Rough Diamond is the debut album of British rock

Rock and roll

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 band Rough Diamond.

Rough Diamond was formed by singer David Byron

David Byron

David Byron -Early Life 1967-1969:From mid-60's to early 70's David Byron did a lot of session work for a company called Avenue Recordings singing lead and backing vocals...

 following his dismissal from Uriah Heep

Uriah Heep (band)

Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and regarded as a seminal classic hard rock act of the 1970s. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always been massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and David Byron's operatic vocals...

, along with former Humble Pie

Humble Pie (band)

Humble Pie was a rock band from England, finding success both in the UK and the US. They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie"...

 guitarist Clem Clempson

Clem Clempson

Clem Clempson is an English rock guitarist who has played in a number of bands including Colosseum and Humble Pie.-Career:...

 and ex-Wings

Wings (band)

Wings were a British-American rock group formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and Linda McCartney that remained active until 1981....

 drummer Geoff Britton

Geoff Britton

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. The album peaked at #103 on the Billboard 200

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 in 1977.The band opened for Peter Frampton in the spring of 1977 on the latter's US tour. The group disbanded shortly after releasing their debut.

Track listing

1. Rock N' Roll (Byron / Britton / Rushent) – 3:28
2. Lookin' For You (Byron / Clempson / Butcher) – 4:06
3. Lock & Key (Byron / Clempson) – 4:59
4. Seasong (Byron / Clempson) – 7:35
5. By The Horn (Byron / Clempson) – 3:13
6. Scared (Byron / Clempson / Britton / Butcher / Bath) – 5:33
7. Hobo (Byron / Clempson / Britton / Butcher / Bath) – 5:45
8. The Link (Butcher) – 2:19
9. End Of The Line (Byron / Clempson / Britton / Butcher) – 5:46

Band members

• David Byron
  David Byron
  David Byron -Early Life 1967-1969:From mid-60's to early 70's David Byron did a lot of session work for a company called Avenue Recordings singing lead and backing vocals...
  
   - Lead Vocals
• Clem Clempson
  Clem Clempson
  Clem Clempson is an English rock guitarist who has played in a number of bands including Colosseum and Humble Pie.-Career:...
  
   - Guitars
• Willie Bath - Bass Guitar
• Damon Butcher - Keyboards
• Geoff Britton
  Geoff Britton
  Geoff Britton is a rock drummer known for his work with Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1975, where he was featured on the Venus and Mars album,...
  
   Drums

Other Credits

• Produced By: Steve Smith, David Byron & Clem Clempson
• Engineers: Phill Brown (Olympic) Richard Digby Smith and Dave Hutchins (Basing St. Studios)
• Photos: Clive Arrowsmith
• Cover Design: Eckford/Stimpson
• ©1977 In This Sound Recording and Artwork's Owned by Island Records LTD.

Special Thanks

• Chris Blackwell
  Chris Blackwell
  Christopher Percy Gordon "Chris" Blackwell is a British record producer and businessman, who was the founder of Island Records, acknowledged as the most successful and groundbreaking independent record company in history. Blackwell has been a music industry mogul for over fifty years...
  
  , Tim Clark, Charley Nuccio, Tom Hayes, David Betteridge, Phil Cooper, Tony Loynes, Brian Blevins, Tony (Eisteddfod) Hughes, and all at Island Ltd., Inc. and International.
• PS: Very special thanks to Patsy Finch.