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Originally posted by EdisonLite EdisonLite wrote:

Very sad to hear today that Gerry Rafferty died at age 63. His publicist announced that he had a "long illness". Really sad. Too young. Besides his 2 biggest hits, I particularly liked Stealers Wheel's "Star" and "Found My Way To You" as well as "Days Gone Down". RIP, Gerry. A very talented singer and songwriter.


Very sad news indeed, Gordon. I'm a fan of Gerry Rafferty's work and thought he deserved to have more hit singles in the U.S. than he did (not to mention, he was a very underrated guitarist). In addition to Rafferty, it's depressing to see the growing list of terrific singer-songwriters we've lost over the past few years (i.e. - Michael Jackson, Dan Fogelberg, Isaac Hayes, Paul Davis, Les Paul, Solomon Burke, Al Wilson, John Stewart, Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley), Harvey Fuqua, etc.)
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Originally posted by satchdr satchdr wrote:

Rafferty did some amazing music, including the not yet mentioned "Everythng'll Turn Out Fine" with Stealers Wheel.


The single and album versions of this were completely different recordings of the song, and are very different interpretations of it (the album version was re-issued as a single in the late 70s, probably an attempt by A&M to cash in on Rafferty's solo success). AFAIK, the 1973 single version has never been re-issued (and the promo single is the only source of it in stereo).
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Another tip about that Collectables two-fer of Gerry Rafferty solo albums. "City To City" is sourced from the DCC Gold CD mastering done by Steve Hoffman. Reason enough to buy this disc alone. Gerry's death was a very sad loss. "Star" was a favorite single.

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Originally posted by KentT KentT wrote:

Another tip about that Collectables two-fer of Gerry Rafferty solo albums. "City To City" is sourced from the DCC Gold CD mastering done by Steve Hoffman. Reason enough to buy this disc alone.


Good info, KentT. I never knew this. I will say though that I've always been pretty impressed with the mastering on the EMI 46049 City to City CD release , which I think sounds excellent.
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Does anybody know if there was a 45 version of Home and Dry or perhaps a promo edit?   Unable to find a shorter version on You Tube.
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Yes, indeed. The commercial 45 runs 3:56, and as far as I remember it's an edit of the LP version. I don't know offhand what was edited out, but I did create one years ago.
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Originally posted by KentT KentT wrote:

Another tip about that Collectables two-fer of Gerry Rafferty solo albums. "City To City" is sourced from the DCC Gold CD mastering done by Steve Hoffman.


I went one better than that, which got me kicked off the Steve Hoffman board for a while:

The DCC mastering uses the '80s-era EMI UK City To City CD as its source. It's not a digital clone, and it looks like the signal was fed through an analog mixing board. There are slightly EQ differences on two tracks, and all the others have basically the same EQ on the two discs. If anything, the '80s-era EMI UK disc should sound better than the DCC, because there is one fewer step in the signal chain.

I set up a whole thread on this here.

The Collectables two-fer and a later EMI two-fer are both digital clones of the original '80s-era EMI UK disc.

Needless to say, the people on the Steve Hoffman board were not pleased with me.
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Originally posted by aaronk aaronk wrote:

Yes, indeed. The commercial 45 runs 3:56, and as far as I remember it's an edit of the LP version. I don't know offhand what was edited out, but I did create one years ago.


There's an edit in the intro, and an edit in the instrumental break (both are half as long on the single as they are on the LP), and then an early fade as well.

What's odd here is that while the single versions of "Baker Street" and "Right Down The Line" (the previous two 45s from City to City) are faster than the LP versions, the 45 of "Home And Dry" is actually slower.

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Thanks for the editing tips, Doug. Much appreciated.
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Very sad about Gerry's death. BTW out of solos, "Baker St." "High & Dry", and "Right down the line" (the only ones I've heard) and both "Stuck in the Middle.." &"Everybody's Agreed"..(both the completely different recordings, 45 and LP) are the ones I know and like best.
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