One for the Road (Ronnie Lane album)

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One for the Road
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Studio album by
Released15 January 1976 (1976-01-15)
RecordedAutumn 1975
Studio Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio
Genre Folk rock
Length40:11
Label Island
Producer Ronnie Lane
Ronnie Lane chronology
Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance
(1975)
One for the Road
(1976)
Mahoney's Last Stand (w/ Ron Wood)
(1976)
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One for the Road is the third album by Ronnie Lane and his Slim Chance band. Lane had previously been a founding member of Small Faces and Faces. The album was recorded using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ronnie Lane; except where indicated

  1. "Don't Try 'n' Change My Mind" – 3:06
  2. "32nd Street" – 4:34
  3. "Snake" – 3:27
  4. "Burnin' Summer" – 4:06
  5. "One for the Road" – 4:46
  6. "Steppin' and Reelin'" – 6:27
  7. "Harvest Home" (Lane, Charlie Hart) – 5:50
  8. "Nobody's Listenin'" – 3:54
  9. "G'morning" – 4:01

Personnel

Slim Chance

Production

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