Long unavailable or hard to find, gerry rafferty s snakes and ladders is now available for download at a reasonable price. Gerry rafferty was a popular music giant at the end of the 70s, thanks to the song baker street and the album city to city. Snakes and ladders by gerry rafferty on amazon music. Barcode and other identifiers matrix runout side a runout etched variant 1. About genius contributor guidelines press advertise event space. Gerry rafferty i was a boy scout lyrics genius lyrics. The lyrics of baker street reflected raffertys disenchantment with certain. Gerry rafferty snakes and ladders lyrics and tracklist. Another world is the ninth studio album by gerry rafferty. Gerald rafferty was a scottish rock singersongwriter. Looking for something, looking for one thing trying to find anything that makes you feel gotta keep goin, dont let it get you down now youve got nothing to lose. Snakes and ladders is the fourth album by gerry rafferty.
Dont give up on me, from his 1992 collection on a wing and a prayer, is a muchfeatured oldie on bbc radio 2. You can help us by sharing the link with friends, in social networks, message boards and other mass media. Listen free to gerry rafferty snakes and ladders the royal mile, i was a boy scout and more. Download torrent gerry rafferty fast and easy torrent. Poetically, his biggest hit, 1978s baker street, discusses busking at a tube station and being a part of the street life. Watch the video for didnt i from gerry rafferty s snakes and ladders for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. Acoustic guitar gerry rafferty bass mo foster drums liam genockey guitar richard brunton lead guitar jerry donahue percussion frank riccotti piano, clavinet, voice billy livsey saxophone raphael ravenscroft synthesizer ian lynn. The album starts with the royal mile, acoustic guitar and flute welcome you, but its typical rafferty with an. City to city collectors edition cd1 gerry rafferty. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination.
The memorable melodies, moving allegories, or genuine lyrical warmth that was put into past efforts arise in a couple of tracks, like in the beauty of bring it all home. Gerry raffertygarden of england snakes and ladders. Any rafferty fan will accept and even appreciate the constant dour messages in his lyrics. Watch the video for johnnys song from gerry rafferty s snakes and ladders for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. His career long predated that fixture of top 40 radio, however. Gerry raffertygarden of england snakes and ladders 1980. It would be rafferty s last album for libertyunited artists, and his last for six years. The download sounds great, with a fuller sound than i remember getting from my old lp, which had a thinner sound with too much treble. Right down the line the best of gerry rafferty gerry rafferty.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Title year peak chart positions album uk aus aut bel fl ger nl nz swi us us ac can i have my money back. Watch the video for welcome to hollywood from gerry rafferty s snakes and ladders for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Snakes and ladders was one of my favourite albums along with night owl, while the latter sold really well snakes didnt. These were fine albums but pale in comparison to city to city.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. It is the followup to the 1980 album snakes and ladders. Acoustic guitar gerry rafferty guitar other richard brunton lead guitar swells jerry donahue percussion frank riccotti piano, clavinet, voice mystery voice billy livsey saxophone raphael ravenscroft synthesizer ian lynn. Several of gerry rafferty s solo albums, including city to city and night owl and parts of snakes and ladders and sleepwalking, were recorded at chipping norton recording studios, which occupied this grade ii listed building at 2830 new street, chipping norton, oxfordshire, from 1972 until its closure in 1999. The garden of england was released in the spring of 1980 on gerry raffertys fourth studio album, snakes and ladders. Snakes and ladders, an album by gerry rafferty on spotify. The memorable melodies, moving allegories, or genuine lyrical warmth that was put into past efforts arise in a couple of tracks, like in the. Gerry rafferty snakes and ladders releases discogs. Abramus digital, bmg rights management us, llc, bmi broadcast music inc.
In reality, gerry could put a new track out every two weeks or so. In his early years, rafferty earned money by the formerly illegal practice of busking on the london underground. Gerald gerry rafferty 16 april 1947 4 january 2011 was a scottish singersongwriter. Snakes and ladders is the third of gerry rafferty s trio of great post stealers wheel albums and, while it was not as commercially successful as city to city and night owl, some consider it. His solo hits in the late 1970s included baker street, right down the line and night owl, as wel. Dont close the door dont leave here alone tonight ive been here before waiting for the cold daylight just.
Download gerry rafferty mp3 songs and albums music downloads. Gerry rafferty dont close the door lyrics genius lyrics. Provided to youtube by parlophone uk the royal mile gerry rafferty snakes and ladders. Sleepwalking is the fifth studio album by gerry rafferty, released in 1982. Gerry rafferty timeline featuring albums and other. Gerry rafferty snakes and ladders 1980, vinyl discogs. Notes came with printed full color inner sleeve, with catalogue number loo1039 printed in the right upper corner of the back side.
One of scotlands most underrated singersongwriters, gerry rafferty first came to the attention of the public by his work with stealers wheel in. Gerald rafferty 16 april 1947 4 january 2011 was a scottish rock singersongwriter. It was released in 1980, following the success of his previous two albums, city to city and night owl. Subsequent albums, such as snakes and ladders 1980, sleepwalking 1982, and north and south 1988 all fared less well, due partly to rafferty s general reluctance to perform live. I also bought his following 2 albums, night owl and snakes and ladders. Subsequent albums, such as snakes and ladders 1980, sleepwalking. Gerry rafferty whatevers written in your heart duration.
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