Rock On (The Bunch album)

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Rock On
Cover album by The Bunch
Released	January 1972
Label	Island Records Fledg'ling Records (reissue)
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Singles from Rock On
"When Will I Be Loved?" b/w "Willie and the Hand Jive" Released: 1972

Rock On is a 1972 one-off album of oldies covers by the Bunch, a group of English folk-rock singers and musicians, calling themselves The Bunch. The Bunch got together in late 1971 to record their one and only album, Rock On. This album consists of covers of the band’s favorite songs by the likes of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and The Everly Brothers.

Members of the Bunch include members of Fairport Convention and others: Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, Pat Donaldson, Ashley Hutchings, Gerry Conway, Dave Mattacks.

Fledg'ling Records reissued the album on compact disc in 2003. ^[1][2]

[edit] Track listing

Original LP 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"

Fledg'ling Records FLED 3042 CD bonus tracks

1. "Let There Be Drums"
2. "Twenty Flight Rock"
3. "High School Confidential"
4. "La Bamba"

[edit] Personnel

• Gerry Conway - drums and percussion
• Tony Cox - piano
• Sandy Denny - vocals
• Pat Donaldson - bass
• Ashley Hutchings - vocals
• Trevor Lucas - vocals, 12-string guitar
• Dave Mattacks - drums and percussion
• Linda Thompson - vocals
• Richard Thompson - vocals, guitars
• Ian Whiteman - piano
• The Dundee Horns - brass

[edit] References

v • d • e Sandy Denny Solo albums It's Sandy Denny · The North Star Grassman and the Ravens · Sandy · Like an Old Fashioned Waltz · Rendezvous · Gold Dust Albums with Fairport Convention What We Did on Our Holidays · Unhalfbricking · Liege & Lief · Fairport Live Convention · Rising for the Moon · Heyday Albums with Fotheringay Fotheringay Collaborations Alex Campbell and his Friends · Sandy and Johnny · All Our Own Work · Rock On · Sandy Denny and the Strawbs Compilations Who Knows Where the Time Goes? · The BBC Sessions 1971-1973 · Live at the BBC · A Box of Treasures Guest appearances "The Battle of Evermore" (with Led Zeppelin) · Tommy (with The Who) · Galleries (with The Young Tradition) · Ragtime Cowboy Jew (with Stefan Grossman)