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• A full anthology of Gerry Rafferty’s early years is available under one roof.
• With all tracks taken from the master-tapes.
• Featuring every album track, stray B-side and remixed single, plus a cache of previously- unreleased songs and alternative versions (including two early versions of ‘Who Cares’, a song that would later turn up in substantially different format on the second Stealers Wheel LP).
• With a host of hitherto-unheard songs and performances, the first-ever complete re- issue of ‘Can I Have My Money Back?’ (previous attempts have substituted an unauthorised overdubbed ‘Mary Skeffington’ in place of the original, far superior album version).
• A digipack release, with a 20-page booklet featuring numerous photos, obscure European picture sleeves and a definitive 5000 word note on Gerry’s early years.
Whether recording as a solo performer, a member of Stealers Wheel or as one-half of The Humblebums (the other half, of course, being Billy Connolly), the late Gerry Rafferty was always a master craftsman, leaving behind a dazzling portfolio of songs headed by huge hits ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’ and the equally timeless ‘Baker Street’.
Although early success eluded him, it was during his time with the nominally folk-oriented Transatlantic label that Gerry learnt his craft, sharing space with Connolly on two Humblebums albums before the superb 1971 solo set ‘Can I Have My Money Back?’.
Tracklist
1-1 The Humblebums– Look Over The Hill And Far Away
1-2 The Humblebums– Patrick
1-3 The Humblebums– Rick Rack
1-4 The Humblebums– Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
1-5 The Humblebums– Please Sing A Song For Us
1-6 The Humblebums– Blood And Glory
1-7 The Humblebums– Coconut Tree
1-8 The Humblebums– I Can't Stop Now
1-9 The Humblebums– All The Best People Do It
1-10 The Humblebums– Steamboat Row
1-11 The Humblebums– Shoeshine Boy
1-12 The Humblebums– Keep It To Yourself
1-13 The Humblebums– Song For Simon
1-14 The Humblebums– My Singing Bird
1-15 The Humblebums– Half A Mile (Church Version)
1-16 The Humblebums– Half A Mile (Backing Track)
1-17 The Humblebums– Continental Song
1-18 The Humblebums– Continental Song (Backing Track)
Can I Have My Money Back?
2-1 Gerry Rafferty– New Street Blues
2-2 Gerry Rafferty– Didn't I?
2-3 Gerry Rafferty– Mr. Universe
2-4 Gerry Rafferty– Mary Skeffington
2-5 Gerry Rafferty– Long Way Round
2-6 Gerry Rafferty– Can I Have My Money Back?
2-7 Gerry Rafferty– Sign On The Dotted Line
2-8 Gerry Rafferty– Make You, Break You
2-9 Gerry Rafferty– To Each And Everyone
2-10 Gerry Rafferty– One Drink Down
2-11 Gerry Rafferty– Don't Count Me Out
2-12 Gerry Rafferty– Half A Chance
2-13 Gerry Rafferty– Where I Belong
Bonus Tracks
2-14 Gerry Rafferty– So Bad Thinking
2-15 Gerry Rafferty– Mary Skeffington (Overdubbed Version)
2-16 Gerry Rafferty– Who Cares (Demo Version)
2-17 Gerry Rafferty– Bernard
2-18 Gerry Rafferty– In Loving Memory
2-19 Gerry Rafferty– Make You, Break You (Alternative Version)
2-20 Gerry Rafferty– Don't Count Me Out (Alternative Version)
2-21 Gerry Rafferty– Mr. Universe (Alternative Version)
2-22 Gerry Rafferty– Martha
2-23 Gerry Rafferty– Way Of Knowing
2-24 Gerry Rafferty– Who Cares (Finished Master)