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Rough Mix was a collaboration between The Who guitarist Pete Townshend and Faces bassist Ronnie Lane, released in 1977. It features a number of guest performers, including John Entwistle, Eric Clapton, Charlie Watts and John "Rabbit" Bundrick. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard Album chart.
[edit] Track listing
- "My Baby Gives It Away" (Pete Townshend) — 4:02
- "Nowhere To Run" (Ronnie Lane) — 3:17
- "Rough Mix" (Ronnie Lane, Pete Townshend) — 3:12
- "Annie" (Eric Clapton, Kate Lambert, Ronnie Lane) — 2:56
- "Keep Me Turning" (Pete Townshend) — 3:46
- "Catmelody" (Kate Lambert, Ronnie Lane) — 3:12
- "Misunderstood" (Pete Townshend) — 3:01
- "April Fool" (Ronnie Lane) — 3:34
- "Street In The City" (Pete Townshend) — 6:07
- "Heart To Hang Onto" (Pete Townshend) — 4:29
- "Till The Rivers All Run Dry" (Wayland Holyfield, Don Williams) — 3:54
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- This song is dedicated to the Old Man
[edit] Personnel
- Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane — various Acoustic & Electric guitars, mandolins & bass guitars, ukuleles & very involved mind games
- Edwin Astley — Orchestral Score
- Boz Burrell — Bass
- Mel Collins — Saxophone
- Eric Clapton — Lead Guitar, 6 String Acoustic, Dobro & Foot
- Julian Diggle — Percussion
- Bijou Drains — Gulp
- John Entwistle — (who else?) Brass, Vocal Harp
- Peter Hope Evans — Harmonica
- Benny Gallagher — Accordion
- Tony Gilbert — Orchestral Leader
- Chris Green — Principal Cello
- Charlie Hart — Violin
- Cris Laurence — Principal Bass
- Graham Lyle — 12 String Acoustic
- David Marquee — String Bass, Double Basses
- Billy Nicholls — Vocal Harp
- Rabbit — Organ, Fender Rhodes
- Steve Shingles — Principal Viola
- Henry Spinetti — Drums
- Ian Stewart — Piano
- Charles Vorsanger — Principal 2nd Violin
- Charlie Watts — Drums
[edit] Miscellanea
- In the September 2004 special edition of NME, consisting of 500 rock facts, a fact states that this album is the drunkest album ever recorded.
- This album had an extensive write-up from Tim Bray in 2006 as part of his "five star music" series.
- This album was remastered in 2006 for stereo and 5.1 surround sound formats on Dualdisc by Hip-O records, and featured 3 bonus tracks.
- Floater (band) from Portland, Oregon performs the song "Misunderstood" during their live acoustic shows.
