I bought the Strawbs Bursting at the Seams record way back in 1974. My first boyfriend owned it and I didn't buy it for the Part of the Union song, because I never really thought much of it as a song, but I really liked the other songs on the album. Some tracks were very orchestrated but that was part of its charm.   It's still one of my favourite albums but I don't play because I never did connect my record player to my stereo after moving to this house a few years ago. I should reshuffle the connections and get out some of my vinyl records again: Emerson Lake & Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery, for example.

Re Strawbs - I was surprised to read the Gormenghast trilogy and find Lady Fuschia as a character in it. Finally the song made some sort of sense.

Helen