Fairport Convention - The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977)
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Fairport Convention - The Bonny Bunch of Roses
Side one
"Jams O'Donnells Jig" (Dave Pegg) - 2:33
"The Eynsham Poacher" - 2:22
"Adieu Adieu" - 2:26[2]
"The Bonny Bunch of Roses" - 12:19
Side two
"The Poor Ditching Boy" (Richard Thompson) - 3:56
"General Taylor" - 3:39
"Run Johnny Run" (Ralph McTell) - 4:34
"The Last Waltz" (Dave Swarbrick) - 3:02
"Royal Seleccion No 13" (Haste to the Wedding/Morpeth Rant/Toytown March/Dashing White Sargeant) - 4:15
Fairport Convention Band Members / Musicians
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
The Bonny Bunch of Roses is the 12th studio album by Fairport Convention.
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.
