Rock On (The Bunch album) explained

Rock On
Type:	cover
Artist:	The Bunch
Cover:	thebunchrockoncover.jpg
Released:	April 1972
Recorded:	December 1971 – January 1972 at The Manor, Oxfordshire
Genre:	Rock and Roll
Label:	Island (UK) A&M (US) Fledg'ling (CD reissue)
Producer:	Trevor Lucas

Rock On is a 1972 one-off album of oldies covers by The Bunch, a group of English folk rock singers and musicians. The Bunch was put together by Trevor Lucas in late 1971 to record this sole album.^[1] This album consisted of covers of the band’s favourite songs by Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and The Everly Brothers, amongst others.

Among the Bunch were former and future members of Fairport Convention and others, including Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson (credited as Linda Peters), Pat Donaldson, Ashley Hutchings, Gerry Conway, and Dave Mattacks.^[1]

Fledg'ling Records reissued the album on compact disc in 2003, adding four bonus tracks.^[2] The album (including the bonus tracks) was re-issued again by Talking Elephant Records in 2013.

Track listing

Original vinyl album:

1. "Crazy Arms"
2. "That'll Be the Day"
3. "Don't Be Cruel"
4. "The Loco-Motion"
5. "My Girl the Month of May"
6. "Love's Made a Fool of You"
7. "Willie and the Hand Jive"
8. "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
9. "When Will I Be Loved"
10. "Nadine"
11. "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller"
12. "Learning the Game"^[1]

Flexi-disc included with original LP:

1. "Let There Be Drums"^[1]

Fledg'ling Records FLED 3042 CD (bonus tracks):

Personnel

Musicians

• Sandy Denny – lead vocals (2,6,7,9,12), backing vocals (3–5,10,11,16)
• Linda Peters – lead vocals (4,9,16), backing vocals (2–7,10,11)
• Ashley Hutchings – vocals (10)
• Richard Thompson – lead vocals (1,5,7,8,11,15), backing vocals (2–7), lead guitar (1), guitar (2–16)
• Trevor Lucas – lead vocals (3,14), acoustic guitar (6), 12-string guitar (9)
• Tony Cox – piano (11)
• Ian Whiteman – piano (2–4,7,9–10,12,14–16)
• Pat Donaldson -bass (1–16), backing vocals (2–7,15)
• Dave Mattacks – drums (2–4,10,16), congas (7,12)
• Gerry Conway – drums (1,2,4–9,11–16)

The Dundee Horns

• Horn section:
  • Roger Ball – alto saxophone (1), baritone saxophone (2–4), saxophone (7,10–11,13–16), piano (8)
  • Mike Rosen – trumpet (1,7,11)
  • Molly Duncan – saxophone (1)

Notes and References

1. Book: Strong , Martin C. . 2000. The Great Rock Discography. 5th. Mojo Books. Edinburgh. 333. 1-84195-017-3.
2. Web site: BeesWeb – Catch of the Day . Archive.richardthompson-music.com . 2003-10-29 . 2014-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227022204/http://archive.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=203 . 2014-02-27 .