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Gasoline Alley (album)

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Released
  
June 1970

Artist
  
Rod Stewart

Label
  
Mercury Records

Length
  
42:30

Release date
  
June 1970

Producers
  
Rod Stewart, Lou Reizner

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Recorded
  
Morgan Studios, London, February–April 1970

Gasoline Alley (1970)
  
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Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll, Folk rock, Rhythm and blues, Blue-eyed soul

Similar
  
Rod Stewart albums, Rock music albums

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Gasoline Alley is the second solo studio album by the British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. It was released in June 1970. It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Originally released in the UK on the Vertigo label, it was re-mastered and re-issued in 2008 by a Russian reissue label, Lilith Records Ltd. It is a collection of covers combined with Stewart's own compositions. Like many of Stewart's solo albums from the period, it featured significant musical contributions from the other members of his band Faces.

Contents

Reception

The album was well received, with Langdon Winner of Rolling Stone Magazine feeling that Stewart had "a rare sensitivity for the delicate moments in a person's existence", and that this, Stewart's second solo album, was the work "of a supremely fine artist".

Personnel

  • Rod Stewart – main performer, producer, vocals, guitar on "Jo's Lament"
  • Martin Quittenton – classical guitar
  • Ronnie Wood – guitar, bottleneck guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
  • Ronnie Lane – bass on "My Way Of Giving" and "You're My Girl", vocals on "My Way Of Giving"
  • Ian McLagan – piano, organ (the credit list notes: "Mac not available due to bus strike". However, the US release credits him, suggesting he was dubbed later)
  • William Gaff – whistle
  • Dennis O'Flynn – violin bass
  • Dick Powell – violin
  • Stanley Matthews – mandolin
  • Mick Waller – drums
  • Kenney Jones – drums on "My Way Of Giving" and "You're My Girl"
  • Pete Sears – piano on "Country Comfort"
  • Jack Reynolds – backing vocals on "Country Comfort"

    • Notable covers by other artists

  • Elkie Brooks later achieved a hit with a version of the title track in 1983.
  • Long John Baldry (Who Stewart had previously worked with in the bands Hoochie Coochie Men and Steampacket) covered the title song for his 1973 album Good To Be Alive.

    • Songs

    1Gasoline Alley4:05
    2It's All Over Now6:25
    3Only a Hobo4:16

    References

    Gasoline Alley (album) Wikipedia
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