Rough Mix

Infobox Album | Name = Rough Mix
Type = Album
Artist = Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane


Released = September 1977
Recorded = Olympic Studios London Winter 1976 & Spring 1977
Genre = Rock
Length = 40:59
Label = MCA Records
Producer = Glyn Johns
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ol4zefikhgf4 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/petetownshend/albums/album/240066/review/5941059/rough_mix link]

"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.

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::This song is dedicated to the Old Man

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

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 [http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/11/13/Rough-Mix an extensive write-up] from Tim Bray in 2006 as part of his [http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/01/23/5-Star-Music "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.