Rod Stewart has paid tribute to his beloved Celtic football team on his new album by releasing a special Hoops themed vinyl edition.
Rod who is re-issuing four of his mid-Seventies albums as part of a vinyl box set has included an extra LP filled with rare and unreleased studio outtakes from the era.
Whilst the covers of the other four records in the pack feature old photographs of the star, the fifth vinyl inclusion boasts a green and white cover sleeve and inside the record Celtic fans will be delighted to see a Celtic badge in the central label.
The five-LP 1975-1978 boxset will be released on June 4 via Rhino and includes the first four albums Rod recorded during the Warner Records tenure.
They include 1975’s Atlantic Crossing , 1976’s A Night on the Town, 1977’s Foot Loose & Fancy Free and 1978’s Blondes Have More Fun, his first Number One album.
The fifth green and white LP, dubbed Encores 1975-1978 , is dedicated to alternate and early versions and studio outtakes from the four albums’ recording sessions.
There are unreleased session outtakes from Foot Loose & Fancy Free and Blondes Have More Fun , like a cover of the Motown classic You Really Got a Hold on Me and the songs Silver Tongue and Don’t Hang Up.
Rod said: "It’s extraordinary for me to look back on this era of my career. I think fans will enjoy experiencing these songs on vinyl. I know I did."
Rod has been a huge Celtic fan for many years and said he first began following the club in the seventies after being introduced to late manager Jock Stein by Kenny Dalglish.
He said at the time: "I think we were out for dinner at Dalhousie Castle, and I think it was just after he got married.
"And he took me down and I met Jock Stein, and I don’t know if you ever met the late Jock Stein but once you met him you were a Celtic supporter, because he made football sound like poetry.
"That was the early ‘70s and I’ve been a Celtic supporter ever since."
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