The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart

~ Release by Rod Stewart (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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CD 1: A Night Out
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Maggie May
producer:
Rod Stewart
acoustic guitar:
Martell Brandy (in 1971-01), Martin Quittenton (in 1971-01) and Rod Stewart (in 1971-01)
bass:
Andy Pyle (in 1971-01)
bass guitar, guitar and pedal steel guitar:
Ronnie Wood (UK guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones, also goes by Ron Wood) (in 1971-01)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player) (in 1971-01)
drums (drum set):
Micky Waller (in 1971-01)
organ:
Ian McLagan (in 1971-01)
piano:
Pete Sears (in 1971-01)
slide guitar:
Sam Mitchell (in 1971-01)
violin:
Dick Powell (Violinist and double-bass player) (in 1971-01)
lead vocals:
Rod Stewart (in 1971-01)
vocals:
Madeline Bell (in 1971-01)
compilation of:
Henry by Rod Stewart and Maggie May (without “Henry” prelude) by Rod Stewart
music videos:
Maggie May by Rod Stewart
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 130) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 141)
recording of:
Maggie May (in 1971-01)
writer:
Martin Quittenton and Rod Stewart
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), H. G. Music Inc, Rightsong Music Inc. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
recording of:
Henry (prelude to “Maggie May”)
composer:
Martin Quittenton
recording of:
Maggie May
writer:
Martin Quittenton and Rod Stewart
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), H. G. Music Inc, Rightsong Music Inc. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Rod Stewart4.355:46
2Baby Jane
engineer:
George Tutko (engineer, producer)
co-producer:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family) and George Tutko (engineer, producer)
producer:
Tom Dowd and Rod Stewart
mixer:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family), Tom Dowd and George Tutko (engineer, producer)
recording of:
Baby Jane
lyricist:
Rod Stewart
composer:
Jay Davis (guitarist)
Rod Stewart4:44
3Some Guys Have All the Luck
engineer:
Tom Fouce and John Guess
producer:
Michael Omartian
mixer:
John Guess
cover recording of:
Some Guys Have All the Luck
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Fortgang
Rod Stewart4.54:34
4Young Turks
assistant engineer:
Ricky Charles Delena
engineer:
George Tutko (engineer, producer)
co-producer:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family)
producer:
Rod Stewart
mixer:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family) and George Tutko (engineer, producer)
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Duane Hitchings
additional percussion:
Tony Brock
bass guitar:
Jay Davis (guitarist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Carmine Appice
guitar:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Kevin Savigar
background vocals:
Carmine Appice, Tony Brock and Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family)
recorded at and mixed at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Young Turks
lyricist:
Kevin Savigar and Rod Stewart
composer:
Carmine Appice and Duane Hitchings
Rod Stewart4.45:04
5Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
engineer:
Andy Johns
producer:
Tom Dowd
mixer:
Tom Dowd and Andy Johns
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) and WEA Records B.V. (in 1978)
music videos:
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? by Rod Stewart
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 301)
recording of:
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
writer:
Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings and Rod Stewart
publisher:
Control (German electronic), EMI April Music Inc., EMI Full Keel Music, EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Nitestalk Music, Riva Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell North America, WC Music Corp., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
version of:
Taj Mahal
Rod Stewart4.25:31
6What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love with You)
engineer:
George Tutko (engineer, producer)
producer:
Tom Dowd, Jimmy Iovine and Rod Stewart
recording of:
What Am I Gonna Do (I’m So in Love With You)
writer:
Tony Brock, Jay Davis (guitarist) and Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart4:19
7Hot Legs
producer:
Tom Dowd
bass guitar:
Phil Chen (Chinese-Jamaican bassist)
drums (drum set):
Carmine Appice
guitar:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family), Gary Grainger (UK rock guitarist/bassist, worked with Rod Stewart) and Billy Peek
piano:
John Jarvis
saxophone:
Phil Kenzie
background vocals:
Carmine Appice and Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family)
recording of:
Hot Legs
lyricist and composer:
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart45:15
8You Wear It WellRod Stewart55:01
9Rhythm of My Heart
producer:
Trevor Horn
cover recording of:
Rhythm of My Heart
writer:
John Capek and Marc Jordan (US–born Canadian singer–songwriter)
Rod Stewart4:14
10Downtown Train
producer:
Trevor Horn
cover recording of:
Downtown Train
lyricist and composer:
Tom Waits
Rod Stewart4:40
11The Motown Song
producer:
Richard Perry (producer)
background vocals:
The Temptations (Motown soul vocal group)
cover recording of:
The Motown Song
lyricist and composer:
Larry John McNally (singer‐songwriter)
Rod Stewart3:58
12This Old Heart of Mine
producer:
Bernard Edwards and Trevor Horn
additional lead vocals:
Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs)
cover recording of:
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Sylvia Moy
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Jobete Music and Stone Agate Music Division
Rod Stewart feat. Ronald Isley4:12
13Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
assistant engineer:
Ricky Charles Delena
engineer:
George Tutko (engineer, producer)
co-producer:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family)
producer:
Rod Stewart
mixer:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family), Rod Stewart and George Tutko (engineer, producer)
additional guitar:
Jeff Baxter
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Duane Hitchings
bass guitar:
Jay Davis (guitarist)
guitar [guitars]:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Kevin Savigar
percussion:
Tony Brock
snare drum:
Carmine Appice
tubular bells:
Tommy Vig (Hungarian jazz drummer, vibraphonist, bandleader and composer)
vocals:
Linda Lewis
recorded at and mixed at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Tonight I’m Yours (Don’t Hurt Me)
lyricist:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family) and Rod Stewart
composer:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family) and Kevin Savigar
Rod Stewart4:12
14Ooh La La
engineer:
Steve Harrison (recording engineer)
additional producer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
co-producer:
Kevin Savigar
producer:
Rod Stewart
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
cover recording of:
Ooh La La
lyricist:
Ronnie Wood (UK guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones, also goes by Ron Wood)
composer:
Ronnie Lane and Ronnie Wood (UK guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones, also goes by Ron Wood)
Rod Stewart44:16
15I Can't Deny It
Rod Stewart3:44
16It Takes Two
producer:
Bernard Edwards and Rod Stewart
lead vocals:
Rod Stewart and Tina Turner
cover recording of:
It Takes Two
writer:
Sylvia Moy and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. and Stone Agate Music
Rod Stewart & Tina Turner3.254:13
17Stay With Me
producer:
Faces (successor of "Small Faces", members Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) and Glyn Johns
bass guitar:
Ronnie Lane
drums (drum set):
Kenney Jones (drummer for Small Faces, Faces, and The Who)
guitar:
Ronnie Wood (UK guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones, also goes by Ron Wood)
Wurlitzer electric piano:
Ian McLagan
lead vocals:
Rod Stewart
recording of:
Stay With Me
writer:
Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood (UK guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones, also goes by Ron Wood)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Co., Ltd.
Faces4.754:38
CD 2: A Night In
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1Sailing
producer:
Tom Dowd
cover recording of:
Sailing
lyricist and composer:
Gavin Sutherland (UK folk rock artist, member of The Sutherland Brothers)
publisher:
Island Music (Island Music Ltd.) and MdW, J. Michel KG
Rod Stewart3.354:38
2I Don't Want to Talk About It
producer:
Tom Dowd
cover recording of:
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
lyricist and composer:
Danny Whitten
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher), Crazy Horse Music and Rondor Music
Rod Stewart4.54:49
3Have I Told You Lately
assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer:
Marc Moreau (engineer)
recording engineer and mixer:
Jerry Jordan (Engineer)
executive producer:
Michael Ostin
producer:
Patrick Leonard (american producer, songwriter and pianist)
acoustic bass guitar [Bass Guitar]:
Carmine Rojas
acoustic guitar [Guitar]:
Jeff Golub and Ronnie Wood (UK guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones, also goes by Ron Wood)
background vocals [Backing]:
Dorian Holly, Darryl Phinnessee and Fred White (soul singer, songwriter, arranger and producer)
lead vocals:
Rod Stewart
vocals:
Rod Stewart
conductor:
Jeremy Lubbock
strings arranger:
Jeremy Lubbock
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MTV Networks (in 1993) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1993-02-05)
live cover recording of:
Have I Told You Lately (on 1993-02-05)
lyricist and composer:
Van Morrison
publisher:
Barrule UK Ltd., BMG Platinum Songs US, Essential Music (logo subtitled "The music of your life"), Exile Publishing Ltd., Exile Publishing UK, Gallo Music Publishers, PolyGram Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 and Intersong Music Ltd. (in 1989)
Rod Stewart3.53:59
4The First Cut Is the Deepest
producer:
Tom Dowd
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 2009)
cover recording of:
The First Cut Is the Deepest
lyricist and composer:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Salafa Ltd.
