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Gerry Rafferty - Peel Session 1973

The complete session recorded by Gerry Rafferty on 15 January 1973 for John Peel on the Top Gear show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 6 February 1973.

Tracklist:

1. Over My Head (0:07)
2. Singing Bird (3:19)
3. Don't Get Me Wrong (6:22)

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MetalGuruMessiah | InvidiousBaker Street - Gerry Rafferty (1978) Album Version"Baker Street" was released in January 1978 on Gerry Rafferty's second studio album, City to City. Over the years, Baker Street has been one of the most requested videos that I've had. I finally got around to working something up for it, editing the well-known promo video for the single version into the longer studio track. I really love Gerry Rafferty's music and I hope to find time to highlight some of the lesser known tracks. (I did one other for his "Garden of England" for anyone interested; https://youtu.be/_cKHpaLUDE8 I hope you enjoy and thanks for watching. Working up Baker Street seemed like a worthwhile project, since the other versions I've seen that use the promo video simply plug in static album art to fill in the extra minutes between the shorter single version and the longer album version. It was fun to try and find something interesting for this great song...and to make a video that at least attempted to look complete and give this classic the attention it deserved. Cleaned up the dark, blue-tinted promo (using a distorted lens effect to help it look a bit better and also just make it look different from the original) and added some transitions, new color gradients and new video and photo elements....all behind a FLAC audio track sourced from DCC's Compact Classics 24 Karat Gold version of City to City which was remastered by Steve Hoffman. For fun, compare to the other available video edited to the long version of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU6w56epBdc ...editing that didn't even try to match the video, but that version currently has over 12 million views, I hope mine can get to 12 thousand!? ;-) City to City 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 No. 1 in the US and going Platinum,[5] as well as reaching No. 6 in the UK and achieving Gold status. "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and "Home and Dry" were successfully released as singles. United Artists wanted to use "City to City" as the lead single from the album, but Rafferty felt that "Baker Street" would be a better choice and eventually the latter song became the first single in most countries (see "City to City" single release below). Released on 3 February 1978, "Baker Street" peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart and spent four weeks at No. 1 in Canada. It reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, spending six weeks in this position, and two weeks at No. 1 on the US Cash Box Top 100. The B-side of "Baker Street" was "Big Change in the Weather". [Lyrics] Winding your way down on Baker Street Light in your head and dead on your feet Well, another crazy day You'll drink the night away And forget about everything This city desert makes you feel so cold It's got so many people, but it's got no soul And it's taken you so long To find out you were wrong When you thought it held everything You used to think that it was so easy You used to say that it was so easy But you're trying, you're trying now Another year and then you'd be happy Just one more year and then you'd be happy But you're crying, you're crying now Way down the street there's a light in his place He opens the door, he's got that look on his face And he asks you where you've been You tell him who you've seen And you talk about anything He's got this dream about buying some land He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands And then he'll settle down In some quiet little town And forget about everything But you know he'll always keep moving You know he's never gonna stop moving 'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone And when you wake up, it's a new morning The sun is shining, it's a new morning And you're going, you're going home

Joe Egan, co-founder of Stealers Wheel with Gerry Rafferty and co-writer of "Stuck in the Middle with You," died on July 6 at age 77. Egan and Rafferty met as teenagers in Paisley, Scotland, and formed Stealers Wheel in the early 1970s. Here's more from Deadline.

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Deadline · Joe Egan Dies: ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’ Co-Writer & Singer With Stealers Wheel Was 77By Erik Pedersen

Gerry Rafferty - City to City

Waah-waah-waah it's too slick waaaaahhhh!

This is as perfect a piece of pop craftsmanship as you'll find, and a defining record of the 70s. You just *know* you can hear that Ravenscroft sax hook in your head right now...but it's not just that. Every song is chock-a-block with great sonic details.

Yes, it's polished. Why should that be held against it?

(Recent re-release with extra material; = I have an original, too.)

Great Albums of the 70s: #GerryRafferty#CityToCity (1978). Raphael Ravenscroft’s sax riff alone would have immortalized “Baker Street,” but Rafferty is the one calling the shots. His writing has the kind of simplicity only struggle can inspire, with gospel, country, and Celtic elements in a unified sonic tapestry. “Right Down the Line” is AM pop perfection, and “The Ark” takes you on a dream journey “where all strangers are known.”
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