@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Argent - All Together Now Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Rock, Progressive Rock and Hard Rock, St Albans, England 8/26 Matrix #: Epic KE 31556 Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Rod A (45' - ), Russ B (45' - ), Jim R (41' - 18'), Bob H (44' - ) Cultural Facts:
Career Turning: All Together Now became Argent’s commercial breakthrough, driven by “Hold Your Head Up,” which pushed the band from progressive-rock cult status into international radio success.
Personal Struggle: Russ Ballard later described falling into a prolonged depression during his Argent years, eventually emerging from it to write “God Gave Rock and Roll to You,” one of the band’s most enduring songs.
Studio Lore: Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, the album balanced Rod Argent’s organ-heavy progressive arrangements with Ballard’s more concise rock songwriting, giving the band its distinctive crossover sound.
