''Rosie'' is a 1973 album by

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band

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, their eighth album since their debut in 1968. The album was the first to include Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist

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and American lead guitarist

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. Both had previously played with ex-Fairport

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, whom Lucas later married, in the short-lived

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. Here they had effectively replaced

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who had quit Fairport to join another ex-member

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, thus leaving the band with no founding members until he rejoined in 1976. Drummer Dave Mattacks also joined the Albion Band for a while but rejoined during the making of ''Rosie''. He only plays on four of the ten tracks; on others, drums are handled alternately by Tim Donald and

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. Like Donahue and Lucas, Conway was also ex-Fotheringay, and would himself join Fairport in 1998; he remains with them to this day.

Track listing

;Side one # "Rosie" (Dave Swarbrick) # "Matthew, Mark, Luke & John" (Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick) # "Knights of the Road" (Trevor Lucas, Peter Roche) # "Peggy's Pub" (Dave Pegg) # "The Plainsman" (words: Peter Roche; music: Traditional, arranged by Trevor Lucas) ;Side two # "Hungarian Rhapsody" (Dave Pegg) # "My Girl" (Dave Swarbrick) # "Me with You" (Dave Swarbrick) # "The Hens March Through the Midden & The Four Poster Bed" (Traditional, arranged by Fairport Convention) # "Furs and Feathers" (Dave Swarbrick) A 2004 Island issue, in addition to the previous tracks, featured also the following bonus tracks recorded live on 23 April 1973 at The Howff in London: # "Matthew, Mark, Luke & John" (Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick) # "The Hens March Through the Midden & The Four Poster Bed" (Traditional, arranged by Fairport Convention) # "Rosie" (remix) # "The Claw" (Jerry Reed) # "Furs and Feathers" (Dave Swarbrick)

Personnel

;Fairport Convention *

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- vocals, fiddle, viola, mandolin (4), acoustic guitar (7) *

- vocals, 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars *

- guitars, backing vocals *

Dave Pegg Dave Pegg (born 2 November 1947) is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, primarily a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of folk ...

- vocals, bass, mandolin (4) *

Dave Mattacks David James Mattacks (born 13 March 1948) is an English rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician and as a performing artist. Apart from playing the drums, he i ...

- drums (4,9,10), percussion (8), piano (6) ;Additional personnel * Richard Thompson - electric and 12-string guitars ("Rosie") *

- backing vocals ("Rosie") * Linda Peters - backing vocals ("Rosie") *

- drums ("Rosie", "Knights of the Road" and "The Plainsman") *Tim Donald - drums ("Matthew, Mark, Luke & John", "Hungarian Rhapsody" and "My Girl") (born Timothy Donald, 29 September 1946,

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) *

Ralph McTell Ralph McTell (born Ralph May, 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song " Streets of London" (19 ...

- acoustic guitar ("Me With You")

References

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