''Rumors'' is the third album by the North Carolina band
Arrogance, released in 1976. It was their first album on a major label,
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Recording Society is an American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City. It was a primarily classical label at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but also has a catalogue of recordings by a n ...
. In 2000,
Don Dixon re-released all of Arrogance's albums on his own label, Dixon Archival Records. The version of "Rumors" contained two bonus tracks, demos of "Open Window" and "Final Nickel" recorded at Charlotte's Reflection Sound Studios in 1975.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Don Dixon; except where noted.
Side One
#"We Live to Play" - 00:25
#"Sunday Feeling" (Kirkland) - 3:56
#"Final Nickel" - 3:04
#"Two Good Legs" (Kirkland) - 3:27
#"Dying To Know" (Kirkland) - 4:17
#"Open Window" (Kirkland) - 3:48
Side Two
#"Why Do You Love Me" - 2:57
#"Lady Luck and Luxury" - 4:08
#"Pitchin' Woo" (Kirkland) - 2:33
#"I Doubt It" - 3:37
#"It's Sad (But You Can't Really Hear Me at All)" - 3:34
Bonus tracks
#"Open Window" (Demo) - 4:21
#"Final Nickel" (Demo) - 3:46
Personnel
*
Sanford Allen
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– concertmaster, strings, violin
* Ann Barak – violin
*
Don Brooks – harmonica
* Scott Davison –
drums, percussion
*
Don Dixon –
bass,
vocals
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, arranger, calliope, conductor, guitar, percussion
* Robert Kirkland – guitar, percussion, vocals
* Charles Libove – violin
*
Kermit Moore
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Early life and education
Of African American heritage, Moore was born in Akron, Ohio.
While still in high school, Moore studied at the Cl ...
– cello
* Don Nixon – bass, percussion, vocals
* Larry Packer – fiddle
* John Pintavalle – violin
* Matthew Raimondi – violin
* Marty Stout – calliope, organ, piano, tack piano
*
Eric Weissberg
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– banjo
;Technical
* Captain Jeff Zaraya – engineer
* Ann Purtill – production supervisor
*
Jules Halfant – art direction, design
References
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Arrogance (band) albums
1976 albums
Vanguard Records albums
Albums produced by John Anthony (record producer)