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Gerry Rafferty – City To City Label:United Artists Records – UA-LA840-G Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Country:US Released:1978 Genre:Rock Style:Pop Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1The Ark Featuring – The Bushwhackers Featuring – The Bushwhackers5:30 A2Baker Street5:58 A3Right Down The Line4:17 A4City To City4:46 A5Stealin' Time5:36 B1Mattie's Rag3:26 B2Whatever's Written In Your Heart6:25 B3Home And Dry4:47 B4Island5:00 B5Waiting For The Day5:26 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Copyright © – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Published By – Hudson Bay Music Co. Recorded At – Chipping Norton Recording Studios Recorded At – Berwick Street Studios Recorded At – Marquee Studios Manufactured By – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Mixed At – Advision Studios Lacquer Cut At – Artisan Sound Recorders Pressed By – H.V. Waddell Co. Credits Accordion – Willy Ray (tracks: B1, B4) Acoustic Guitar – Gerry Rafferty (tracks: B2) Backing Vocals – Barbara Dickson (tracks: A1, B2), Gary Taylor (4) (tracks: A4), Joanna Carlin (tracks: B2), John McBurnie (tracks: A4), Rab Noakes (tracks: A4), Roger Brown (3) (tracks: A4), Vivian McAuliff* (tracks: A4) Bass – Gary Taylor (4) (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1, B3 to B5) Cover [Painted By] – John Patrick Byrne Drums – Glen Le Fleur* (tracks: B4), Henry Spinetti (tracks: A1 to B1, B3, B5) Engineer – Barry Hammond, Dec O'Doherty* Fiddle – Graham Preskett (tracks: A1, A4, B5) Guitar – Andy Fairweather-Low (tracks: B5), Hugh Burns (tracks: A2 to A5, B3, B4), Jerry Donahue (tracks: A1), Micky Moody (tracks: A5), Nigel Jenkins (tracks: A2, B3) Guitar [Dobro] – Brian Cole* (tracks: B1) Harmonica – Paul Jones (tracks: A4) Keyboards – Tommy Eyre (tracks: A2, A4) Mandolin – Graham Preskett (tracks: A1) Organ – Tommy Eyre (tracks: A3, B4, B5) Percussion – Glen Le Fleur* (tracks: A2, A3, B5) Piano – Gerry Rafferty (tracks: B5), Tommy Eyre (tracks: A1, A3, A5 to B5) Producer – Hugh Murphy Producer, Vocals, Written-By – Gerry Rafferty Saxophone – Raphael Ravenscroft (tracks: A2, B4) Steel Guitar – Brian Cole* (tracks: A3 to A5, B4) Strings – Graham Preskett (tracks: A5) Tambourine – Glen Le Fleur* (tracks: A1, A5) Trombone – Hugh Murphy (tracks: A4)

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW OUTER EDGE FINGERPRINTS. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.