Nine on a Ten Scale

Nine on a Ten Scale
Studio album by Sammy Hagar
Released	May 1976
Studio	Record Plant (Sausalito)
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	37:55
Label	Capitol
Producer	Carter
Sammy Hagar chronology
Paper Money (1974) Nine on a Ten Scale (1976) Sammy Hagar (1977)
Singles from Nine on a Ten Scale
"Flamingos Fly b/w Urban Guerilla US" "Flamingos Fly b/w Urban Guerilla Germany"

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Nine on a Ten Scale is the debut studio album by American musician and songwriter Sammy Hagar, released in May 1976 by Capitol Records. It was his first release as a solo artist after his departure from Montrose in 1975. It was announced in Billboard 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.

• "Keep On Rockin'", a Hagar original, was covered by Bette Midler on the classic soundtrack to The Rose, albeit with a different arrangement.
• The track written by Van Morrison, "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 The Record Plant 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.^[2]
• "China", a track written by the former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch, was not released by Welch until after this release. Welch included his version on the 1979 album Three Hearts.
• Ron Nagle's "Please Come Back" was originally included in the film, The Last Detail.
• "Young Girl Blues" is a Donovan cover.
• A demo version of "Rock 'n' Roll Romeo" was released as "Thinking of You" on The Essential Red Collection in 2004.

• 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

• Sammy Hagar discography

• Nine on a Ten Scale on Hagar's website