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

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. Both had previously played with ex-Fairport

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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, becoming the band's drummer until his retirement in 2022

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,

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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" (

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) # "Furs and Feathers" (Dave Swarbrick)

Personnel

;Fairport Convention *

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– vocals, fiddle, viola, mandolin (4), acoustic guitar (7) * Trevor Lucas – 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 British folk rock band Fairport Convention. Fairport Convention He replaced Martin Lamble, who had died on 12 May 1969 in a road ac ...

– 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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) *

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– acoustic guitar ("Me With You")

References

External links

* Official audio: {{Authority control 1973 albums Fairport Convention albums Island Records albums A&M Records albums