hudson-Ford/Monks

A very large section of the article seems to be about Hudson-Ford/Monks. Couldn't it be in its own rather than being in this one? Smeggysmeg 22:56, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV concerns

"...these do not adequately reflect the outstanding quality of musicianship and songwriting for which they are known by their loyal fan base."
Isn't that sentence a bit subjective and biased?

Ruthfulbarbarity 04:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Life on Mars

The annotation to a mention of "Lay Down", "recently spotted in one episode of the BBC’s Life On Mars", describes the reason I visited this article (that episode has just been shown on BBC4 and for the first time in some decades I remembered Dave Cousins). But in a couple of months time the reference will be an anachronism and the song is really only used as incidental music to give the end of the episode a jolly play-out. So I've removed that reference as unencyclopedic. Whoever put it in, thanks, and please restore it if you think I'm seriously wrong about this. --Tony Sidaway 23:03, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Band Name

I have several albums by this band and the definite article is not used on any of the covers in the band's name. I am suggesting the band be referred to as Strawbs not The Strawbs. -- Mickraus 18:22, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Agreed and am starting to change references that I come across. Regards, --Technopat 23:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Excellent. Presumably the article will have to be renamed and the old name, The Strawbs, disambiguated to the renamed article? -- Mickraus 07:20, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Agreed again, and I'm sure all this can be done by a bot, but in the meantime ..., regs. --Technopat 08:44, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Just to explain the phenomenon of the The bit, given the antecedents of many other groups (The Beatles. etc.) it was often easier for the music press and punters to add on the definite article to all band names and many other bands of the period were automatically referred to as The ..., e.g. The Small Faces or The Ifs. I don't know if anyone actually said The Led Zeppelin or The Cream, but that's more or less the equivalent.
Hope this isn't considered original research - and if it is, as it's on the discussion page, I don't think anyone can really object, it's just explanatory. Regards, Technopat 09:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Funnily enough, I remember reading somewhere that even though the band name does seem to be Pink Floyd, even Dave Gilmour has been known to refer to it as The Pink Floyd. I'm sure I've heard Cream referred to as The Cream --Mickraus 12:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I too remember refs. to The Pink Floyd - am off to their article page to see if any mention is made. Regs., --Technopat 16:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Talk 'bout coincidences - yesterday came across a reference - in a '70s interview with Alvin Lee - to ... The Cream. Regs., --Technopat 15:11, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
There's always someone who likes to add The! RIP Jimi Hendrix 37 years ago today. There was no problem with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, although it was often shortened to The Experience. -- Mickraus 15:34, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Part of the Union

In the article (and some other sources), "Part of the Union" is attributed to Ford and Hudson. However, it is surely just their adaptation of Woody Guthrie's "Union Maid". Did they actually claim it as their own composition? Bluewave 14:26, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categorisation of Albums

Where do albums like All Our Own Work (credited to "Sandy Denny and the Strawbs" fit in to the discography? It is certainly not a compilation album and arguably Strawbs first studio album - yet it was not released until 1973. The same sort of question occurs for the Heartbreak Hill album and Sandy and the Strawbs. Any thought anyone? Witchwooder 12:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Monks - Nice Legs Shame About The Face single picture cover.jpg

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