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Gerry Rafferty Soft Rock Pop Rock 1979 UK
Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl flac album
  • Performer Gerry Rafferty
  • Title Night Owl
  • Date of release 1979
  • Country UK
  • Style Soft Rock, Pop Rock
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  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1697 mb
  • Size FLAC 1394 mb
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Night Owl is a 1979 album by Gerry Rafferty. It was released a year after Rafferty's Platinum-selling album City to City. While not quite performing as well as its predecessor, Night Owl still managed enough sales to achieve Gold status in the . and platinum in Canada and gold in the United Kingdom. The title song reached No. 5 on the UK charts. The album made the UK Top 10. The album was recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Chipping Norton, England.

Night Owl (Gerry Rafferty song). Night Owl" is a song by Gerry Rafferty. It is the second track on his 1979 album of the same name. It features a Lyricon solo played by "Baker Street" saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft. The song made the top five in the UK Singles Chart, and along with "Baker Street" is one of two solo efforts by Gerry Rafferty to accomplish this feat.

Producer – Gerry Rafferty, Hugh Murphy. Score, Conductor – Graham Preskett. Written-By – Gerry Rafferty. 1979 United Artists Recorded and mixed at Chipping Norton Studios, except 'The Way That You Do It' and 'Get It Right Next Time' recorded at Lansdowne Recording Studios. Night Owl ‎(LP, Album). Jugoton, United Artists Records. LSUA 73104, UAK 30238.

Night Owl. Gerry Rafferty. 1. Days Gone Down (Still Got the Light in Your Eyes). 3. The Way That You Do It.

Artists Gerry Rafferty Night Owl. Night Owl Gerry Rafferty. This album has an average beat per minute of 122 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 102/136 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page.

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Days Gone Down (Still Got The Light In Your Eyes)
Guitar, Soloist – Hugh Burns
 6:31
A2 Night Owl
Lyricon, Soloist – Raphael Ravenscroft
 6:11
A3 The Way That You Do It 5:08
A4 Why Won't You Talk To Me 3:59
A5 Get It Right Next Time 4:40
B1 Take The Money And Run 5:48
B2 Family Tree
Guitar, Soloist – Richard Brunton
 5:55
B3 Already Gone 4:54
B4 The Tourist
Guitar, Soloist – Hugh Burns
 4:14
B5 It's Gonna Be A Long Night 4:22

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Liberty/United Records, Inc.
  • Licensed From – United Artists Corporation
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Liberty/United Records, Inc.
  • Copyright (c) – Liberty/United Records, Inc.
  • Published By – Gerry Rafferty Music
  • Recorded At – Chipping Norton Recording Studios
  • Recorded At – Lansdowne Studios
  • Mixed At – Chipping Norton Recording Studios
  • Mastered At – Capitol Mastering

Credits

  • Accordion – John Kirkpatrick (tracks: A4, B1, B2)
  • Acoustic Guitar – Gerry Rafferty (tracks: A3 to B3, B5), Richard Brunton (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B3)
  • Arranged By [Strings] – Gerry Rafferty, Graham Preskett
  • Backing Vocals – Barbara Dickson (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Betsy Cooke* (tracks: A1, A3), Linda Thompson (tracks: A1, A3)
  • Bass – Gary Taylor (tracks: A3, A5), Mo Foster (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B5)
  • Drums – Liam Genockey
  • Electric Guitar – Hugh Burns (tracks: A1, A4), Richard Brunton (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B4), Richard Thompson (tracks: B2, B3)
  • Electric Piano, Synthesizer – Tommy Eyre (tracks: A5)
  • Electric Piano, Synthesizer [String Machine] – Graham Preskett (tracks: A2)
  • Engineer [Chipping Norton] – Barry Hammond
  • Engineer [Lansdowne] – Nick Patrick
  • Guitar – Hugh Burns (tracks: A2, A5, B5), Richard Brunton (tracks: B5)
  • Keyboards, Fiddle – Graham Preskett (tracks: B1, B2)
  • Leader [Strings] – Gavin Wright*
  • Mandolin – Graham Preskett (tracks: B5), Richard Thompson (tracks: A4)
  • Mastered By – Wally Traugott
  • Organ – Pete Wingfield (tracks: A1 to A3)
  • Painting [Cover] – Patrick*
  • Percussion – Frank Ricotti (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3, B4)
  • Photography By – Robert Ellis
  • Piano – Gerry Rafferty (tracks: A2, B4), Graham Preskett (tracks: A1, A4, B5), Tommy Eyre (tracks: A3)
  • Producer – Gerry Rafferty, Hugh Murphy
  • Recorder, Organ [Pipe] – Richard Harvey (tracks: B2)
  • Rhythm Guitar – Hugh Burns (tracks: A1, B4)
  • Saxophone – Raphael Ravenscroft (tracks: A5, B1, B4, B5)
  • Score, Conductor – Graham Preskett
  • Slide Guitar [Lap] – Richard Brunton (tracks: A1, A4, B5)
  • Synthesizer – Richard Harvey (tracks: B3, B4)
  • Synthesizer [Polymoog] – Gerry Rafferty (tracks: A2)
  • Tambourine – Frank Ricotti (tracks: A3, B5)
  • Vocals – Gerry Rafferty
  • Whistle [Penny] – Richard Harvey (tracks: B1)
  • Written-By – Gerry Rafferty

Notes

Label variation of this release Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl with the same pressing ring. Category under side designation with no space and ℗ info closer to center.

℗ © 1979 Liberty/United Records, Inc.

Custom inner sleeve contains photos/credits

Recorded and mixed at Chipping Norton Studios, except A3 and A5 recorded at Lansdowne Recording Studios.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout Etched): OO UALA-958-1 Wally CX[Connected] AD
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout Etched): OO UALA-958-2 F-7 Wally
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamped Both Sides): MASTERED BY CAPITOL
  • Rights Society: PRS

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
UAK 30238 Gerry Rafferty Night Owl ‎(LP, Album) United Artists Records UAK 30238 UK 1979
GP-730 Gerry Rafferty Night Owl ‎(LP, Album) United Artists Records GP-730 Japan 1979
UAK 30238 Gerry Rafferty Night Owl ‎(LP, Album) United Artists Records UAK 30238 Scandinavia 1979
TCK 30238 Gerry Rafferty Night Owl ‎(Cass, Album) United Artists Records TCK 30238 UK 1979
LSUA 73104, UAK 30238 Gerry Rafferty Night Owl ‎(LP, Album) Jugoton, United Artists Records LSUA 73104, UAK 30238 Yugoslavia 1980


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