On January 20, 1978, “United Artists” released “City to City”, the second Gerry Rafferty studio album. It was recorded in 1977,at the “ Chipping Norton Recording Studios”, and was produced by Hugh Murphy. The album featured the song “Baker Street”, which reached 5 million plays on British radio, and became Rafferty’s best known song. “City to City” was certified Platinum the US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Gerry Rafferty– lead and backing vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
- Tommy Eyre– piano, electric piano, grand piano, Moog synthesizer, organ, keyboards, brass arrangements
- Jerry Donahue– lead, rhythm and electric guitar
- Hugh Burns– acoustic, rhythm and electric guitar
- Nigel Jenkins, Andy Fairweather-Low– rhythm and electric guitar
- Micky Moody– acoustic guitar
- Brian Cole– steel guitar, dobro
- Graham Preskett– fiddle, mandolin, synthesizer, string machine, strings, bass, arrangements
- Paul Jones– harmonica
- Hugh Murphy – tambourine
- Willy Ray – accordion
- Mo Foster– bass, backing vocals
- Henry Spinetti– drums
- Glen LeFleur- drums, percussion, tambourine
- Raphael Ravenscroft– saxophone
- Roger Brown, Vivian McAuliff, John McBurnie, Rab Noakes, Barbara Dickson, Joanna Carlin – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Gerry Rafferty.
- The Ark
- Baker Street
- Right Down the Line
- City to City
- Stealin’ Time
- Mattie’s Rag
- Whatever’s Written In Your Heart
- Home and Dry
- Island
- Waiting for the Day
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