Rock On (The Bunch album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Rock On

| type = cover

| artist = The Bunch

| cover = thebunchrockoncover.jpg

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| released = April 1972

| recorded = December 1971 – January 1972 at The Manor, Oxfordshire

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| genre = Rock and Roll

| length =

| label = Island (UK)
A&M (US)
Fledg'ling (CD reissue)

| producer = Trevor Lucas

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| misc = {{Singles

| name = Rock On

| type = cover

| single1 = When Will I Be Loved?" b/w "Willie and the Hand Jive

| single1date = 1972

| single2 = The Loco-Motion" b/w "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller

| single2date = 1972

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r31867|pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic review|author=Brett Hartenbach|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=2010-12-10}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: B|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=70|accessdate=February 22, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

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Rock On is a 1972 one-off album of oldies covers by The Bunch, a group of English folk rock singers and musicians. The Bunch was put together by Trevor Lucas in late 1971 to record this sole album.{{Cite book

| first= Martin C.

| last= Strong

| year= 2000

| title= The Great Rock Discography

| edition= 5th

| publisher=Mojo Books

| location= Edinburgh

| page=333

| isbn= 1-84195-017-3}} This album consisted of covers of the band’s favourite songs by Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and The Everly Brothers, amongst others.

Among the Bunch were former and future members of Fairport Convention and others, including Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson (credited as Linda Peters), Pat Donaldson, Ashley Hutchings, Gerry Conway, and Dave Mattacks.

Fledg'ling Records reissued the album on compact disc in 2003, adding four bonus tracks.{{cite web |url=http://archive.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=203 |title=BeesWeb – Catch of the Day |publisher=Archive.richardthompson-music.com |date=2003-10-29 |accessdate=2014-04-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227022204/http://archive.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=203 |archivedate=2014-02-27 }} The album (including the bonus tracks) was re-issued again by Talking Elephant Records in 2013.