From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Bonny Bunch of Roses (album)
The Bonny Bunch of Roses (album)
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The Bonny Bunch of Roses Track listing
All tracks credited to "Trad." unless otherwise noted
Side one
1. "James O’Donnells Jig" (Dave Pegg) - 2:33
2. "The Eynsham Poacher" - 2:22
3. "Adieu Adieu" - 2:26[2]
4. "The Bonny Bunch of Roses" - 12:19[3]
Side two
1. "The Poor Ditching Boy" (Richard Thompson) - 3:56
2. "General Taylor" - 3:39
3. "Run Johnny Run" (Ralph McTell) - 4:34
4. "The Last Waltz" (Dave Swarbrick) - 3:02
Studio album by Fairport Convention 5. "Royal Seleccion No 13" (Haste to the Wedding/
Released July 1977 Morpeth Rant/Toytown March/Dashing White
Sargeant) - 4:15[4]
Recorded August 1976-March 1977 at Island Studios,
Hammersmith
Genre Folk rock
Personnel
• Dave Swarbrick - fiddle, mandolin, mandocello,
Label Vertigo BE 9102 015
vocals
Producer Fairport Convention • Simon Nicol - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals,
Fairport Convention chronology dulcimer, piano
• Dave Pegg - bass guitar, guitar, mandolin, vocals
Live at the L.A. The Bonny Bunch of Tipplers • Bruce Rowland - drums, percussion, electric piano
Troubadour Roses Tales
(1977) (1977) (1978)
References and notes
The Bonny Bunch of Roses is an album by Fairport Conven- [1] Allmusic review
tion. [2] dedicated to "Pete, John, Keith and Roger" (i.e. The
This album had the highest number of traditional Who) and begins with the riff that also starts The
songs that Fairport had recorded since Liege and Lief. For Who’s "Happy Jack"
this album, Simon Nicol returned after an absence of five [3] "The Bonny Bunch of Roses" is sung at a funereal
years although he had contributed some guitar to the pace, building into a powerful march.
previous record, Gottle O’Geer and mixed the album. It was [4] named after a box of cigars favoured by Bruce
recorded between August 1976 and March 1977 at Island Rowland
Studios, London.
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