The Rods ‎– The Rods
Label:
Arista ‎– SPART 1182
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
1981
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
 
Tracklist
Position    Title/Credits    Duration
A1    Power Lover
Written-By – Feinstein*
2:36
A2    Crank It Up
Written-By – Feinstein*
3:32
A3    Hungry For Some Love
Written-By – Feinstein*
4:15
A4    Music Man
Written-By – Feinstein*
4:22
A5    Woman
Written-By – Canedy*
3:23
B1    Nothing Going On In The City
Written-By – R. Elzenga*
3:42
B2    Get Ready To Rock And Roll
Written-By – Feinstein*
2:25
B3    Ace In The Hole
Lead Vocals – Garry Bordonaro
Written-By – Robert Fleischman, Roger Linn
4:22
B4    Rock Hard
Written-By – Canedy*
4:03
B5    Roll With The Night
Written-By – Canedy*
2:08
 
Bass, Vocals – Garry Bordonaro
Drums, Vocals, Producer – Carl Canedy
Engineer – Armand John Petri, Chris Bubacz
Guitar, Vocals – David ''Rock'' Feinstein*
Producer – David Feinstein
The Rods was actually almost a remastered re-release of the album Rock Hard with a different title, different album artwork and different tracklist. All the tracks of The Rods, that can also be found on Rock Hard, are actually the same recordings with Stephen Starmer on bass guitar. Only the two new tracks "Nothing Going On In The City" and "Ace In The Hole" feature Garry Bordonaro on bass guitar.
Compared to the tracklist of Rock Hard, the ELF (3) cover "Sit Down Honey", "In Your Panties", "Gettin' Higher", and the The Young Rascals cover "You Better Run" were omitted and instead two other cover versions, "Nothing Going On In The City" and "Ace In The Hole", were added.
Additional track information:
The version of "Power Lover" here is edited a bit and about 10 seconds shorter than the one on Rock Hard.
"Nothing Going on In The City" was orginally released by White Honey on the album Some Kinda Woman in 1979.
"Ace In The Hole" was originally released by Robert Fleischman on the album Perfect Stranger in 1979.
Matrix / Runout (Side 1, stamped): SPART Y 1182 A//1▽TH 1 1 4 TOWNHOUSE
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, stamped & etched): SPART Y 118 2B//1▽ ETH 1 1 1 TOWNHOUSE (etched) GEN