Fairport Convention, The Bonny Bunch of Roses, LP UK Vertigo  (July 1977)  - 9102 015 (July 1977) 

Simon Nicol rejoins the group and Fairport resume their adventure with an appreciable album which contains a ballad about the Napoleonic era which gives the album its title and inspires an evocative cover. The memory goes to the French army defeated by "General Winter". The interior is also graphically refined, with photographs of the four musicians (Nicol, Swarbrick, Pegg and Rowlands) superimposed on a French flag. The album inaugurates a new contract with the Vertigo label.

Simon Nicol rientra nel gruppo e i Fairport riprendono l'avventura con un disco apprezzabile che contiene una ballata sull'epoca napoleonica che da titolo al disco e ispira una suggestiva copertina. Il ricordo va all'esercito francese sconfitto dal "generale inverno". Anche l'interno è graficamente raffinato, con le fotografia dei quattro musicisti (Nicol, Swarbrick, Pegg e Rowlands) sovrapposta a una bandiera francese. Il disco inaugura un nuovo contratto con l'etichetta Vertigo.

Tracks Side A: Jams O'Donnells Jig (Dave Pegg) 2'33" - The Eynsham Poacher (Trad. Arr. Dave Pegg) 2'24" - Adieu Adieu (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 2'30" - The Bonny Bunch Of Roses (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 12'27"

Tracks Side B: The Poor Ditching Boy (Richard Thompson) 3'57" - General Taylor (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 3'10" . Run Johnny Run (Ralph McTell) 4'35" - The Last Waltz (Dave Swarbrick) 3'00" - Royal Seleccion No. 13 (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention / Lèon Jessel) 4'12"

Musicians: Dave Swarbrick: Vocals, Fiddle, Mandolin - Dave Pegg: Vocals, Bass Guitar, Mandolin - Bruce Rowland: Drums, Percussion - Simon Nicol: Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Electric Dulcimer Recorded:August 1976 - March 1977 at Island Studios, Hammersmith.

Produced by:Fairport Convention - Engineered:Howard Kilgour and Frank Owen - Remixed:Simon Nicol and Bruce Rowland - Graphics:MLT Marketing Associates - Visualising & Photography:Sam Sawdon - Front Cover:Consists of lots of silhouette pictures of Napoleon, all of which were Dave Swarbrick