Rock On is a 1972 one-off album of oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

 covers

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 by the Bunch, a group of English

England

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 folk rock

Folk rock

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 singers and musicians. The Bunch got together in late 1971 to record their one and only album, Rock On. This album consisted of covers of the band’s favourite songs by Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

, Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...

, and The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

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.

Members of the Bunch included members of Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention

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 and others: Sandy Denny

Sandy Denny

Sandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...

, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson

Linda Thompson (singer)

Linda Thompson is a British singer. Born Linda Pettifer in Hackney, Thompson became one of the most recognised names—and voices—in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with her former husband and fellow British folk rock musician, guitarist Richard...

, Pat Donaldson

Pat Donaldson

Pat Donaldson is a bass guitarist.The 2i's Coffee Bar in Old Compton Street, Soho was a legendary hang-out for early rock artists of Britain. It was here that Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard and Terry Dean played. Albert Lee and Pat Donaldson played here while they were members of Bob Xavier and the...

, Ashley Hutchings

Ashley Hutchings

Ashley Stephen Hutchings is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band...

, Gerry Conway

Gerry Conway (musician)

Gerald Conway is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and currently a member of Fairport Convention as well as his side projects...

, Dave Mattacks

Dave Mattacks

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.

Fledg'ling Records

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 reissued the album on compact disc

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 in 2003.

Track listing

Original album

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1. "Crazy Arms
   Crazy Arms
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   "
2. "That'll Be the Day
   That'll Be the Day
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   "
3. "Don't Be Cruel
   Don't Be Cruel
   -Legacy:"Don't Be Cruel" went on to become Presley's biggest selling single recorded in 1956, with sales over six million by 1961. It became a regular feature of his live sets until his death in 1977, and was often coupled with "Jailhouse Rock" or "Teddy Bear" during performances from 1969.Many...
   
   "
4. "The Loco-Motion
   The Loco-Motion
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   "
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)
   Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
   "Jambalaya " is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer Hank Williams that was first released in July 1952...
   
   "
9. "When Will I Be Loved
   When Will I Be Loved (song)
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   "
10. "Nadine"
11. "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller"
12. "Learning the Game"

Flexi-disc included with original LP

1. "Let There Be drums"

Fledg'ling Records FLED 3042 CD bonus tracks

1. "Let There Be Drums"
2. "Twenty Flight Rock
   Twenty Flight Rock
   "Twenty Flight Rock" is a song originally performed by Eddie Cochran in the 1956 film comedy The Girl Can't Help It, and released as a single in 1957. Cochran's biographer notes Cochran was granted a co-writer credit, but no royalties, a standard ego-salving arrangement between publishers and...
   
   "
3. "High School Confidential
   High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis song)
   "High School Confidential" is a song written by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ron Hargrave and released in 1958. The song was the title song of the movie of the same name starring Russ Tamblyn, Mamie Van Doren, and Jerry Lee Lewis...
   
   "
4. "La Bamba
   La Bamba (song)
   "La Bamba" is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a top 40 hit in the U.S. charts and one of early rock and roll's best-known songs...
   
   "

Personnel

• Gerry Conway
  Gerry Conway (musician)
  Gerald Conway is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and currently a member of Fairport Convention as well as his side projects...
  
   - drums
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   and percussion
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• Tony Cox - piano
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• Sandy Denny
  Sandy Denny
  Sandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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• Pat Donaldson
  Pat Donaldson
  Pat Donaldson is a bass guitarist.The 2i's Coffee Bar in Old Compton Street, Soho was a legendary hang-out for early rock artists of Britain. It was here that Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard and Terry Dean played. Albert Lee and Pat Donaldson played here while they were members of Bob Xavier and the...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Ashley Hutchings
  Ashley Hutchings
  Ashley Stephen Hutchings is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band...
  
   - vocals
• Trevor Lucas
  Trevor Lucas
  Trevor George Lucas was an influential folk artist, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay...
  
   - vocals, 12-string guitar
• Dave Mattacks
  Dave Mattacks
  Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician, and as a performance artist...
  
   - drums and percussion
• Linda Thompson
  Linda Thompson (singer)
  Linda Thompson is a British singer. Born Linda Pettifer in Hackney, Thompson became one of the most recognised names—and voices—in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with her former husband and fellow British folk rock musician, guitarist Richard...
  
   - vocals
• Richard Thompson - vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  s
• Ian Whiteman
  Ian Whiteman
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   - piano
• The Dundee Horns - brass
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