Gerry Rafferty Singles

Don't have many details yet but in early Dec. 2016 there is a scheduled CD release on Varese Sarabande that would include all of Gerry's 45 edits released on United Artists. One source has told me that their search even included looking for tapes outside of the US to get the best sources available for this upcoming release. The disc will also include Stealers Wheels material, but unfortunately just their one biggest chart hit. Stay tuned for more details coming soon.

Aww, man...

Couldn't Varese have stuffed on the stereo single version of Stealers Wheel's "Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine"??

I've been waiting for any country to put that out digitally from tape.

Does Joe Egan have the master stuffed under his bed? Does Mike Stoller have it in his archives? Does Herb Alpert have it stored at Iron Mountain...?

At least I have a clean dub of the stereo promo 45.

What a good record. Got a lot of current airplay on the TM 'Stereo Rock' format.

Andy

AndrewChouffi wrote: Aww, man... Couldn't Varese have stuffed on the stereo single version of Stealers Wheel's "Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine"?? I've been waiting for any country to put that out digitally from tape. Does Joe Egan have the master stuffed under his bed? Does Mike Stoller have it in his archives? Does Herb Alpert have it stored at Iron Mountain...? At least I have a clean dub of the stereo promo 45. What a good record. Got a lot of current airplay on the TM 'Stereo Rock' format. Andy

I was unaware of this song since it wasn't played in NY
(that I know of) so I got a nice clean dub of the stock
45 but to my disappointment commercial copies were mono.
I failed to read that detail in the above posts.
Bummer.

You're right, Andrew, great record.
MM

Edited by MMathews

I got to hear four tracks from the new best-of. Sound quality is excellent on those tracks - great dynamic range, nice EQ, hissy fades, and no noise reduction. A wonderful surprise, considering how loud the 2-CD City To City was.

The two tracks from 1979's Night Owl, "Days Gone Down" and "Get It Right Next Time", seem to match my recreations pretty closely and are comparable in sound quality. There's some nice hiss on the fade, so it sounds like these are from the real 45 two-track mixdown tapes.

"Right Down The Line" sounds very good, and is from a tape source, but may have a speed error? (I don't have the 45 to compare.) On this CD, it runs at 132.7 BPM throughout (originally recorded with a drum machine, hence the constant tempo). I have a recreation by Aaron that runs 135.9 BPM throughout. Not sure which is correct, or if both are off.

"Home And Dry" is most certainly the 45 version, because it's taken from vinyl! It's a good needledrop, with no noise reduction and no truncation of the fade, but you can hear the turntable rumble on the fade. I have a recreation by Aaron that sounds significantly better than the version on this CD.

I've only heard these four tracks, but I like what I've heard. A worthy collection for Rafferty-philes.

crapfromthepast wrote: "Home And Dry" is most certainly the 45 version, because it's taken from vinyl! It's a good needledrop, with no noise reduction and no truncation of the fade, but you can hear the turntable rumble on the fade. I have a recreation by Aaron that sounds significantly better than the version on this CD.

Hmmm--that's a little disappointing.

I had tried to make my own edit for this one, but wasn't sure (and still am not sure) where the exact edits come in (I know the intro and the instrumental break should be half as long as the LP version, but where exactly the snips should be I can't tell). Not to mention that you have to slow the file down (which is a little ironic, given the two other "City To City" singles were faster).

Deferring to the rabbit ears experts here--can anyone solve this?