Can I Have My Money Back?

Can I Have My Money Back?

Track Listings

1. New Street Blues

2. Didn't I?

3. Mr. Universe

4. Mary Skeffington

5. Long Way Round

6. Can I Have My Money Back?

7. Sign on the Dotted Line

8. Make You, Break You

9. To Each and Everyone

10. One Drink Down

11. Don't Count Me Out

12. Half a Chance

13. Where I Belong

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Can I Have My Money Back? The Best of Gerry Rafferty
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Can I Have My Money Back? The Best of Gerry Rafferty
Gerry Rafferty
Manufacturer: Castle Music UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000ECXCF4
Release Date: 2006-04-03

Tracks:

New Street Blues
Didn't I?
Mr. Universe
Mary Skeffington
Long Way Round
Can I Have My Money Back?
Sign on the Dotted Line
Make You, Break You
To Each and Everyone
One Drink Down
Don't Count Me Out
Half a Chance
Where I Belong
Look Over the Hill and Far Away
Patrick
Rick Rack
Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
Please Sing a Song for Us
Blood and Glory
I Can't Stop Now
All the Best People Do It
Steamboat Row
Shoeshine Boy
Keep It to Yourself
My Singing Bird

Album Description

UK pressing of Gerry Rafferty's first solo album. This album is the link between Humblebums and Stealers Wheel, filled with McCartney style songwriting and great pop arrangements. The songs are all different, catchy and well-constructed. Castle Music. 2006.

Album Details

Rafferty Emerged from the Scottish Folk Scene in the Late 60s, Alongside Billy Connolly and Tam Harvey in the Humblebums. He Then Recorded as a Soloist for the Legendary Folk Imprint, Transatlantic, Where These Tracks Originate. Even Then, He was Showing Real Signs of the Pop Sensibility that Would Come to Full Fruition in Steeler's Wheel and Eventually his Solo Career.

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Can I Have My Money Back?
Gerry Rafferty
Manufacturer: Castle Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Stealers Wheel

ASIN: B000A2GDAY
Release Date: 2006-01-02

Tracks:

New Street Blues
Didn't I?
Mr. Universe
Mary Skeffington
Long Way Round
Can I Have My Money Back?
Sign on the Dotted Line
Make You, Break You
To Each and Everyone
One Drink Down
Don't Count Me Out
Half a Chance
Where I Belong
Look Over the Hill and Far Away
Patrick
Rick Rack
Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
Please Sing a Song for Us
Blood and Glory
I Can't Stop Now
All the Best People Do It
Steamboat Row
Shoeshine Boy
Keep It to Yourself
My Singing Bird

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Szep Vagy & Gyonyoru Vagy

Manufacturer: Hungaroton
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000303C
Release Date: 1995-12-12

Tracks:

SzVagy, Gyru Vagy Magyarorsz[A "Hamburgi Menyasszony" C O]
Nem Lehet Azt Parancsolni Senkinek (You Can't Make Them Do ...)
KorcsmsnAdjon Bort Hitelbe [Give Me Some Wine on Credit, Miss]
Arad Felol (From Arad) [Az "Erzst" C DaljkbFrom Arad]
Debrecenbe' Voltam (I've Been to Debrecen)/ik A, Hajlik a Bl
Vecserny Sz Harang (The Call of the Vesper Bell)
Hulllaton Tetej(On the Gentle Waves of ...)
Te Szoke Gyerek (You Fair-Haired Child)
Kesergo, Palot Friss (Lament, Palotand Quick)
KNefelejcs [Blue Forget-Me-Nots]
Kanyargsza Partj/Minden [On the Bank of the Winding Tisza River]

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Can I Have My Money Back
Gerry Rafferty
Manufacturer: Universal
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Binding: Audio CD

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City To City / Night Owl (2-CD)

ASIN: B000FDF14W
Release Date: 2006-07-03

Tracks:

New Street Blues
Didn't I
Mr Universe
Mary Skeffington
The Long Way Round
Can I Have My Money Back
Sign On The Dotted Line
Make You Break You
To Each And Every One
One Drink Down
Don't Count Me Out
Half A Chance
Where I Belong
So Bad Thinking

Album Details

Japanese Digitally Remastered Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork of Rafferty's 1971 Solo Debut Album. Includes the Bonus Track "so Bad Thinking".

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Can I Have My Money Back
Gerry Rafferty , and Gerry Rafferty
Manufacturer: Sbme Castle Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005Y4OL
Release Date: 2002-02-19

Tracks:

New street blues
Didn't I?
Mr Universe
Mary Skeffington
The long way round
Can I have my money back?
Sign on the dotted line
Make you break you
To each and everyone
One drink down
Don't count me out
Half a chance
Where i belong
Look over the hill and far away
Patrick
Rick Rack
Her father didn't like me anyway
Please sing a song for us
Blood and glory
I can't stop now
All the best people do it
Steamboat row
Shoeshine boy
Keep it to yourself
My singing bird

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Yes I want my money back!
You won't want your money back!
As good as Stealers Wheel

Can I Have My Money Back?
Gerry Rafferty
Manufacturer: Wooded Hill
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007365
Release Date: 1998-11-01

Tracks:

New Street Blues
Didn't I?
Mr. Universe
Mary Skeffington
Long Way Round
Can I Have My Money Back?
Sign on the Dotted Line
Make You, Break You
To Each and Everyone
One Drink Down
Don't Count Me Out
Half a Chance
Where I Belong

Customer Reviews:

Yes I want my money back!.......2006-06-19

City to City is great, Can I have my money back? sucks. There are only three songs on this album worth listening to - New Street Blues, To Each & Everyone, and One Drink Down. The rest require several drinks.

You won't want your money back!.......2005-05-05

Rafferty's first solo album, while featuring a stripped back sound compared to his better-known recordings, is positively overproduced compared to his then recent work with Billy Connolly in the Humblebums.

Opening with the instruction to "Do it on the microphone, thank you Gerald" presumably from producer Hugh Murphy, who would still be producing Rafferty albums two decades later, the album kicks off with the rollicking "New Street Blues", with both vocal and arrangement playing against the lyrics - but don't worry, true Rafferty melancholy is to be found in abundance, particularly on "One Drink Down" and "Don't Count Me Out".

Also of note is "Sign on the Dotted Line" co-written with future Stealers Wheel partner Joe Egan, and highly indicative of the music industry-based songs that would dominate "Ferguslie Park" it is too.

These are just a few of the highlights, but as with most Rafferty albums, virtually every track qualifies for that description. Perhaps not the title cut, though, which has the potential to irritate, but doesn't really outstay it's welcome, clocking in at under two minutes - something of a rarity for a Rafferty tune!

Without a doubt this album is worth every cent you'll pay for it.

As good as Stealers Wheel.......2002-12-18

There are a number of musicians, bands etc. who get known for particular songs or albums which are massively popular, and then ever after it's hard to get past the "hit" when you hear their name. Fleetwood Mac, Bee Gees, Al Stewart all got associated with slick seventies sound. However, they all had earlier stuff that sounds quite different from the "hits". Another example of this phenomenon is Gerry Rafferty. As far as slick seventies go, "Baker Street" and "Right Down the Line" are good for what they are, but this album is where people should go if they want to hear what he could do with a song without the studio slickness.

It has a bunch of great short pop songs that stand up nicely with Stealers Wheel and show that he was more than just a radio friendly musician with a catchy saxophone line. There are traces of country, folk (if you like this check out the second "Open the Door" by the Humblebums, his sixties folk/pop band before this album), and of course classic British pop.
This album is the link between Humblebums and Stealers Wheel, filled with McCartney style songwriting and great pop arrangements. The thirteen songs are all different, catchy and well-constructed. As if to emphasize this point the last song is really two put together (like "A Day in the Life" or XTC's "Wheel and the Maypole" on Wasp Star). Although listed as two songs, track 13 and 14 meld together seamlessly. It starts out as a quiet number that alternates with a vaudeville section reminiscent of "Your Mother Should Know" or "Something Happened To Me Yesterday" from Between the Buttons, before transforming again into a short solo piano piece.

