Name: Rock on
Brand: Rock On
SKU: 36740662
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Rock on

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Album: Rock on
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Crazy Arms	More Info...	0:03
2)	That'll Be the Day	More Info...	0:02
3)	Don't Be Cruel	More Info...	0:03
4)	The Loco-motion	More Info...	0:03
5)	My Girl in the Month of May	More Info...	0:02
6)	Love's Made a Fool of You	More Info...	0:03
7)	Willie & the Hand Jive	More Info...	0:03
8)	Jamabalaya (On the Bayou)	More Info...	0:03
9)	When Will I Be Loved	More Info...	0:03
10)	Nadine	More Info...	0:03
11)	Sweet Little Rock'n'roller	More Info...	0:04
12)	Learning the Game	More Info...	0:02
13)	Let There Be Drums	More Info...	0:02
14)	Twenty Flight Rock	More Info...	0:02
15)	High School Confidential	More Info...	0:02
16)	La Bamba	More Info...	0:03

Album: Rock on
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Crazy Arms	More Info...	0:03
2)	That'll Be the Day	More Info...	0:02
3)	Don't Be Cruel	More Info...	0:03
4)	The Loco-motion	More Info...	0:03
5)	My Girl in the Month of May	More Info...	0:02
6)	Love's Made a Fool of You	More Info...	0:03
7)	Willie & the Hand Jive	More Info...	0:03
8)	Jamabalaya (On the Bayou)	More Info...	0:03
9)	When Will I Be Loved	More Info...	0:03
10)	Nadine	More Info...	0:03
11)	Sweet Little Rock'n'roller	More Info...	0:04
12)	Learning the Game	More Info...	0:02
13)	Let There Be Drums	More Info...	0:02
14)	Twenty Flight Rock	More Info...	0:02
15)	High School Confidential	More Info...	0:02
16)	La Bamba	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

The Bunch includes: Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson.
Personnel includes: Linda Thompson (vocals).
Organized by Trevor Lucas and Sandy Denny following the breakup of Fotheringay, the Bunch features an all-star cast from the British folk-rock scene paying homage to their roots before they began their musical trek down the traditional path of Francis James Childs and Cecil Sharp. Recorded in January of 1972, the Bunch was just that, a one-off by a bunch of friends getting together to play the music of some of their early idols, including Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams and Chuck Berry. Lucas, Denny, Richard Thompson, Linda (Thompson) Peters, Ashley Hutchings, and various other members of the extended Fairport Convention family treat the music with a certain reverence while at the same time injecting it with a playfulness and ragged British charm. Sandy Denny, who is touted in the liner notes as "Britain's first lady of song," delivers two of her finest performances on record, a lovely duet with Peters on the Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved" (which predated Linda Ronstadt's cover by two years), as well as her tender reading of the Buddy Holly obscurity "Learning the Game." Other highlights include Richard Thompson's spirited working of Dion's "My Girl the Month of May," Ashley Hutchings' deadpan "Nadine" and Peters' "Loco-Motion." The original U.K. release included a flexi-single of ex-Fotheringay drummer Gerry Conway performing "Let There Be Drums." [Originally released in 1972, Rock On was reissued on CD in the U.K. in 2003, and in Japan in 2004.] ~ Brett Hartenbach

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (11/03, p.136) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...An intriguing rarity that was worth reissuing..."