Rod Stewart The Rod Stewart Album (An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) U.S Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac
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An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released February 1970 (UK)
November 1969 (US)
Recorded 1969 at Lansdowne and Olympic Studios, London
Genre Rock 'n' roll, R&B, white soul, folk rock, country rock
Length 32:47
Label Vertigo (UK)/Mercury (US)
Producer Rod Stewart
Lou Reizner
U.S. release title / cover
The Rod Stewart Album (Mercury)
Singles from An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
"Street Fighting Man"
"Dirty Old Town"
"Handbags and Gladrags"
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars link
Robert Christgau (A-)
Rolling Stone (highly positive) link
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down was the debut album by Rod Stewart, released on February 1970 on Vertigo Records (catalogue No. VO4 - Stewart was fourth artist for this new, "progressive" label). It was titled The Rod Stewart Album in the US, released on November 1969 on Mercury Records and peaked at #139 on Billboard 200.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
"Street Fighting Man" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 5:05
"Man of Constant Sorrow" (Traditional, arranged by Rod Stewart) – 2:31
"Blind Prayer" (Stewart) – 4:36
"Handbags and Gladrags" (Mike D'Abo) – 4:24
Side two
"An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down" (Stewart) – 3:04
"I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing" (Stewart) – 4:44
"Cindy's Lament" (Stewart) – 4:26
"Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl) – 3:42
Personnel
Rod Stewart - vocals, guitar on "Man of Constant Sorrow"
Ronnie Wood - guitar, bottleneck guitar, bass guitar
Martin Pugh - guitar
Mick Waller - drums
Ian "Mac" McLagan - piano, organ
Keith Emerson - organ on "I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing"
Mike D'Abo - piano on "Handbags and Gladrags"
References
Vertigo VO4, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
Mercury SR 61237, The Rod Stewart Album
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