Halcyon Days (Strawbs album)

The cover image is of a common kingfisher, a reference to the mythical kingsfisher of Halcyon days. ==Track listing – UK release==

CD one • "Ghosts" (Dave Cousins) – 8:30 • :"Sweet Dreams" • :"Night Light" • :"Guardian Angel" • :"Night Light" • "On Growing Older" (Cousins) – 1:56 • "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" (Cousins) – 3:50 • "Stormy Down" (Cousins) – 2:44 • "I Turned My Face into the Wind" (Cousins) – 2:35 • "Queen of Dreams" (Cousins) – 5:31 • "Witchwood" (Cousins) – 3:22 • "Keep the Devil Outside" (John Ford) – 3:01 • "The Hangman and the Papist" (Cousins) – 4:11 • "Benedictus" (Cousins) – 3:38 • "Golden Salamander" (Cousins) – 4:54 • "Tokyo Rosie" (Cousins) – 2:49 • "Hero and Heroine" (Cousins) – 3:22 • "Pick up the Pieces" (Richard Hudson, Ford) – 2:35 Hudson Ford track • "Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:32 • "Backside" (Cousins) – 3:50 • "Out in the Cold" (Cousins) – 3:19 • "Round and Round" (Cousins) – 4:44 • "Oh How She Changed" (Cousins, Tony Hooper) – 2:52 In the liner notes, track 16 is referred to as "Ciggy Barlust (Backside)" CD two • "The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:25 • "Grace Darling" (Cousins) – 3:54 • "Blue Angel" (Cousins) – 9:46 Dave Cousins solo track • :"Divided" • :"Half Worlds Apart" • :"At Rest" • "Here It Comes" (Cousins) – 2:42 • "The Shepherd's Song" (Cousins) – 4:33 • "We'll Meet Again Sometime" (Cousins) – 3:12 • "Martin Luther King's Dream" [Live] (Cousins) – 2:53 • "Burn Baby Burn" (Hudson, Ford) – 3:02 Hudson Ford track • "Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins) – 2:46 • "Why and Wherefore" (Cousins, Dave Lambert, Chas Cronk, John Hawken, Rod Coombes) – 5:31 • "Floating in the Wind" (Hudson, Ford) – 4:13 Hudson Ford track • "Absent Friend" (Cousins) – 4:35 • "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) – 2:56 • "Will Ye Go" (Francis McPeake) – 3:54 • "The River" (Cousins) – 2:23 • "Down by the Sea" (Cousins) – 6:19 • "Tell Me What You See in Me" (Cousins) – 6:11 ==Track listing – US release==

CD one • "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" (Cousins) – 3:50 • "Where Is This Dream of Your Youth" (Cousins) • "The Battle" (Cousins) – 6:25 • "The Weary Song" (Cousins) – 3:50 • "I Turned My Face into the Wind" (Cousins) – 2:35 • "Forever" (Cousins, Hooper) – 3:32 • "Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins) – 5:28 • "A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins) – 3:50 • "Witchwood" (Cousins) – 3:22 • "Sheep" (Cousins) – 4:14 • "The Shepherd's Song" (Cousins) – 4:33 • "The Hangman and the Papist" (Cousins) – 4:11 • "Benedictus" (Cousins) – 3:38 • "Queen of Dreams" (Cousins) – 5:31 • "Heavy Disguise" (Ford) – 2:53 • "New World" (Cousins) – 4:11 • "Two Weeks Last Summer" (Cousins) – 3:07 Dave Cousins solo track • "Blue Angel" (Cousins) – 9:46 Dave Cousins solo track • :"Divided" • :"Half Worlds Apart" • :"At Rest" CD two • "Here It Comes" (Cousins) – 2:42 • "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) – 2:56 • "Tears and Pavan" – 6:35 • :"Tears" (Cousins) • :"Pavan" (Cousins, Hudson, Ford) • "The River" (Cousins) – 2:23 • "Down by the Sea" (Cousins) – 6:19 • "Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:32 • "Autumn" – 8:27 • :"Heroine's Theme" (Hawken) • :"Deep Summer Sleep" (Cousins) • :"The Winter Long" (Cousins) • "Hero and Heroine" (Cousins) – 3:22 • "Midnight Sun" (Cronk, Cousins) – 3:06 • "Out in the Cold" (Cousins) – 3:19 • "Round and Round" (Cousins) – 4:44 • "Ghosts" (Cousins) – 8:30 • :"Sweet Dreams" • :"Night Light" • :"Guardian Angel" • :"Night Light" • "Grace Darling" (Cousins) – 3:54 • "Lemon Pie" (Cousins) – 4:03 • "To Be Free" (Cousins) – 4:17 • "Hanging in the Gallery" (Cousins) – 4:32 • "The Promised Land" (Cronk) – 4:07 ==Personnel==

The songs were performed by several incarnations of Strawbs, plus the Hudson Ford and Dave Cousins session musicians. The following musicians featured: – • Dave Cousins – vocals, acoustic guitar, dulcimer • Tony Hooper – vocals, acoustic guitar • Dave Lambert – vocals, electric guitar • Miller Anderson – electric guitar (on Dave Cousins solo tracks) • Micky Keen – guitar (on Hudson Ford tracks) • Ron Chesterman – double bass • Claire Deniz – cello • John Ford – vocals, bass guitar • Chas Cronk – bass guitar, vocals • Rod Demick – bass guitar, vocals • Roger Glover – bass guitar (on Dave Cousins solo tracks) • Rick Wakeman – keyboards • Blue Weaver – keyboards • John Hawken – keyboards • Andy Richards – keyboards • Chris Parren – keyboards (on Hudson Ford tracks) • Richard Hudson – drums, guitar, vocals • Rod Coombes – drums, vocals • Tony Fernandez – drums • Ken Laws – drums (on Hudson Ford tracks) • Jon Hiseman – drums (on Dave Cousins solo tracks) ==Release history==