Saturday, February 17, 2007

Presented by Keef

The Bunch "Rock On" 1972

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 Linda Peters' "Loco-motion." The original U.K. release included a flexi-single of ex-Fotheringay drummer Gerry Conway performing "Let There Be Drums."
From AMG

01. Crazy Arms
02. That'll Be the Day
03. Don't Be Cruel
04. Loco-Motion
05. My Girl in the Month of May
06. Love's Made a Fool of You
07. Willie and the Hand Jive
08. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
09. When Will I Be Loved?
10. Nadine
11. Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller
12. Learning the Game
13. Let There Be Drums [*]
14. Twenty Flight Rock [*]
15. High School Confidential [*]
16. Bamba [Rehearsal Tape]


Plainsong "In Search Of Amelia Earhart" 1972
(Expanded Version)














CD1
01. For The Second Time 3:50
02. Yo Yo Man 2:13
03. Louise 3:18
04. Call The Tune 5:22
05. Diesel On My Tail 2:03
06. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight 4:05
07. I'll Fly Away 2:03
08. True Story Of Amelia Earhart 4:32
09. Even The Guiding Light 4:12
10. Side Roads 3:29
11. Raider 4:38
12. Seeds And Stems (Radio Session) 3:58
13. Tigers Will Survive (Radio Session) 5:02
14. Spanish Guitar (Radio Session) 5:29
15. Time Between (Radio Session) 2:31
16. Truck Driving Man (Radio Session) 2:58
17. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Radio Session) 2:47
18. Wreck Of The Old 97 (Radio Session) 1:55
19. I'll Fly Away (Pre-First Album Demo - Acapella Version) 0:39

CD2
01. Old Man At The Mill (prev. unreleased) 2:33
02. Urban Cowboy (prev. unreleased) 3:43
03. The Fault (prev. unreleased) 2:50
04. Swinging Doors (prev. unreleased) 2:57
05. Keep On Sailing (prev. unreleased) 4:40
06. Miss The Mississippi (prev. unreleased) 2:51
07. Home (prev. unreleased) 3:33
08. First Girl I Loved (prev. unreleased) 4:03
09. Save Your Sorrows (prev. unreleased) 2:22
10. Nobody Eats At Linebaugh's Any More (prev. unreleased) 4:07
11. The Goodnight Lovin' Trail (prev. unreleased) 4:38
12. All Around My Grandmother's Floor (prev. unreleased) 3:12
13. That's All It Could Amount To (prev. unreleased) 1:25
14. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight (live) 5:17
15. Any Day Woman (live) 4:24
16. Poor Ditching Boy (live) 3:33
17. Even The Guiding Light (live) 3:19
18. True Story Of Amelia Earhart (live) 4:20
19. Raider (live) 5:01
20. Miss The Mississippi (live) 3:35
21. Along Comes Mary (7" Single) 2:47
22. Even The Guiding Light (Single Version) 3:27


Lesley Duncan "Sing Children Sing" 1971 (256kbps)














01. Chain Of Love 4:48
02. Lullaby 3:56
03. Help Me Jesus 4:00
04. MrRubin 7:07
05. Rainbow Games 2:42
06. Love Song 3:42
07. Sunshine (Send Them Away) 3:33
08. Crying In The Sun 3:15
09. Emma 2:42
10. If You Won't Be Mine 3:01
11. Sing Children Sing 3:39

11 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Bunch - First time listening to this record...
A great one.

Thanx man

20 February, 2007 02:51  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for all the shares Keef. Would have loved to have the Plainsong. When I went to Floodlight it was already deleted. Maybe someone who got it would be willing to share again with a reup.

21 February, 2007 02:43  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Always loved the Bunch LP but hadn't been able to find a copy since my old tape died. Thanks for posting. It's a fine lp with some great moments ... and some not so great ones too. Thanks.

22 February, 2007 23:11  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the link to the Plainsong expanded album is already gone... any chance you could re-upload it?

23 February, 2007 07:18  
Blogger J Thyme...kind said...

Is this the actress? She was around TV in the 70's.

23 February, 2007 10:28  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

NO!
You are thinking perhaps of "Sandy" Duncan?

PLAINSONG is deleted.

23 February, 2007 22:28  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am looking for this record for a long time... Elton John plays on it, right?

thanks a lot, people.

10 March, 2007 04:47  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

He Keef - an chance of uploading 'Goodnight Loving Trail' from Plainsong? Had that on an Elektra sampler once - would be great to hear it again?

16 March, 2008 06:07  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So happy to find the Bunch on here and Plainsong too-thank you ,thank you!
Hackettup

19 November, 2008 23:28  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

New link for Plainsong (2005 expanded version):
http://sharebee.com/75170059

Simon House

22 January, 2009 06:05  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can somebody tell me the password for this one? It's probably right under my nose somewhere, but I can't find it.
Thanks, and thanks for the share. I'm a big fan of Ian, and didn't realize this was one of his many groups.

03 June, 2010 02:04  

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