''Nine on a Ten Scale'' is the debut studio album by American musician and songwriter

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, released in May 1976 by

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. It was his first release as a solo artist after his departure from Montrose in 1975. It was announced in ''

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'' 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

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on the classic soundtrack to '' The Rose'', albeit with a different arrangement. * The track written by

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, "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

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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.Hagar, Sammy. "Red". HarperCollins Books, 2011, p.64 * "China", a track written by the former

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member Bob Welch, was not released by Welch until after this release. Welch included his version on the 1979 album ''

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''. * Ron Nagle's "Please Come Back" was originally included in the film, '' The Last Detail''. * "Young Girl Blues" is a

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cover. * A demo version of "Rock 'n' Roll Romeo" was released as "Thinking of You" on '' The Essential Red Collection'' in 2004.

Track listing

Personnel

* Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, guitar * Bill Church – bass guitar * Scott Quick – guitars * John Blakely – guitars *

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– 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 *

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– 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

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