''Ring of Hands'' is a 1971 album and the second released by British rock band

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. It was originally released on

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, E 30128. The song "Chained" was re-recorded by

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on their 1972 release ''

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''. This was the second Argent song covered by them.

Track listing

Songs written by

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and Chris White except as noted.

Personnel

;Argent *

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, lead (1, 2, 6, 7) and backing vocals *

Russ Ballard Russell Glyn Ballard (born 31 October 1945) is an English rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer. Originally rising to prominence as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Argent, Ballard became a prolific songwriter and producer b ...

–

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, lead (1–5, 8, 9) and backing vocals,

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(3) *

Jim Rodford James Walter Rodford (7 July 1941 – 20 January 2018) was an English musician, who played bass for several British rock bands. He was a founding member of Argent, which was led by his cousin Rod Argent, and performed with them from their forma ...

–

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, backing vocals, guitar * Robert Henrit –

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 ...

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;Technical * Jerry Boys – engineer A two-disc CD re-issue of this album plus ''

'' (1970) was released by BGO Records in 2000.

References

Argent (band) albums 1971 albums Albums produced by Rod Argent Albums produced by Chris White (musician) Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Epic Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub