Even in his mother's womb, Gerry Rafferty must have expected the worst. This Scotsman entitled his melancholy 1971 solo album Can I Have My Money Back? (the answer was "No!"). And when Stealers Wheel, the group he subsequently formed with Joe Egan, became an overnight success with the hit single, "Stuck in the Middle with You," only to lapse into morning-after obscurity, he probably said, "I told...

Gerry Rafferty paid his dues playing bass in countless rock bands before joining up with fellow Scot Billy Connolly in a mildly successful affair called the Humblebums. When the duo parted, Rafferty recorded his solo LP, Can I Have My Money Back? (This was well over a year ago, before he and Joe Egan formed Stealer's Wheel.)

Recently released in the States, the package conjures up the image of old...