Can I Have My Money Back?

Can I Have My Money Back? is the first solo album by Gerry Rafferty. The distinctive cover design was by John Patrick Byrne 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, The Humblebums. The album also saw Joe Egan come on board, and the pair formed Stealers Wheel shortly afterwards.

Can I Have My Money Back?
Studio album by
Gerry Rafferty
Released1971
RecordedLondon, Morgan Studios
GenreRock, folk rock
Length40:23
LabelTransatlantic
ProducerHugh Murphy
Gerry Rafferty chronology
Can I Have My Money Back?
(1971)		 Gerry Rafferty
(1974)
Singles from Can I Have My Money Back
  1. "Can I Have My Money Back?" b/w "So Bad Thinking"
    Released: 1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The album was re-issued in 2000 on CD (subtitled "The Best of Gerry Rafferty") with a different cover design (Castle Music, Ltd; Cat. No. ESMCD-879). Released only in the United Kingdom, it featured an additional twelve Humblebums tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Gerry Rafferty; except where indicated

  1. "New Street Blues"
  2. "Didn't I?"
  3. "Mr. Universe"
  4. "Mary Skeffington"
  5. "The Long Way Round"
  6. "Can I Have My Money Back?"
  7. "Sign on the Dotted Line" (Rafferty, Joe Egan)
  8. "Make You, Break You"
  9. "To Each and Everyone"
  10. "One Drink Down" (Rafferty, John Byrne)
  11. "Don't Count Me Out"
  12. "Half a Chance"
  13. "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 Rab Noakes (who contributed to several tracks on "Money Back") on his "Demos and Rarities Vol. 2 - Adventures with Gerry Rafferty" collection.

Castle Music, Ltd. (UK, 2000) (CD) Expanded Re-Issue Bonus Tracks:
All tracks recorded and previously released by The Humblebums. (Length: 79:29)

  1. "Look Over the Hill and Far Away"
  2. "Patrick"
  3. "Rick Rack"
  4. "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway"
  5. "Please Sing a Song for Us"
  6. "Blood and Glory"
  7. "I Can't Stop Now"
  8. "All the Best People Do It"
  9. "Steamboat Row"
  10. "Shoeshine Boy"
  11. "Keep It to Yourself"
  12. "My Singing Bird"

Personnel
  • Gerry Rafferty – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Egan – background vocals
  • Rab Noakes – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Roger Brown – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Zed Jenkins, Alan Parker – electric guitar
  • Rod King – steel guitar
  • Hugh Murphy – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Tom Parker – keyboards, Hammond organ, harmonium, harpsichord
  • Henry Spinetti, Andrew Steele – drums
  • Johnny Van Derrick – fiddle, violin
  • Gary Taylor – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • John Whitehead – production co-ordination
  • Patrick – artwork
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References
  1. Allmusic review
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