Gerry Rafferty - City To City [2 CD's][1978][2011][320 KBPS][Collectors Edition]

Track Listings:

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Disc 1:

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01. The Ark

02. Baker Street

03. Right Down The Line

04. City To City

05. Stealin' Time

06. Mattie's Rag

07. Whatever's Written In Your Heart

08. Home And Dry

09. Island

10. Waiting For The Day

11. Big Change In The Weather (b - side to Baker Street)



Disc 2:

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01. Instrumental Intro

02. Big Change In The Weather (Original Demo)

03. Baker Street (Original Demo)

04. Mattie's Rag (Original Demo)

05. Take The Money And Run (Early Studio Version)

06. Stealin' Time (Original Demo)

07. City To City (Original Demo)

08. Instrumental Outro

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**320 KBPS CBR

**Cover Art

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Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a Scottish singer-songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and "Night Owl", as well as "Stuck in the Middle with You" recorded with the band Stealers Wheel.



Rafferty was born into a working-class family in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His mother taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs as a boy; later, he was influenced by the music of The Beatles and Bob Dylan. He joined the folk-pop group The Humblebums in 1969. After they disbanded in 1971, he recorded his first solo album, Can I Have My Money Back? Rafferty and Joe Egan formed the group Stealers Wheel in 1972, producing several hits, most notably "Stuck in the Middle with You" and "Star". In 1978, he recorded his second solo album, City to City, which included "Baker Street", his most popular song.

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City to City is a 1978 album and the second studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. It was Rafferty's first solo release in six years — and first release of any kind since 1975 — due to his tenure in the band Stealers Wheel and subsequent legal proceedings which prevented Rafferty from releasing any new solo recordings for the next three years. The album was strongly received, peaking at #1 in the US and going Platinum, as well as reaching #6 in the UK and achieving Gold status. "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and "Home and Dry" were successfully released as singles. "Baker Street" is widely regarded as Rafferty's signature song and by October 2010 had reached 5 million plays on British radio.

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Personnel:Gerry Rafferty: piano, acoustic guitar, vocals, backing vocals

Tommy Eyre: piano, electric piano, grand piano, Moog synthesizer, organ, keyboards, brass arrangements

Jerry Donahue: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, electric guitar on track 1

Hugh Burns: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on tracks 2-5, 8-10

Nigel Jenkins: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, electric guitar on tracks 2, 8

Andy Fairweather-Low: rhythm guitar, electric guitar on track 10

Micky Moody: acoustic guitar on track 5

Brian Cole: steel guitar, dobro on tracks 3-6, 9

Gary Taylor: bass, backing vocals on tracks 1-6, 8-10

Graham Preskett: fiddle, mandolin, synthesizer, string machine, string, bass, arrangements on tracks 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10

Henry Spinetti: drums on tracks 1-6, 8, 10

Glen LeFleur: drums, percussion, tambourine on tracks 1-3, 5, 9-10Additional personnel:Barbara Dickson: backing vocals 1 7

Raphael Ravenscroft: saxophone 2 9

Roger Brown: backing vocals 4

Vivian McAuliff: backing vocals 4

John McBurnie: backing vocals 4

Rab Noakes: backing vocals 4

Paul Jones: harmonica 4

Hugh Murphy: tambourine 4

Willy Ray: accordion 6 9

Joanna Carlin: backing vocals 7