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Country Home
1. Civil Of You Stranger (Robbie Blunt)
2. Love (Jess Roden)
3. Misfit On Your Stair (Kevyn Gammond / Suzy Worth)
4. Bumpers West (Jess Roden / Suzy Worth)
5. Home (Jess Roden)
6. Well Anyhow (Jess Roden / Robbie Blunt / Jon Pasternak / Kevyn Gammond / Pete Robinson)
7. Time (So Long Between) (Robbie Blunt / Jess Roden)
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Produced by: Jess Roden
Label: Island ILPS 9124
Released: 1970
Recorded at Basing Street Studios, London
Notes:
Love is a different version to that which appears on the Bumpers, double-album compilation
Cover photography: Malcolm Macintosh (the pictures were taken at Laudate - the house in Surrey once frequented by the likes of John Lennon etc - as noted in the Bronco main page - the wooden house depicted on the front sleeve, being out there in the grounds).
Personnel:
Jess Roden – Vocals, Guitar
Robbie Blunt – Guitar, Vocals
Kevyn Gammond – Guitar, Vocals
John Pasternak – Bass
Pete Robinson – Drums
With:
Clifford T Ward – piano / backing vocals (tracks…)
Jeff Bannister – keyboards (tracks…)
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Ace Of Sunlight
1. Amber Moon (Jess Roden / Suzy Worth)
2. Time Slips Away (Robbie Blunt)
3. Some Uncertainty (Kevyn Gammond / Clifford T Ward)
4. Woman (Kevyn Gammond / Clifford T Ward)
5. New Day Avenue (Jess Roden / Suzy Worth)
6. Discernible (Kevyn Gammond / Suzy Worth)
7. Sudden Street (Jess Roden)
8. Joys & Fears (Jess Roden / Suzy Worth)
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Produced by: Bronco & Richard Digby Smith
Label: Island ILPS 9161
Released: 1971
Recorded at Basing Street Studios, London.
Cover photography: Malcolm Macintosh (similar to Country Home, the sleeve images were shot in and around Laudate).
Personnel:
Jess Roden – Vocals, Guitar & Percussion
Robbie Blunt – Guitar, Vocals
Kevyn Gammond – Guitar, Vocals
John Pasternak – Bass
Pete Robinson - Drums
With:
Mick Ralps – bbb
Ian Hunter – bbb
The version of Sudden Street is different to that to be fpound on El Pea (on which it was originally released) . Here, the track is about a minute longer.
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Country Home / Ace Of Sunlight
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Original tracks produced by: Jess Roden, Bronco & Richard Digby Smith
Label: Fox Records
Released: 2004
WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
IF you find this (and, sure, its a bit of a rarity) at a record store / record fair or similar then you should know that - while JR's name is (inexplicably) attached to this compilation - his authorisation was neither sought or, indeed, given.
In short... this is NOT an official compilation... BUT, a bootleg cobbled together from vinyl or casette transfers.
The running order for Country Home has, for reasons unknown, been shuffled around; Kevyn Gammond's name is miss-spelled as 'Kevin'; there is also audible audio damage on a number of tracks plus many of the cuts also sound muffled.
While purporting to be the real thing... the real thing it is not!
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Bumpers
Side 1
1. Every Mother's Son - Traffic (7:08)
2. Love - Bronco (4:42)
3. I Am The Walrus - Spooky Tooth (6:20)
4. Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga - Quintessence (5:15)
Side Two:
5. Thunderbuck Ram - Mott The Hoople (4:50)
6. Nothing To Say - Jethro Tull (5:10)
7. Going Back West - Jimmy Cliff (5:43)
8. Send Your Son To Die - Blodwyn Pig (4:35, shown as 5:35 on the label)
9. Little Woman - Dave Mason (2:30)
Side Three:
10. Go Out And Get It - John and Beverley Martyn (3:06)
11. Cadence and Cascade - King Crimson (3:43)
12. I'm Reaching Out On All Sides - If (5:40)
13. Oh I Wept - Free (4:25)
14. Hazey Jane - Nick Drake (4:28)
Side Four:
15. Walk Awhile - Fairport Convention (4:00)
16. Maybe You're Right - Cat Stevens (3:00)
17. Island - Renaissance (5:57)
18. The Sea - Fotheringay (5:29)
19. Take Me To Your Leader - Clouds (2:55)
Some notes:
Traffic / Every Mother's Son is clearly (audibly) a different mix to that which came out on John Barleycorn
Bronco / Love - again, a different mix to that which appeared on Country Home - on the Bumpers sleeve / label both album title and Island catalogue number are incorectly listed
Spooky Tooth / Walrus... compared to The Last Puff, there is part of the guitar solo missing at the end...
