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, Ray Major, Pete Overend Watts and

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—alongside singer/guitarist John Fiddler, previously of Medicine Head. It was released on the

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label in the UK and the RSO label in the

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. A single "One More Chance to Run" b/w "Booster" was released by Vertigo in the UK to promote the album. In the US, the track, "Wild in the Streets" went to #87 on the

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. "One More Chance to Run" was covered by

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's Down 'n' Outz on their 2010 album ''

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''.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Fiddler, except where noted.

Personnel

British Lions *John Fiddler –

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*Ray Major –

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; backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6–8), percussion (track 3) *

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, Korg synthesizer, davolisint; slide glockenspiel and electric percussion (track 9) * Pete Watts –

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; backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6–8), slide guitar (track 1) * Dale "Buffin" Griffin –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

; backing vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5), percussion (track 3) Additional personnel *Stan Tippins — backing vocals (tracks 2, 4) Technical *Alan "Ghastly Toad" Douglas and Mick "School Bully" Glossop – recording *Alan Schmidt – art direction

Charts

References

1978 debut albums Vertigo Records albums RSO Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub