2023 Charity Shop Purchases #40 -Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
As any sane person will tell you the first four albums by Rod Stewart from 1969 to 1972 on the Mercury label are all you will ever need. Maybe five if you include the compilation album Sing it Again Rod.
Also know as the When Rod Was Good era or The Classic Years as per the sticker on my 1995 PolyGram CD. Over the years I have gradually been collecting these classics on vinyl.I have four out of five on vinyl -Gasoline Alley (1970) Every Picture Tells a Story (1971), Never a Dull Moment (1972) and Sing it Again Rod (1973).
Only his November 1969 (US)/February (1970) debut An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down is missing. While it is still my intention to acquire it on vinyl I was not about to pass up the opportunity to pick up a copy on CD.
Only 8 tracks 3 of which are covers or 4 if you count the traditional Man of Constant Sorrow . Rolling Stone wrote that he was a highly original interpreter of other people's songs and that his own compositions indicated that he was capable of startlingly bare emotion and compassion.
Those were the days.
Rod Stewart -Handbags & Gladrags
Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
Rod's had some career hasn't he and at a push he's been going since the late '50s as I think he was only 14 when he started out. He was a busy boy during this period what with playing with the Faces and doing his solo thing too. Thanks for sharing these great songs. Hope you find the missing vinyl soon.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, that brief period when Rod was gloriously good. I absolutely agree with you on the albums you mention, but I'd add that 'Smiler', though not up to the same lofty standards, is an ok listen too. Plus of course we mustn't forget the four Faces albums released between 1970 and 1973. It's all downhill after that lot though.
ReplyDeleteTim Badger always used to play this album. He loved it.
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