Rough Mix
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| Studio album by Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane | |||||
| Released | 16 September 1977 | ||||
| Recorded | Winter 1976 and Spring 1977 | ||||
| Studio | Olympic Studios, London | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 41:34 | ||||
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MCA (US) Polydor (UK) |
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| Producer | Glyn Johns | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | A– |
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Rough Mix is an album by The Who's guitarist Pete Townshend and former Small Faces and Faces bassist Ronnie Lane.
The album was released in September 1977 as Polydor 2442 in the UK and MCA 2295 in the US.
The album peaked at number 44 on the UK album chart, and at number 45 on the Billboard 200.
On 21 October 1976, The Who closed a brief North American tour in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens, a show that would be the last with Keith Moon before a paying audience.
The Who's band members then took a hiatus to pursue various individual interests.
Pete Townshend had been initially contacted by Ronnie Lane to produce his next album, the project instead turning into a full-blown collaboration between the pair. Lane expressed an interest in a songwriting collaboration but Townshend, who has very rarely co-written songs, was unwilling. The instrumental title track is credited to both musicians, however.
During the recording of Rough Mix, Lane's multiple sclerosis was diagnosed (in one instance, Lane had an emotional issue related to his MS that caused an argument between him and an unknowing Townshend). Nonetheless Lane toured, wrote and recorded (with Eric Clapton among others) and in 1979 released another album, See Me, which features several songs written by Lane and Clapton. Around this time Lane travelled the highways and byways of England and lived a 'passing show' modern nomadic life in full Gypsy traveller costume and accommodation.
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