''One for the Road'' is the third album by

Ronnie Lane Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces in ...

and his Slim Chance band. Lane had previously been a founding member of

Small Faces Small Faces were an English rock band from London, founded in 1965. The group originally consisted of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston as the band's keyboardist in 1966. The band w ...

and

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. The album was recorded using

Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio, also known as LMS (Lane Mobile Studio), is a mobile recording studio originally owned by Ronnie Lane. History Lane acquired the studio in 1972. It was one of the first ever mobile recording studios, and consisted of a ...

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ronnie Lane; except where indicated #"Don't Try 'n' Change My Mind" – 3:06 #"32nd Street" – 4:34 #"Snake" – 3:27 #"Burnin' Summer" – 4:06 #"One for the Road" – 4:46 #"Steppin' and Reelin'" – 6:27 #"Harvest Home" (Lane, Charlie Hart) – 5:50 #"Nobody's Listenin'" – 3:54 #"G'morning" – 4:01

Personnel

*Ronnie Lane – guitar, lead vocals ;Slim Chance *Steve Simpson – guitar, mandolin, fiddle, keyboards, harmonica, vocals *Charlie Hart – violin, keyboards, harp, whistle, accordion *Brian Belshaw – bass, vocals *Colin Davey – drums, vocals

Production

*Ronnie Lane - producer *

George Chkiantz George Chkiantz is a British recording engineer, based in London, who has been responsible for the engineering on a number of well-known albums, many of which are considered classics, owing in part to the quality of the recordings. Career Chkiant ...

, Ron Fawcus - recording engineer * Chris Thomas - mixing *Nicholas de Ville - cover *

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- photography *

John Tobler John Hugen Tobler (born 9 May 1943) is a British rock music journalist, writer, occasional broadcaster, and record company executive. With Pete Frame, he was one of the founders of ZigZag magazine in April 1969. The magazine focused on the " un ...

- liner notes

References

{{Authority control Ronnie Lane albums 1976 albums Island Records albums