Rod Stewart4.54:31
5You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
producer:
Tom Dowd
acoustic guitar:
Fred Tackett
bass guitar:
Phil Chen (Chinese-Jamaican bassist)
drums (drum set):
Carmine Appice
guitar:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family)
piano:
John Jarvis
synthesizer:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
violin:
Richard Greene (US fiddler)
background vocals:
Carmine Appice and Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family)
recording of:
You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
lyricist and composer:
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart3.84:31
6All for Love
assistant recording engineer:
Rob Vermeulen (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26)
programming:
Olle Romo
engineer:
David Nicholas (Australian recording engineer and producer)
producer:
BA (Canadian singer/songwriter), David Nicholas (Australian recording engineer and producer) and Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
mixer:
David Nicholas (Australian recording engineer and producer) (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26)
bass:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Curry (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26)
guitar:
BA (Canadian singer/songwriter) (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26) and Keith Scott (Canadian guitarist) (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26)
piano:
Bill Payne (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26)
lead vocals:
Bryan Adams (Canadian singer/songwriter) (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26) and Rod Stewart (on 1993-10-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records (in 1993), A&M Records, Inc. (in 1999) and Badman Ltd. (Bryan Adams’ own publishing company, for copyrights use) (in 1999)
recorded at:
Air Studios (Oxford Street, London. 1970–1991 recordings only) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26), The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26: bass), The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26) and Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1993-10-19)
mixed at:
The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26)
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 186)
recording of:
All for Love (from 1993-10-17 until 1993-10-26)
writer:
Bryan Adams (Canadian singer/songwriter), Michael Kamen (American score composer) and Mutt Lange
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Badams Music Limited, K-Man Corp., Out-of-Pocket Productions Ltd., Sony Songs Inc., Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (a division of Disney Music Publishing), WorkSongs Ltd. and Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting3.54:42
7Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
producer:
Tom Dowd
tenor saxophone:
Jerry Jumonville
spoken vocals [multilingual vocal appliances]:
B. E.
vocals:
Rod Stewart
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) (in 1993) and Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States
recording of:
Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
lyricist and composer:
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart4.23:56
8Every Beat of My Heart
engineer:
George Tutko (engineer, producer)
producer:
Bob Ezrin
recording of:
Every Beat of My Heart
writer:
Kevin Savigar and Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart45:22
9Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)
executive producer:
Rob Dickins
producer:
Trevor Horn
cover recording of:
Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)
lyricist and composer:
Tom Waits
publisher:
Fifth Floor Music, Inc.
is based on:
Waltzing Matilda
Rod Stewart6:12
10Don't Come Around Here
performer:
Helicopter Girl
Rod Stewart feat. Helicopter Girl3:50
11The Killing of Georgie, Parts I & II
recording of:
The Killing of Georgie, Parts I and II
lyricist and composer:
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart56:29
12Love Touch
engineer:
George Tutko (engineer, producer)
producer:
Mike Chapman (Australian producer and songwriter)
recording of:
Love Touch
writer:
Gene Black, Mike Chapman (Australian producer and songwriter) and Holly Knight
Rod Stewart54:04
13I Was Only Joking
producer:
Tom Dowd
bass guitar:
Phil Chen (Chinese-Jamaican bassist)
drums (drum set):
Carmine Appice
guitar:
Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family) and Gary Grainger (UK rock guitarist/bassist, worked with Rod Stewart)
piano:
John Jarvis
background vocals:
Carmine Appice and Jim Cregan (Producer & member of Family)
recording of:
I Was Only Joking
writer:
Gary Grainger (UK rock guitarist/bassist, worked with Rod Stewart) and Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart36:07
14Ruby Tuesday
cover recording of:
Ruby Tuesday
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
Rod Stewart4:06
15In a Broken Dream
performer:
Rod Stewart
recording of:
In a Broken Dream
lyricist and composer:
David Bentley (“in a broken dream”)
publisher:
Young Blood Music Ltd.
Python Lee Jackson feat. Rod Stewart3:40
16Reason to Believe (unplugged)
live cover recording of:
Reason to Believe
lyricist and composer:
Tim Hardin
publisher:
Allen Stanton Productions, Alley Music Corp., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Faithful Virtue Music Co. Inc., Hudson Bay Music Inc., Robbins Music Corp. and Trio Music Co., Inc.
Rod Stewart feat. Ronnie Wood3:54
17In My Life
engineer:
George Tutko (engineer, producer)
producer:
Bob Ezrin
cover recording of:
In My Life
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Rod Stewart1:59