''Nine on a Ten Scale'' is the debut solo album by American
rock
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musician
Sammy Hagar
Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose and subsequently launched a successful solo car ...
, released in May 1976 by
Capitol Records
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. It was his first release after his departure from
Montrose in 1975. It was announced in Billboard Magazine that Hagar was signed to Capitol Records in January of 1976. Nine on a Ten Scale was slated for a February 9th release date.
The album sold poorly and was not successful.
Song information
* "Keep On Rockin'", a Hagar original, was covered by
Bette Midler
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on the classic soundtrack to ''
The Rose'', albeit with a different arrangement.
* The track written by
Van Morrison
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, "Flamingos Fly", was not released by Morrison until a year later on his 1977 album ''
A Period of Transition''. He gave the song to Hagar after they met at
The Record Plant
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during the recording of the album. Morrison recorded a demo for Hagar which producer John S. Carter, Jr. and Hagar intended to produce as a duet with Morrison, a move which Morrison later rejected. Hagar then re-recorded the song from scratch.
[Hagar, Sammy. "Red". HarperCollins Books, 2011, p.64]
* "China", a track written by the former
Fleetwood Mac
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member
Bob Welch, was not released by Welch until after this release. Welch included his version on the 1979 album ''
Three Hearts
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''.
* Ron Nagle's "Please Come Back" was originally included in the film, ''
The Last Detail
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''.
* "Young Girl Blues" is a
Donovan
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cover.
* A demo version of "Rock 'n' Roll Romeo" was released as "Thinking of You" on ''
The Essential Red Collection'' in 2004.
Track listing
Personnel
* Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, guitar
* Bill Church – bass guitar
* Scott Quick – guitars
* John Blakely – guitars
*
Alan Fitzgerald
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– keyboards
* Joe Crane – keyboards
* Stan – keyboards
* Wizard – keyboards
*
Aynsley Dunbar
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– drums
*
Jim Hodder – drums
*
Jerry Shirley – drums
*
Dallas Taylor – drums
*
Venetta Fields
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– backing vocals
*
Maxayn Lewis
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– backing vocals
*
Sherlie Matthews
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– backing vocals
*
Bob Welch – backing vocals
*
Greg Adams – horns
*
Emilio Castillo
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Background
In 1965, Emilio Castillo took to music after he and his brother Jack were caught stealing by ...
– horns
*
Mic Gillette
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– horns
*
Steve Kupka – horns
*
Lenny Pickett
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– horns
;Technical
* Rich E. – engineer
* Tom Flye – engineer
* John Henning – engineer
*
Gary Kellgren
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Career
Engineering
Kellgren was a successful and well respected audio en ...
– engineer
* Cris Morris – engineer
*
– engineer
*
Jimmy Robinson – engineer
* John Stronack – engineer
* Roy Kohara – original art direction
* David Alexander – photography
Versions
* Capitol (US): SN-16049
* Fame (UK): FA 3068
* Capitol (Germany): 1C 038-82 216 ''(released with the title "Collection")''
* BGO (1993 UK reissue): BGOCD182
* One Way Records (1996 US reissue): BGOCD18272438 19095 22
* Repertoire (2000 German reissue): REP 4869
See also
*
Sammy Hagar discography
Sammy Hagar (also known as the Red Rocker) is an American musician and songwriter with a career spanning over 40 years. He rose to prominence during the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Montrose. He left the band in the mi ...
References
External links
*
Nine on a Ten Scale' on Hagar's website
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1976 debut albums
Capitol Records albums
Sammy Hagar albums