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The Bonny Bunch of Roses (album)

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Released
  
July 1977

Producer
  
Fairport Convention

Artist
  
Fairport Convention

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Recorded
  
August 1976–March 1977

The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977)
  
Tipplers Tales (1978)

Release date
  
July 1977

Genre
  
Folk rock

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Studio
  
Island Studios, Hammersmith

Similar
  
Fairport Convention albums, Folk rock albums

Fairport convention the bonny bunch of roses


The Bonny Bunch of Roses is the 12th studio album by Fairport Convention.

Contents

This album had the highest number of traditional songs that Fairport had recorded since Liege & Lief. For this album, Simon Nicol returned after an absence of five years although he had contributed some guitar to the previous record, Gottle O'Geer and mixed the album. It was recorded between August 1976 and March 1977 at Island Studios, London.

Fairport convention the bonny bunch of roses


Track listing

All tracks credited to "Trad." unless otherwise noted

Side one

  1. "Jams O'Donnells Jig" (Dave Pegg) - 2:33
  2. "The Eynsham Poacher" - 2:22
  3. "Adieu Adieu" - 2:26
  4. "The Bonny Bunch of Roses" - 12:19

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
  5. "Royal Seleccion No 13" (Haste to the Wedding/Morpeth Rant/Toytown March/Dashing White Sargeant) - 4:15

Personnel

  • Dave Swarbrick - fiddle, mandolin, mandocello, vocals
  • Simon Nicol - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, dulcimer, piano
  • Dave Pegg - bass guitar, guitar, mandolin, vocals
  • Bruce Rowland - drums, percussion, electric piano
  • Songs

    1Jams O'Donnell's Jig2:38
    2The Eynsham Poacher2:26
    3Adieu Adieu2:29

    References

    The Bonny Bunch of Roses (album) Wikipedia