Night Owl (album)



Night Owl is a 1979 album by Gerry Rafferty. It was released a year after Rafferty's Platinum-selling album City to City. While not quite performing as well as its predecessor, Night Owl still managed enough sales to achieve Gold status in North America and the United Kingdom. The title song reached No. 5 on the UK charts. The album made the UK Top 10.

The album was recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Chipping Norton, England.

Re-releases
On 30 January 2007 Collectables Records released Night Owl and City To City as a two-disc set.

Personnel

 * Gerry Rafferty – vocals, acoustic guitar, poly Moog 2, piano 9
 * John Kirkpatrick – accordion
 * Richard Thompson – guitar, mandolin
 * Barbara Dickson – background vocals
 * Richard Harvey – organ, synthesiser, recorder, penny whistle
 * Richard Brunton – guitar
 * Hugh Burns – guitar
 * Betsy Cook – background vocals
 * Tommy Eyre – synthesiser, piano
 * Liam Genockey – drums
 * Graham Preskett – violin, fiddle, mandolin, piano, string arrangements, conductor
 * Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone, lyricon
 * Frank Ricotti – percussion
 * Linda Thompson – background vocals
 * Pete Wingfield – organ
 * Gary Taylor – bass, vocals
 * Gavin Wright - string leader
 * Technical
 * Barry Hammond, Nick Patrick - engineer
 * Patrick (John Byrne) – front cover painting

Charts
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