''Can I Have My Money Back?'' is the first solo album by

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. The distinctive cover design was by

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and was the start of a long working relationship between Rafferty and the playwright. The LP was well received, but performed poorly in charts and sales, in part because Rafferty had just left a well known band,

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. The album also saw Joe Egan come on board, and the pair formed

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shortly afterwards. To capitalize on Rafferty's success with Stealers Wheel, the album received its first US release in 1973 on

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. Following his subsequent solo success with "

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", the label (then a subsidiary of

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) reissued the album in 1978. The album was re-issued in the UK in 2000 on CD (subtitled "''The Best of Gerry Rafferty''") with a different cover design (Castle Music, Ltd; Cat. No. ESMCD-879). It featured an additional twelve Humblebums tracks. This was later released in the US in 2002 on CD, and in partnership with Silverline Records,

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with a 5.1-channel 96 kHz/24bit MLP surround mix by Rich Fowler.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Gerry Rafferty; except where indicated # "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" (Rafferty, Joe Egan) # "Make You, Break You" # "To Each and Everyone" # "One Drink Down" (Rafferty, John Byrne) # "Don't Count Me Out" # "Half a Chance" # "Where I Belong" Singles: "Can I Have My Money Back?" b/w "So Bad Thinking" (Transatlantic: BIG 139) "Make You, Break You" (mono) b/w "Make You, Break You" (stereo) (Signpost: SP-70001; USA) "Didn't I" b/w "Can I Have My Money Back?" (Big T: BIG 139) "Mr Universe" b/w "Can I Have My Money Back?" (Transatlantic: M 25.565) Note: CD releases include a different performance of "Mary Skeffington" from that which appears on the original vinyl LP; the latter has a relatively sparer arrangement, emphasising acoustic guitar, and was later released by

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(who contributed to several tracks on ''Can I Have My Money Back'') on his ''Demos and Rarities Vol. 2 - Adventures with Gerry Rafferty'' collection. Castle Music, Ltd. (UK, 2000) (CD) Expanded Reissue Bonus Tracks:
All tracks recorded and previously released by The Humblebums. (Length: 79:29)

"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"

Personnel

*Gerry Rafferty – lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Joe Egan – backing vocals *

– acoustic guitar, backing vocals *Roger Brown – electric guitar, backing vocals *Zed Jenkins,

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– electric guitar *Gary Taylor – bass, backing vocals *Rod King – steel guitar *Hugh Murphy – tambourine, backing vocals *Tom Parker – Hammond organ, harmonium, harpsichord *Tom Lasker - piano *

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, Andy Steele – drums *Johnny Van Derrick – fiddle, violin ;Technical *John Whitehead - production coordination *

- cover artwork

References

External links

* {{Authority control Gerry Rafferty albums 1971 debut albums Transatlantic Records albums Blue Thumb Records albums Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios