However, The Rumour were also recording artists in their own right, releasing three albums: Max (1977), Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs and Krauts (1979), and Purity of Essence (1980).
The group broke up at the end of 1980, but reunited as Parker's backing band in 2011, and have performed and recorded with Parker ever since.
Members of The Rumour came from the veteran UK pub rock bands Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe and Bontemps Roulez.
Throughout most of their existence (1975–1980), The Rumour consisted of founding members Bob Andrews (keyboards), Brinsley Schwarz (guitar), Martin Belmont (guitar), Andrew Bodnar (bass), and Stephen Goulding (drums).Lead vocals were shared amongst all group members.
The Rumour debuted on disc as Graham Parker's backing band on his 1976 album Howlin' Wind. While continuing to work with Parker (and to receive billing on his albums), the following year The Rumour began to issue their own recordings, starting with the 1977 album Max (a reply to Fleetwood Mac for calling their latest album Rumours).
On their debut, the Rumour play laid-back pub rock in a style (predictably) not too dissimilar from their work with Graham Parker, though it is looser and more in the style of later Brinsley Schwarz. Max is probably most noteworthy for the clear high point, the band's cover of Nick Lowe's "Mess with Love" (a song he wouldn't get around to recording himself until 1982's Abominable Showman), although the album is packed with some terrific music.
Side A
A1. Mess With Love - 3:49
A2. Hard Enough To Show - 4:07
A3. Do Nothing ‘Till You Hear From Me - 3:26
A4. Jet Plane - 4:11
A5. Looking After No. 1 - 2:47
Side B
B1. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - 3:06
B2. I’m So Glad - 3:15
B3. Face To Face - 3:59
B4. This Town - 2:44
B5. Somethin’s Goin’ On - 3:14
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram Ltd.
- Marketed By – Phonogram
- Printed By – Robert Stace
- Recorded At – Rockfield Studios
- Mixed At – Wessex Sound Studios
- Record Company – Phonogram Ltd.
- Published By – Rock Music Co. Ltd.
- Published By – Copyright Control
- Published By – Big 3 Music Ltd.
- Published By – Island Music
- Published By – Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – I.B.C. Studios
- Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Bob Robertson
- Bass – Andrew Bodnar
- Drums – Stephen Goulding
- Engineer – Ted Sharpe, Tim Friese-Greene
- Guitar – Brinsley Schwarz, Martin Belmont
- Keyboards – Bob Andrews
- Mastered By – MELYS
- Photography By – Keith Morris, Pete Kodick
- Producer – Robert John Lange
- Producer, Mixed By – The Rumour
- Tenor Saxophone – Albie Donnelly
- Trombone – Danny Ellis
- Trumpet – Dick Hanson
- Vocals – Brinsley Schwarz
Notes
Released: 1977
Format: LP
Genre: Pub Rock
Label: Vertigo Records
Catalog# 6360 149
Prijs: €7,99
Vinyl: Good
Cover: Good
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