Quintessence / Jesus, Buddha... altho' not credited as such, this is a live recording
King Crimosn / Cadence And Cascade - fades out at least thirty seconds early
Free / Oh I Wept - for the Free completists since this is an entirely different vocal take
Nick Drake / Hazey Jane - without doubt a different mix to the one appearing on Bryter Layter
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Notes: Bumpers was released in 1970, way, way before the advent of MP3s; a time when CDs or even PCs hadn't even been dreamed up.
Record companies – by and large spear-headed by Island – compiled single, double and even triple-album sets consisting of mainly new or unreleased tracks by artists that the vast majority new little or nothing about interspersed by a few from acts that had already broken through. These were not intended as anthologies or compilations; the purpose being to allow listeners the opportunity to ‘sample’ a range of acts at a reduced price; showcasing those for whom there wasn’t necessarily a singles market meaning little chance of UK radio play. The secondary ethic being – if you like the artists you knew about, then you may well like the unreleased ‘stuff’ we’re putting with it. Not just that, but these ‘sampler’ albums were priced at a lot less that wallet-bursting.
Columbia’s “The Rock Machine Turns You On & The Rock Machine I Love You” together with Liberty Records “Gutbucket” started the trend, as Island weighed in with “Nice Enough to Eat” and “You Can All Join In” - both issued in 1969.
Bumpers was released in 1970 - the year that 18 year olds got the vote and women got equal pay; the year that the first transatlantic Boeing 747 flight arrived at Heathrow and Britons got a taste of the new decimal currency ahead of decimalization; the year of the Isle Of Wight festival which starred Jimi Hendrix (shortly before his death in London); the year that The Beatles parted ways and the year in which this two album set could be aquired for 29/11 (thats in old UK coinage) - in today's terms that 1.50 or $2.00.
The album was issued in two pressings; one with the pink label and "i" logo, the other with the label displaying a palm motif on a white background and a pink rim.
There are subtle differences between the recordings although the variations on overseas versions were much more fundamental, with a wholly different selection of tracks for the Antipodes. In addition the sleeve notes and label information are shoddily compiled.
Album name: comes from the fact that the distinctive basketball-style shoes depicted as the cover image were immensley popular in Britain at the time and were known as... Bumpers.
Sleeve: by Tony Wright - his first ever Island Records sleeve - and, to this date, Tony has probably designed more sleeves for the label than any other artist / designer. He later went on to design the sleeve for the JRB album, Play It Dirty, Play It Class.
Allegedly – and in a homage to a Warhol take on a theme – there were eight different sleeve-variants on the Bumpers theme; although the yellow / red variant is the one that is known.
Although uncredited, it is possible that Tony also devised the 'bamboo lettering' design for the Bronco logo - occasionally used for concert advertising - most seen during their shows with the likes of Free.
