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Nine on a Ten Scale

Studio album by

Sammy Hagar

Released

May 1976

Studio

The Record Plant, Sausalito

Genre

Rock, hard rock

Length

37:55

Sammy Hagar chronology

Paper Money
(1974)

Nine on a Ten Scale
(1976)

Sammy Hagar
(1977)

Singles from Nine on a Ten Scale

"Flamingos Fly b/w Urban Guerilla US"
"Flamingos Fly b/w Urban Guerilla Germany"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Nine on a Ten Scale is the debut studio album by American musician and songwriter Sammy Hagar, released in May 1976 by Capitol Records. It was his first release as a solo artist after his departure from Montrose in 1975. It was announced in Billboard magazine that Hagar was signed to Capitol Records in January 1976. Nine on a Ten Scale was slated for a February 9 release date.

The album sold poorly and was not successful.

Song information

"Keep On Rockin'", a Hagar original, was covered by Bette Midler on the classic soundtrack to The Rose, albeit with a different arrangement.
The track written by Van Morrison, "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 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.^[2]
"China", a track written by the former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch, was not released by Welch until after this release. Welch included his version on the 1979 album Three Hearts.
Ron Nagle's "Please Come Back" was originally included in the film, The Last Detail.
"Young Girl Blues" is a Donovan cover.
A demo version of "Rock 'n' Roll Romeo" was released as "Thinking of You" on The Essential Red Collection in 2004.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep On Rockin'"	John Carter, Sammy Hagar	2:50
2.	"Urban Guerilla"	Carter, Hagar	2:52
3.	"Flamingos Fly"	Van Morrison	4:30
4.	"China"	Bob Welch	3:07
5.	"Silver Lights"	Hagar	5:38
6.	"All American"	Hagar	3:53
7.	"Confession (Please Come Back)"	Ronald Nagle	3:17
8.	"Young Girl Blues"	Donovan	7:50
9.	"Rock 'n' Roll Romeo"	Carter, Hagar	3:47

Personnel

Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, guitar
Bill Church – bass guitar
Scott Quick – guitars
John Blakely – guitars
Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards
Joe Crane – keyboards
Stan – keyboards
Wizard – keyboards
Aynsley Dunbar – drums
Jim Hodder – drums
Jerry Shirley – drums
Dallas Taylor – drums
Venetta Fields – backing vocals
Maxayn Lewis – backing vocals
Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
Bob Welch – backing vocals
Greg Adams – horns
Emilio Castillo – horns
Mic Gillette – horns
Steve Kupka – horns
Lenny Pickett – horns

Technical

Rich E. – engineer
Tom Flye – engineer
John Henning – engineer
Gary Kellgren – engineer
Cris Morris – engineer
Deke Richards – 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

References

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