Cardiff Rose
Cardiff Rose is a solo studio album by American singer/songwriter and ex-The Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn, released in 1976. The album, produced by Mick Ronson, was recorded on the heels of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue 1975 tour, in which both McGuinn and Ronson had participated. The album includes a pirate tale "Jolly Roger", a song about King Arthur's "Round Table", and a classic version of Joni Mitchell's "Dreamland", which later appeared on her 1977 album Don Juan's Reckless Daughter.
Stylistically, the album varies from traditional sounding folk and sea chanty music to hard, gritty rock tunes strongly influenced by the burgeoning punk rock movement.Track listing
All titles are written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy except where otherwise noted.Side one
- "Take Me Away" – 3:00
- "Jolly Roger" – 4:56
- "Rock and Roll Time" – 2:46
- "Friend" – 2:07
- "Partners in Crime" – 4:52
Side two
- "Up to Me" – 5:36
- "Round Table" – 4:05
- "Pretty Polly" – 3:17
- "Dreamland" – 5:20
- "Soul Love"
- "Dreamland"
Personnel
- Roger McGuinn – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Mick Ronson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, recorder, accordion, piano, organ, autoharp, percussion, vocals
- David Mansfield – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, violin, banjo, organ, percussion
- Rob Stoner – bass, percussion, vocals
- Howie Wyeth – drums, percussion
- Timothy B. Schmit – vocals
- Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone
