THIS SET STARTS WITH GERRY RAFFERTY - CITY TO CITY 180 Gram rare Out of Print U.K. SIMPLY VINYL PRESSED 180 GRAM 1ST EDITION SILVER STICKER HEAVY VINYL LP. THIS ITEM HAS THE UPC CODE OF 843346022215 AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THIS RARE OUT OF PRINT UK PRESSING. THIS IS A TRUE COLLECTORS PIECE OF VINYL

THESE Simply Vinyl UK products have the best collectors DELUXE heavy duty protective packaging of the product in the business. This deluxe REUSABLE packaging allows the owner a tremendous way to store that item once opened so it stays in pristine condition for the life of the product. No other company ever put this much cost into there packaging for collectors. LAST SET FOREVER DON'T MISS OUT

Collectors Alert: Many of these Simply Vinyl Titles will never be available again. Their license to produce these 180 Gram Masterpieces with Universal Records International has Ended. This means that this specific title is now out of print forever and there are very few remaining is sealed condition. This title is going to skyrocket in value & price over the next few months. So Don't Miss Out on being one of the last people to own this outstanding pressing.

They're each very limited in their pressings and disappear with extraordinary quickness from the vinyl market. This causes prices to skyrocket because once they are gone, they are gone forever! Don't second-guess yourself with this chance to upgrade your collection because before you know it, the opportunity will have passed forever.

The Simply Vinyl Silver Collection is currently the only way a collector can identify if these U.K. Abbey Road Studio pressings are Out of Print First Generation copies of some of the finest heavy vinyl masterpieces ever made.

Mymusicfix has an exclusive list of these Silver Edition titles you will not find at any Audiophile Vinyl Dealer anywhere (Silver Collection refers to the marketing sticker attached on the front and back of the sealed product - not the Second Generation and beyond Gold Stickers).

They are known to be some of the finest rock titles ever pressed in Limited Edition Heavy Virgin Vinyl with the best protective packaging ever within the Industry.

These Simply Vinyl Silver Editions are now starting to reach the $100 value per copy in the Vinyl Collector's Market. All the titles Mymusicfix is listing in this newsletter are what we classify as "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" Collector's titles.

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CITY TO CITY is 180 Gram Limited Edition OUT OF PRINT & you will be one of the last people in the world to own a this factory sealed masterpiece. This title will be selling for double to triple this price within months. Don't Miss Out.

 Simply Vinyl classic City to City LP (made in England - has the best protective packaging I’ve seen) high-definition Virgin Vinyl pressing for superior fidelity. The nicest thing you can do for your stylus and your ears. The ultimate record -- the way music was meant to be heard and of superior quality for any Audiophile.

CITY TO CITY was originally released in 1978. “Baker Street” (which held the #1 spot for 6 weeks) was a huge AM radio hit and has recently made a comeback through classic rock radio and its appearance on the “Good Will Hunting” soundtrack. The biggest attractions of the album are the diversity of the tracks and the unmistakable voice of Gerry himself. “Mattie’s Rag” is a salute to old ragtime music and “Whatever’s Written In Your Heart” is a true pure love song.

There’s also some steel guitar mixed throughout just for good measure. As a whole, the album is a great rock statement. “Right Down The Line” was also a hit. CITY TO CITY also has a very clean sound to it -- the recording is exceptional. There’s not too many albums you can that you like ever song but CITY TO CITY delivers.

Stealers Wheel Ferguslie Park 180 GRAM LIMITED EDITION AUDIOPHILE LP

180g Dead Quiet Vinyl Pressed at RTI! 
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio!
100% Analog Mastering from Real Analog Tapes! 

Overlooked Gem from UK Legends Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan as Stealers Wheel

Hit Singles Include "Good Businessman," and "Star," Which Peaked at #6 in the US 

It's easy to see why many thought Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan's Stealer's Wheel would become the UK's answer to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The duo's songwriting prowess is in peak form on Ferguslie Park, marrying ultra-catchy hooks and melodies to gorgeous vocal harmonies. For those who would look at the apparent overnight success of Rafferty's 1978 breakout City to City, Ferguslie Park is the record you can spin and hear where it all came from with great clarity, including those to-die-for saxophone interludes.

"This all-analog reissue of infectious lit pop, remastered from a pristine half-inch 30 ips safety copy of the original 15 ips stereo master, boasts striking sonics, with a deep and wide soundstage and tight, punchy drums and guitar. It’s part of the first batch of releases on Intervention, a new audiophile label devoted to first-ever vinyl reissues. " - Greg Cahill, The Absolute Sound, 4/5 Music, 4/5 Sonics 

"...Bob Ludwig master[ed] the original at Sterling Sound so it sounds very, very good. However, this reissue mastered by Kevin Gray from 1/2" analog tape sounds far better, in part because it isn’t dynamically limited, which the original surely is. The sonics on this reissue are superb in every way. Even if you are a fan of this record and think you know it inside out, I think you’ll hear things previously buried in the compression that are now allowed to float freely on the soundstage... With Kevin Gray mastering, RTI pressing and Stoughton Press producing the covers, it’s top quality all the way—the quality the late Gerry Rafferty deserves. You do too! I've been playing this one since 1973 and never get tired of listening to it and to the always ear-catching production. Very highly recommended!" - Michael Fremer, analogplanet, 9/11 Music, 9/11 Sound! 

"Once again, the deluxe treatment has paid off for Intervention. The vinyl reissue has a finer sense of space and the soundstage, illuminating the bold colors of the instrumentation with a clarity missing from previous pressings. The top-notch sonics here aren’t likely to be bettered." - Joe Marchese, The Second Disc 

The short but legendary recording career of Stealers Wheel is defined by the pinnacle reached with its first two albums. While Ferguslie Park wouldn't have a mega-hit smash single like "Stuck in the Middle" (#6, US), this sophomore LP is a more polished effort overall from song to song, beginning to end. By the time Ferguslie Park was recorded, the band was distilled down to the songwriting duo of Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan working with a backing band of session players. It would hardly matter as Rafferty and Egan were clearly the creative essence of Stealers Wheel. Knowing the band's history of battling themselves, their producers and their record label it's easy to see where they were coming from with songs like "Good Businessman," "Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind," "Who Cares" and "(Everyone's Agreed That) Everything Will Turn Out Fine." 

Ferguslie Park is a real district in Paisley, Scotland, where Rafferty and Egan first met in their teens. It's a story as old as rock n' roll itself that Stealers Wheel wasn't long for the world as a band- only one more LP would follow. But that doesn't dim the brilliance of the overlooked gem that is Ferguslie Park. 

Mastering Notes:
Stealers Wheel’s Ferguslie Park is sourced from the best tape that is currently available, a beautifully preserved ½” 30ips “safety copy” of the original 15 ips stereo master (in the photo at left notice the tape's misspelling as "Fergusile Park!"). When mastering this LP, they compared what they were getting off the tape to the esteemed original A&M UK “RL” cut (Robert Ludwig!) on LP. While great sounding overall, the original LP’s use of dynamic limiting/compression was easily evident, with the soft parts being louder and more up front, and the louder/busier passages dropping in level and noticeably smearing over the tremendous delicacy and nuance in the vocals and instruments. For the IR cut, they eliminated this dynamic limiting and heard an immediate expansion and openness in the soundstage, and musical detail previously buried came to sparkling new life! 

The (Re)Discover Series:
You know those songs that come up on the radio when you’re driving and you crank up the volume to 11 and sing your lungs out? That’s the spirit of what Intervention’s (Re)Discover Series is all about! Taking these FM classics and presenting them in “like you’ve never heard it before” sound quality so you can get that same blast of energy and excitement on your hi-fi at home. The hallmark of this series will be 100% analog mastering from real analog tapes. Combining superior master sources with the truly full-range mastering chain at Cohearent Audio and RTI’s dead quiet vinyl pressing means that you’ll hear these FM staples with power, majesty and musical detail like it’s the first time. (Re)Discover these sonic treasures with us! 

Features:

PLUS THESE TWO BONUS LP'S - GERRY RAFFERTY SELF TITLED - SEALED 1978 ORIGINAL VISA RECORDS LABEL  VISA 7006 & GERRY RAFFERTY - CAN I HAVE MY MONEY BACK -  THIS IS THE 1971 BLUE THUMB RECORDS RECORDS RE - RELEASE BA-6031   - BOTH ORIGINAL  pressing LABELS with a small cutout thru the original sealed jacket. TWENTY YEARS OUT OF PRINT. SEALED IN ORIGINAL PLASTIC WRAP.

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GERRY RAFFERTY - SOLO LP- CAN I HAVE MY MONEY BACK - 

TRACKS ARE -

   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.

GERRY RAFFERTY - SOLO LP-  GERRY RAFFERTY Gerry Rafferty (1978 US 15-track LP compiling Jerrys contributions to The New Humblebums [1969] and Open The Door [1970] plus his 1972 single B-side So Bad Thinking.

This 1974 transatlantic compilation features all 14 songs that Rafferty wrote with The Humblebums plus the b-side to "Can I Have My Money Back." It was re-released on Visa Records in 1978 after the growing popularity of "City to City" album. Overall, this album sounds very similar to his debut solo album "Can I Have My Money Back" with the late 60s/early 70s folk rock feel to the songs. I would recommend this album to a fan that can appreciate Rafferty's solo debut album, and his work with The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel not just the City to City fanatics.

 These tracks were recorded in 1970 while Rafferty was a member of the Humblebums. Not only are these pre-Baker Street, they also were recorded prior to his Stealers Wheel days. Visa Records released the album in 1978 to capitalize on the success of "City To City".

Not nearly as slick as his late seventies work, this album is first rate British folk-rock. Reminiscent of the Kinks' "Village Green Preservation Society", Rafferty's songs reflect life in England through the eyes of a wide-eyed adolescent--Dickens' Pip in rock n roll shoes, if you will. "Rick-Rack", "Steamboat Row" and "Shoeshine Boy" are great British character sketches that recreate a mythical England filled with steam engines, miners, shoeshine stands and afternoon tea.

Rafferty is in great voice throughout and the spare instrumentation (acoustic guitar, piano, understated woodwinds) give the songs a melancholy-bittersweet feel. This is rainy day music, perfect for a wet cold autumn afternoon. Highly recommended to fans of Harry Nilsson, George Harrison and Ray Davies. Better grab this one before it's gone.

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