The album was the first to include Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist Trevor Lucas and American lead guitarist Jerry Donahue.

Both had previously played with ex-Fairport Sandy Denny, whom Lucas later married, in the short-lived Fotheringay.

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 Gerry Conway.

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 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, Primrose Hill in London: