NewsRod Stewart / Rarities 2CD
Universal are issuing a new 24-track two-CD collection of Rod Stewart rarities from his Mercury Records era (1969 to 1974).
Presumably they are looking to capitalise on Time, Rod’s recent UK number one album, because Rarities seems to re-treads familiar ground with at least a third of the tracks previously released on the 2009 Sessions four-CD box set.
That said, if you only have some or all of the five albums from Rod’s best period (An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells a Story, Never a Dull Moment and Smiler) then there will be much here to enjoy with its alternate versions, singles, B-sides, studio outtakes and covers.
Rarities is out on 2 September 2013.
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Rod Stewart / Rarities track listing:
Disc: 1
- 1. It’s All Over Now (Single Version)
- 2. Country Comforts (BBC Radio 1 Performance)
- 3. Maggie May (Early Version)
- 4. Seems Like a Long Time (Alternate Version)
- 5. Lost Paraguayos (Alternate Version)
- 6. Italian Girls (Early Version)
- 7. You Wear It Well (Early Version)
- 8. I’d Rather Go Blind (Alternate Version)
- 9. Angel (Alternate Version)
- 10. What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)
- 11. Pinball Wizard (From ‘Tommy’)
- 12. Everytime We Say Goodbye (Summer 1973 Sessions)
Disc: 2
- 1. Oh! No Not My Baby
- 2. Jodie
- 3. So Tired
- 4. Missed You
- 5. Think I’ll Pack My Bags (Early Version of ‘Mystifies Me’)
- 6. Girl From The North County (Alternate Version)
- 7. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man (Alternate Version)
- 8. Farewell (Early Version)
- 9. So Tired (Early Version)
- 10. You Put Something Better Inside Of Me
- 11. Crying Laughing Loving Lying
- 12. Maggie May (BBC Radio 1 Performance)
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Nice to see that they called a spade a spade by referring to this era as Rod’s best. Between the Faces stuff and his solo LP he sure was on one hot streak. Too bad they never last…
‘In a Broken Dream’ by Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart should have been included on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyEsgO75bMI
Excellent track. First discovered this song when it was used in the (excellent) Lars Von Trier film “Breaking The Waves”
Being really old I could roll out all sorts of Faces stories and just how good Rod Stewart was. With only 12 tracks a disc this looks expensive at the current price of $20.00 and the track selection is unimaginative
The real issue is whether or not there could be a release of “The Faces at the BBC”. Those tapes have kicked around for years in bootleg form with only a couple of tracks showing up on “5 guys walk in to a bar”. The BBC tapes captured the R&B brilliance of Stewart, Mac, Ronnie, Ron and Mr. Jones
OK, I saw them open for The Who at the Oval and they were bloody amazing. Rod was Jack the Lad but sadly he became Rod the…