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Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix (1977)

Track listing:
  1. My Baby Gives It Away 3:59
  2. Nowhere To Run 3:15
  3. Rough Mix 3:12
  4. Annie 2:56
  5. Keep Me Turning 3:46
  6. Catmelody 3:13
  7. Misunderstood 3:01
  8. April Fool 3:34
  9. Street In The City 6:08
  10. Heart To Hang Onto 4:29
  11. Till The Rivers All Run Dry 3:49

Notes

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.