Search - Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane :: Rough Mix

Forgotten Gem

bruce85 | SF Bay Area | 12/11/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Once upon a time, music was not a product created and distributed by huge corporations on a strictly for profit basis. There were a lot of great bands, and a lot of great records. So many, in fact, that an album of this caliber could easily be overlooked.



Townsend, Lane, Clapton & Watts together? Get outta here.



This is really a fine record. Strong material and great musicians doing it pretty much just for the love of music. "Keep Me Turning" and "Annie" remain favorites after all these years, the rest of the selections range from good to outstanding.



Rough Mix has a timeless sound to it. Annie is a song that might have been popular a hundred years ago. Ronnie Lane was a unique artist, and this is a great way to get exposed to his work. Highly recommended."

An understated gem

Philip Bradshaw | toronto canada | 04/25/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a lovely, gentle, understated and relatively unknown collaboration between members of two pretty heavy duty UK rock bands. It always seemed to me like they went into the studio with absolutely no pressure to produce a hit record and just laid down some low key tracks, probably songs that they had written and appealed to them at the time. It all sounds just so effortless. I hope that they had as much fun making the record as I have had listening to it for the last 33 years. They certainly look relaxed in the cover photo.



There are some really good songs here - Annie, Keep me Turning and Heart to Hang on To are each pretty memorable. If you are a Who fan (one who appreciates the softer side of the band) or a fan of acoustic English folk-blues-rock then I suspect you'd enjoy this gem

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