All Our Own Work

Dave Cousins, the leader of the Strawbs, saw Sandy Denny singing in a nightclub, and invited her to join his band. A demo recording the band made with Denny was passed by a British born Danish DJ, Tom Browne, to Karl Knudsen, the head of Sonet Records in Denmark, who offered them a record deal, and brought them over to Copenhagen.{{cite web|url=https://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/hist/hist1.asp|work=strawbsweb.co.uk|title=Part 1: Folk Club Days|author=Dick Greener }} They recorded the album in a cinema in 1967, with Gustav Winckler as producer.{{cite web|url=https://no-more-sad-refrains.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/allourownback.jpg&target=tlx_new|title=All Our Own Work|work=Album jacket}} Cousins wrote the bulk of the songs, though Denny contributed "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?".{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-our-own-work-mw0000880860|work=allmusic.com|title=All Our Own Work Review by Mark Deming|author=Mark Deming}} Shortly after the recording, Denny left the Strawbs to join Fairport Convention, with whom she also recorded "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?". The Strawbs recorded and released their official debut album, Strawbs (without Denny), in 1969.{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/strawbs-mw0000465201|work=allmusic.com|title=Strawbs Review by Richie Unterberger|author=Richie Unterberger}}

Pickwick Records, who in the 1970s specialised in budget releases of deleted record company catalogues,{{cite book|title=Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers|author=J Broven|date=2009|publisher=University of Illinois Press|page=87}} released the album in the UK in 1973 on their Hallmark label.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1447853-Sandy-Denny-And-The-Strawbs-All-Our-Own-Work|work= discogs.com|title=Sandy Denny And The Strawbs* – All Our Own Work}} A remastered version was released in 2010 by Witchwood Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.whathifi.com/news/all-their-own-work-remastering-sandy-denny-and-strawbs|work=whathifi.com|title=All Their Own Work - the remastering of Sandy Denny and The Strawbs|author=What Hi-Fi Admin|date= July 16, 2010}}

1. "On My Way" (Dave Cousins) – 3:03
2. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" (Sandy Denny) – 4:04
3. "Tell Me What You See in Me" (Cousins) – 3:38
4. "Always on My Mind" (Tony Hooper) – 1:51
5. "Stay Awhile with Me" (Cousins) – 2:24
6. "Wild Strawberries" (Cousins, Hooper) – 1:32

1. "All I Need Is You" (Cousins) – 2:19
2. "How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite" (Cousins) – 2:43
3. "Sail Away to the Sea" (Cousins) – 3:22
4. "Sweetling" (Hooper) – 2:34
5. "Nothing Else Will Do" (Cousins) – 2:13
6. "And You Need Me" (Cousins) – 3:13

The 2010 reissue on CD is produced by Chris Tsangarides and contains the following additional tracks:

1. "Two Weeks Last Summer" (Cousins) (Sandy Denny lead vocal) – 2:18
2. "Nothing Else Will Do" (Cousins) (Sandy Denny lead vocal) – 2:13
3. "Tell Me What You See in Me" (Cousins) (with sitar and percussion) – 3:36
4. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" (Denny) (original complete recording with string section) – 4:06
5. "Stay Awhile with Me" (Cousins) (original complete recording with string section) – 2:24
6. "And You Need Me" (Cousins) – 3:15
7. "I've Been My Own Worst Friend" (Cousins) – 2:37
8. "Poor Jimmy Wilson" (Cousins) – 2:32
9. "Strawberry Picking" (Cousins, Hooper) – 1:34
10. "Pieces of 79 and 15" (Cousins, Hooper) – 2:18
11. "The Falling Leaves" (Cousins) – 2:30
12. "Indian Summer" (Cousins) – 2:18

Tracks 1 to 9 contain outtakes, demos, and original versions (with the strings that were omitted on the Hallmark release). These were all previously released on Sandy Denny and the Strawbs in 1991. Tracks 10 to 12 are previously unreleased demos.

• Sandy Denny – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
• Tony Hooper – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Ron Chesterman – double bass

;Additional personnel

• Ken Gudmand – drums
• Cy Nicklin – sitar
• Svend Lundvig – string arrangements

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark {{start date|1967|7}}

• Gustav Winckler – producer
• Karl Emil Knudsen – co-ordination
• Ivar Rosenberg – engineer

{{reflist}}

• [http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/@f/f_allour.htm All Our Own Work on Strawbsweb]
• [http://no-more-sad-refrains.tripod.com/allourownwork.html All Our Own Work on "Sandy Denny – No More Sad Refrains"]

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