Gerry Rafferty - City to City (1978) Part 1 (Full Album)

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Track List: 1-4

1. Gerry Rafferty - The Ark (0:00)
2. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (5:41)
3. Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line (11:53)
4. Gerry Rafferty - City to City (16:24)

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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 well received, peaking at No. 1 in the US and going Platinum, as well as reaching No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart and achieving Gold status. "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and "Home and Dry" were successfully released as singles.

Personnel:
Gerry Rafferty – piano, acoustic guitar, vocals, backing vocals
Tommy Eyre – piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, Hammond organ, ARP, 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
B.J. Cole – steel guitar, dobro on tracks 3–6, 9
Gary Taylor – bass guitar, backing vocals on tracks 1–6, 8–10
Graham Preskett [fr] – fiddle, mandolin, ARP, synthesizer, string machine, string, brass, 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, 9–10
Barbara Dickson – backing vocals on tracks 1 and 7
Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone on tracks 2 and 9
Roger Brown – backing vocals on track 4
Vivienne McAuliffe – backing vocals on track 4
John McBurnie – backing vocals on track 4
Rab Noakes – backing vocals on track 4
Paul Jones – harmonica on track 4
Hugh Murphy – tambourine on track 4
Willy Ray – accordion on tracks 6 and 9
Joanna Carlin – backing vocals on track 7

Australian bush band the Bushwackers featured on track 1 "The Ark", playing the introductory piece on fiddle, concertina and bodhran. This piece was also used under the guitar solo in the middle of the song.

@robharding5345 1 year ago

City to City , even after all these years, has to be Gerry's finest work, I have all his albums, yet I play this more than any other. all these years later. My wife and I bought this Gem back in 78, we played it to death. Its the only time she ever had good taste in music,😄

Ah, yes, such a fine album, Much of Geralds work was very good, But City to city happens to be my all time favourite, and in time, I'm sure I will be proved to be right. But I love all his work, we miss this Son of Paisley.