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El Pea
Side 1
1. Traffic - Empty Pages
2. Sandy Denny - Late November
3. Alan Bown - Thru The Night
4. Heads, Hands & Feet - Song For Suzie
5. Fairport Convention - Lord Marlborough
Side 2
6. Jethro Tull - Mother Goose
7. Quintessence - Dive Deep
8. Amazing Blondel - Spring Season
9. McDonald & Giles - Extract From Tomorrow's People - The Children Of Today
10. Tir Na Nog - Our Love Will Not Decay
11. Mountain - Don't Look Around
Side 3
1. Free - Highway Song
2. Incredible String Band - Waiting For You
3. Cat Stevens - Wild World
4. Bronco - Sudden Street 5. Mike Heron - Feast Of Stephen
Side 4
6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Knife Edge
7. Nick Drake - One Of These Things First
8. Mott The Hoople - Original Mixed-Up Kid
9. Jimmy Cliff - Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving
10. Mick Abrahams - Greyhound Bus
Some notes:
Sandy Denny / Late November contains a different vocal to that issued on THe North Star album
Alan Bown / Thru... has Robert Palmer's vocal that was reissued on the 2005 Strangely Strange compilation
Head Hands... / Song For... was replaced on the German and Dutch versions by John And Beverley Matryn's Auntie Aviator
Tir Na Nog / Our... is a different mix to that which appeared on their album
Nick Drake / One Of... is wrongly credited - its actually Northern Sky
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The original Island poster for El Pea
El Pea newspaper advertisment (used in the NME and Melody Maker)
The version of Sudden Street on El Pea is diifferent to that on Ace of Sunlight - approximately a minute shorter and somewhat more sparse = an entirely different mix was used for this compilation
Album cover photography by Ray Rathbone and Illustrations by Alan Crackness
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Meet On The Ledge
CD1:
1. John Martyn - Cocaine - Album Version
2. Fairport Convention - She Moves Through The Fair
3. Traffic - Withering Tree
4. John Martyn - Seven Black Roses - Album Version
5. Fairport Convention - A Sailor's Life
6. John & Beverley Martyn - The Ocean
7. Dr. Strangely Strange - Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal
8. Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
9. Fairport Convention - Matty Groves
10. Traffic - John Barleycorn (Must Die)
11. Fotheringay - Banks Of The Nile
12. Nick Drake - One Of These Things First
13. Fairport Convention - Sir Patrick Spens - Live At The LA Troubadour - 1986 Mix
CD2:
1. Fairport Convention - Dirty Linen
2. Cat Stevens - On The Road To Find Out
3. Sandy Denny - Late November
4. Mike Heron - Flowers Of The Forest
5. Amazing Blondel - Spring Season
6. Bronco - Time Slips Away
7. Claire Hamill - The Man Who Cannot See Tomorrow's Sunshine
8. Amazing Blondel - The Siege Of Yaddlethorpe
9. The Incredible String Band - Dear Old Battlefield
10. Robin Williamson - Dark Eyed Lady
11. Richard Thompson - Poor Ditching Boy - Album Version
12. Morris On - The Nutting Girl
13. Sandy Denny - Bushes And Briars
14. The Incredible String Band - Black Jack David
15. The Sutherland Brothers - Sailing
16. John Martyn - Over The Hill - Album Version
17. Nick Drake - Things Behind The Sun
18. Ashley Hutchings - Haste To The Wedding / The Triumph / Off She Goes [Medley]
CD3:
1. Albion Country Band - Hanged I Shall Be
2. John Martyn - Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhail - Album Version
3. Richard & Linda Thompson - Withered And Died
4. John Martyn - Spencer The Rover - Album Version
5. Bryn Haworth - Darlin' Cory
6. Richard & Linda Thompson, Simon Nicol - The Sun Never Shines On The Poor
7. Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance - Stone
8. Richard & Linda Thompson - Dimming Of The Day / Dargai - Album Version
9. Ashley Hutchings & Chums - Upton Stick Dance
10. Richard Thompson - Calvary Cross - Live
11. Sandy Denny - I'm A Dreamer - Live
12. John Martyn - May You Never [BBC - John Peel 4/2/77]
13. Fairport Convention - Meet On The Ledge - Studio Version |
Label: Island
Released: 2009
Notes: One of three Island compilations to celebrate the label's 50th anniversary.
This 3 CD set covers the folk / rock genre within Island's history and includes extensive sleevenotes written by Dave Suff, head of Fledgling Records (compilers of the Sandy Denny - Boxful Of Treasures set).
One reviewer - writing on Play.com had this to say... Stand out tracks include Fairport,Traffic and the excellent Bronco (the UK band) fronted by the underrated Jess Roden. How they never became as big as CSNY I will never understand.
Mark Barry of Reckless Records in London said (reviewing this compilation on Amazon)... even better is Bronco's "Time Slips Away" from their 1971 album "Ace Of Sunlight" - a fantastic choice - Jess Roden's soulful vocals backed up by Robbie Blunt's tremendous guitar work |
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