If you like the slick seventies sound, then you are better off with the later stuff I guess. But if you like "Benediction" by Stealers Wheel, or any of their Beatles-style material for that matter, this is a record worth checking out. The only odd thing about the CD is that they replaced the beautifully simple "Mary Skeffington" from the album with a slightly more orchestrated version for the CD that adds autoharp and accordion. It's not really better or worse, but worth noting if the simpler version happens to be your favorite Gerry Rafferty song. This album belongs right next to the three Stealers Wheel albums for anyone who likes tuneful pop with traces of folk or British-style country. Once you get into this album, you won't even miss "Baker Street." Plus, everyone who has walked within twenty feet of a radio has heard that one a zillion times already anyway.
After this you can investigate Jeff Lynne's first band the Idle Race and discover another example of an artist whose early stuff is neglected in favor of slick seventies production.

Can I Have My Money Back? The Best of Gerry Rafferty
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Early stuff but worth a listen

NOT His Greatest Hits. Just Some Great Early Music.

Recycled

Can I Have My Money Back? The Best of Gerry Rafferty
Gerry Rafferty
Manufacturer: Pidm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SPPN
Release Date: 2000-08-01

Tracks:

New Street Blues
Didn't I?
Mr. Universe
Mary Skeffington
Long Way Round
Can I Have My Money Back?
Sign on the Dotted Line
Make You, Break You
To Each and Everyone
One Drink Down
Don't Count Me Out
Half a Chance
Where I Belong
Look Over the Hill and Far Away
Patrick
Rick Rack
Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
Please Sing a Song for Us
Blood and Glory
I Can't Stop Now
All the Best People Do It
Steamboat Row
Shoeshine Boy
Keep It to Yourself
My Singing Bird

Album Description

UK compilation for the Scottish singer/songwriter, ex-member of the Humblebums and Stealers Wheel. Best known for the song 'Baker Street' & the album 'City To City'. 25 tracks including 12 with the New Humblebums. 2000 release. Slimline double jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Early stuff but worth a listen.......2006-03-23

When the first part of this compilation was released (on Transatlantic records), Gerry was gigging with the original line-up of Steeler's Wheel. It was an acoustic trio, made up of Gerry, Rab Noakes and Roger Brown. A year later came the big hit with a different lineup.
"The long way round" was a big hit in the Benelux countries, and "Mary Skeffington" was re-done by Olivia Newton HyphenJohn on her "I honestly love you" album.
The original LP was a pleasure to listen to, but to call this "The Best of..." is presumptuous at best. The Humblebums were a good act on the British folk circuit, but have hardly left their mark in music annals. Billy Connolly always wanted something different anyway.
Personally, I think we have yet to hear Gerry's best- I reckon he has one work upcoming that will get some serious airplay when radio starts playing decent music again...

NOT His Greatest Hits. Just Some Great Early Music........2004-02-06

The one review currently listed (from 7/13/01) is entirely accurate in its description but way off in its star rating. The first 13 tracks were originally released in 1971 as Rafferty's first solo album "Can I Have My Money Back". This album is a delight from start to finish. I highly advise anyone who loves his more well known music ("Baker Street', etc.) to give this a try. Definitely 5 star material, and I don't give out that rating lightly. The remaining 12 tracks are from an earlier band Rafferty was in, the Humblebums. I don't find these tracks to be nearly as appealing but they have their moments. It is true that the record label is being very misleading in calling this "The Best of Gerry Rafferty". But there is a lot of outstanding music to be found here, and it deserves 5 stars for that alone, even if the title is a con job. By the way, just to fill in the blanks, after recording his solo debut, Rafferty formed the band Stealer's Wheel, most famous for the hit song "Stuck In The Middle With You". After a few albums with Stealer's Wheel, he returned to solo recordings with "City To City", which has his most well known song, "Baker Street", and he's continued to record as a solo artist ever since. His latest album, "Another World", came out in 2000.

Recycled.......2001-07-14

Made in UK in 2000, Serial# ESMCD-879, Playing Time 79:29

Yes, he's the man who recorded "Baker Street"...

But this album isn't about that; and careful with the "best of" in the title.

This CD is made up of 2 things: a) the first 13 tracks are in fact GR's 1st solo album, 1971's "Can I Have My Money Back?"; b) the next 12 tracks make up a "best of" from material of his previous collaboration, the HUMBLEBUMS, recorded back in 1969 and 1970.

So if you're thinking about getting a "best of" of Gerry Rafferty (covering later material), there's quite a few out there.

This is a "Best Of 1969-1971"...

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