Better Than the Rest


Better Than the Rest is the third album of songs by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, recorded in 1974 and released in September 1979. The album peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.

Background and recording

In September 1974 Thorogood and the Destroyers recorded a 20 songs demo, with producer Danny Lipman. At the time, Thorogood was in a production agreement with Lipman, and wasn't signed to any label.
After the Destroyers released Move It On Over, MCA Records, who bought the demos from Danny Lipman, wanted to release ten of those songs as Better Than the Rest on July 6, and the other ten later that year. Thorogood wasn't happy with this and threatened legal action if MCA released the album. The agreement between Thorogood and Lipman stated that if Lipman failed to find a label to release the tapes within nine months of their recording, the tapes couldn't be released without Thorogood's consent. Because of this agreement, MCA claimed that the tapes were recorded in 1978 during the same sessions as Move It On Over. MCA also admitted that the album was being released without Thorogood's approval.
The matter was settled out of court, and they reached an agreement where only Better Than the Rest was released.
According to Thorogood, the band didn't have anything to do with Better Than the Rest, as they didn't own the masters to the album.

Release

released Better Than the Rest in September 1979. The album peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. "My Way", c/w "You're Gonna Miss Me" was released as a single.

CD reissue

In 1986, the songs from this album were released on compact disc with the title Nadine, in a different track order. Better Than The Rest itself was never reissued on CD.

Personnel

Musicians

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