PETE TOWNSHEND & RONNIE LANE - ROUGH MIX - * RARE CLASSIC RECORDS 200 GRAM PRESS * NM 9/10

PETE TOWNSHEND & RONNIE LANE - ROUGH MIX

* RARE CLASSIC RECORDS 200 GRAM PRESS *

NM 9/10

Rough Mix, Pete Townshend's 1977 collaboration with former Small Faces and Faces songwriter and bass player Ronnie Lane, combines the loose, rollicking folk-rock of Lane's former band, Slim Chance, with touches of country, folk, and New Orleans rock & roll, along with Townshend's own trademark style. Lane's tunes, especially the beautiful "Annie," possess an understated charm, while Townshend, with songs such as "Misunderstood," the Meher Baba-inspired "Keep Me Turning," and the strange love song "My Baby Gives It Away," delivers some of the best material of his solo career. Rough Mix stands as a minor masterpiece and an overlooked gem in both artists' vast bodies of work. Eric Clapton, John Entwistle, and Charlie Watts guest. (AMG)

A Note on Classic Records: Acclaimed reissue label specializing in audiophile LP reissues of classic albums; employs its own custom-built tube-based mastering equipment on all of its releases; masters its releases from original master tapes (or the best sources available). Earliest releases were a box set of RCA Living Stereo classical titles and Verve jazz titles (subsequently sold individually).

Classic used 180 gram vinyl until 2001. That year they switched to 180 gram "SV" (Super Vinyl) and added a sticker specifying the type of vinyl to all their LPs. They introduced 200 gram "Quiex SV-P" in July 2002. That was followed by "SV-P II" and, in 2008, "Clarity Vinyl." In the 2000s, they also introduced lower priced versions of many of their LPs, pressed from the same masters but on regular 150, 140, or 120 gram vinyl. Represses were always done on the latest vinyl formulation and can be dated by the sticker.

Classic also produced a line of gold CDs in the 1990s and then 24/96 HDAD digital disks. Mastering was typically done at Bernie Grundman Mastering by Grundman himself or Chris Bellman. Classic's assets were purchased by Acoustic Sounds in 2010. (DSC)

Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane ‎– Rough Mix
Label: Classic Records ‎– 90097-1, Atco Records ‎– 90097-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 200g
Country: US Original Release: 1977

Track LisT:
A1 My Baby Gives It Away Written-By – Pete Townshend 3:57
A2 Nowhere To Run Drums – Henry Spinetti Harmonica – Peter Hope Evans Organ – John "Rabbit" Bundrick Written-By – Ronnie Lane 3:12
A3 Rough Mix Drums – Henry Spinetti Guitar [Lead] – Eric Clapton Organ – John "Rabbit" Bundrick Written-By – Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane 3:09
A4 Annie Accordion – Benny Gallagher Bass [String Bass] – David Marquee*Guitar [12 String Acoustic] – Graham Lyle Violin – Charlie Hart Written-By – Eric Clapton, Kate Lambert, Ronnie Lane 2:54
A5 Keep Me Turning Drums – Henry Spinetti Organ, Piano – John "Rabbit" Bundrick Written-By – Pete Townshend 3:44
A6 Catmelody Piano – Ian Stewart Saxophone – Mel Collins Written-By – Kate Lambert, Ronnie Lane 3:11
B1 Misunderstood Harmonica – Peter Hope Evans Percussion – Julian Diggle Performer [Gulp] – Bijou Drains Written-By – Pete Townshend 2:59
B2 April Fool Double Bass [Double Basses] – David Marquee*Guitar [Dobro & Foot] – Eric Clapton Written-By – Ronnie Lane 3:31
B3 Street In The City Written-By – Pete Townshend 6:05
B4 Heart To Hang On Brass – John Entwistle Drums – Henry Spinetti Piano [Fender Rhodes] – John "Rabbit" Bundrick Written-By – Pete Townshend 4:26
B5 Till The Rivers All Run Dry Drums – Henry Spinetti Guitar [Dobro] – Eric Clapton Vocals [Vocal Help] – Billy Nicholls, John Entwistle Written-By – Don Williams (2), Wayland Holyfield 3:51

Engineer [Assistant] – Jon Astley
Mastered By – Doug Sachs*
Producer, Engineer – Glyn Johns

Notes: 200 gram Classic Records Quiex SV

Matrix / Runout (A-side matrix): 90097-1-A BG
Matrix / Runout (B-side matrix): 90097-1-B BG

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