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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Complete Strawbs
| type       = live
| artist     = [[Strawbs]]
| cover      = Complete strawbs.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|2000}}
| recorded   = {{start date|1998}}
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Progressive rock]]
| length     =
| label      = Witchwood
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Concert Classics (Strawbs album)|Concert Classics]]
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [[Baroque & Roll]]
| next_year  = 2001
}}
'''''The Complete Strawbs''''' is a live [[album]] by [[England|English]] band [[Strawbs]]. It was recorded in 1998, at their 30th anniversary concert at [[Chiswick House]]. The concert was also filmed and later was released on DVD. More than four different incarnations of the band performed. Wherever possible, the tracks were performed by the original musicians, although there were exceptions. Keyboard players [[John Hawken]], [[Andy Richards]] and [[Rick Wakeman]] were unable to attend, but Wakeman's son [[Adam Wakeman|Adam]] deputised for them. Original bass player [[Ron Chesterman]] and one-time drummer Tony Fernandez were present at the concert but did not perform.

==Track listing==

All tracks written by [[Dave Cousins]] except where stated

===CD===

#"Further Down the Road"
#"[[Grace Darling (song)|Grace Darling]]"
#"Ringing Down the Years"
#"Beside the Rio Grande"
#"Out in the Cold"
#"Round and Round"
#"[[Hero and Heroine (song)|Hero and Heroine]]"
#"Witchwood"
#"A Glimpse of Heaven"
#"Josephine for Better or for Worse"
#"[[Oh How She Changed]]" (Cousins, [[Tony Hooper]])
#"[[New World (Strawbs song)|New World]]"
#"The River"
#"Down by the Sea"
#"[[Part of the Union]]" ([[Richard Hudson (musician)|Richard Hudson]], [[John Ford (musician)|John Ford]])

===DVD===

The DVD listing is the same as the CD listing up to and including track 11. Thereafter the following tracks appear: -

<ol start="12">
<li>"New World"
<li>"Stormy Down"
<li>"[[Part of the Union]]" (Hudson, Ford)
<li>"The River"
<li>"Down by the Sea"</ol>

The DVD contains the following bonus features:

*Blue Angel – the 1990s band
*Dave Cousins Remembers – Dave Cousins' recollections of the day
*Strawbs in Tokyo '75 – a preview

==Personnel==

Track numbers refer to the CD listing

*[[Dave Cousins]] – [[singing|vocals]], [[acoustic guitar]], [[Appalachian dulcimer|dulcimer]] (all tracks)
*[[Tony Hooper]] – vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks 8–11)
*[[Dave Lambert (British musician)|Dave Lambert]] – vocals, [[electric guitar]] (tracks 4–7, 12–15)
*[[Brian Willoughby]] – [[guitar]] (tracks 1–3, 7–11, 14)
*[[John Ford (musician)|John Ford]] – [[bass guitar]], vocals (tracks 8–15)
*[[Chas Cronk]] – bass guitar, vocals (tracks 4–7)
*Rod Demick – bass guitar, vocals (tracks 1–3)
*[[Blue Weaver]] – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (tracks 1–3, 8–15)
*[[Richard Hudson (musician)|Richard Hudson]] – [[drum kit|drums]], vocals (tracks 1–3, 8–15)
*[[Rod Coombes]] – drums, vocals (tracks 4–7)

;Additional personnel
*Cathryn Craig – vocals (track 1)
*[[Ric Sanders]] – [[violin]] (tracks 3, 7)
*[[Adam Wakeman]] – keyboards (tracks 2 – 7, 14)

==Release history==

{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| {{start date|1999}}
| Witchwood
| [[Compact Disc|CD]]
| WCCD2001
|-
| United Kingdom
| {{start date|2002}}
| Witchwood Media
| [[DVD]]
| WCDVD2006
|}

==References==
*[http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/@f/f_chis.htm ''The Complete Strawbs'' on Strawbsweb]
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