Strip Jack

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Strip Jack, Part 1, The wonder of it was that the neighbours hadn’t complained …
  5:06
• 2
  Strip Jack, Part 2, ‘Okay, in we go.’
  5:08
• 3
  Strip Jack, Part 3, ‘Jesus Christ,’ said Rebus.
  4:13
• 4
  Strip Jack, Part 4, So it was out into the cool dark night …
  6:43
• 5
  Strip Jack, Part 5, It was a straightforward case of theft.
  4:12
• 6
  Strip Jack, Part 6, Buccleuch Street was an odd mixture …
  4:32
• 7
  Strip Jack, Part 7, Dr Patience Aitken has pets.
  5:35
• 8
  Strip Jack, Part 8, Upstairs, he felt particularly clumsy.
  4:05
• 9
  Strip Jack, Part 9, It was a good dinner.
  4:35
• 10
  Strip Jack, Part 10, Rebus prised himself out of bed and stood up.
  4:52
• 11
  Strip Jack, Part 11, Gregor Jack and his wife lived in a large, old walled residence …
  5:56
• 12
  Strip Jack, Part 12, Jack sighed, and began scratching at his finger again.
  5:19
• 13
  Strip Jack, Part 13, He lay down in the foaming bath and closed his eyes …
  4:13
• 14
  Strip Jack, Part 14, By the time Rebus returned from the bar …
  6:23
• 15
  Strip Jack, Part 15, Kemp was in a talkative mood tonight.
  4:55
• CD 2
• 1
  Strip Jack, Part 16, Chief Superintendent Watson was as blunt as a tramp’s razor blade.
  5:00
• 2
  Strip Jack, Part 17, Rab Kinnoul had made his name …
  5:10
• 3
  Strip Jack, Part 18, Three things struck Rebus.
  5:57
• 4
  Strip Jack, Part 19, The call from Dufftown came just as he got into the office …
  4:28
• 5
  Strip Jack, Part 20, There were no pressmen patrolling the gates …
  4:04
• 6
  Strip Jack, Part 21, Politics, it was all about politics in the end.
  4:42
• 7
  Strip Jack, Part 22, The back of the house was well lit.
  5:50
• 8
  Strip Jack, Part 23, Holmes started the car without comment.
  4:01
• 9
  Strip Jack, Part 24, ‘They’ve let him go,’ Holmes informed Rebus.
  5:36
• 10
  Strip Jack, Part 25, So the day filled itself …
  6:53
• 11
  Strip Jack, Part 26, He had finished the sandwich …
  3:21
• 12
  Strip Jack, Part 27, Rebus was more than halfway there …
  4:29
• 13
  Strip Jack, Part 28, Dr Curt, dressed in a long flapping raincoat …
  5:21
• 14
  Strip Jack, Part 29, At the mortuary …
  6:49
• 15
  Strip Jack, Part 30, And after the formal identification …
  4:59
• CD 3
• 1
  Strip Jack, Part 31, The problem with drowning …
  3:31
• 2
  Strip Jack, Part 32, In Blairgowrie Rebus stopped for fish and chips.
  4:30
• 3
  Strip Jack, Part 33, The doors off the hallway were wide open …
  6:37
• 4
  Strip Jack, Part 34, Rebus’s original plan had been to sleep in the car …
  4:43
• 5
  Strip Jack, Part 35, ‘Another round here when you’re ready,’ …
  5:58
• 6
  Strip Jack, Part 36, Finally, a hotel was found, not far out of Dufftown.
  5:06
• 7
  Strip Jack, Part 37, He drove to Cragstone Farm …
  4:33
• 8
  Strip Jack, Part 38, Rebus telephoned Edinburgh to make his report …
  4:51
• 9
  Strip Jack, Part 39, Thursday morning: a week since the body had been found.
  4:46
• 10
  Strip Jack, Part 40, Rebus decided not to say anything about Cath Kinnoul …
  3:41
• 11
  Strip Jack, Part 41, ‘Good morning,’ Macmillan said quietly …
  6:35
• 12
  Strip Jack, Part 42, Rebus left the hospital on shakier legs than he’d entered.
  5:31
• 13
  Strip Jack, Part 43, There was a message waiting for Rebus on the Friday morning.
  4:02
• 14
  Strip Jack, Part 44, Gregor Jack looked like he’d been to hell and back on an LRT bus.
  4:55
• 15
  Strip Jack, Part 45, It was soon told.
  6:17
• 16
  Strip Jack, Part 46, No, because William Glass killed her.
  3:45
• CD 4
• 1
  Strip Jack, Part 47, ‘I need just a little bit more, John.’
  4:20
• 2
  Strip Jack, Part 48, If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t see.
  5:29
• 3
  Strip Jack, Part 49, On Monday, first findings started filtering down from Dufftown.
  4:55
• 4
  Strip Jack, Part 50, He returned to the arm of the sofa.
  4:37
• 5
  Strip Jack, Part 51, After two minutes he crouched down and opened the letter box …
  4:16
• 6
  Strip Jack, Part 52, Kemp came into the living room wearing a blue towelling robe.
  5:57
• 7
  Strip Jack, Part 53, The bar wasn’t exactly busy.
  5:20
• 8
  Strip Jack, Part 54, Bill the barman poured the drinks.
  6:55
• 9
  Strip Jack, Part 55, Ronald Steele was a hard man to catch.
  4:14
• 10
  Strip Jack, Part 56, Pond had been in the United States for a month …
  3:52
• 11
  Strip Jack, Part 57, They reached Kingussie well before dawn …
  5:10
• 12
  Strip Jack, Part 58, Pond slept in the master bedroom …
  5:36
• 13
  Strip Jack, Part 59, Rebus went into the room but left the door wide open.
  4:25
• 14
  Strip Jack, Part 60, Rebus nodded, getting ready to leave.
  6:44
• 15
  Strip Jack, Part 61, ‘You’ve what?’
  4:52
• CD 5
• 1
  Strip Jack, Part 62, The door opened.
  4:32
• 2
  Strip Jack, Part 63, Then someone pushed him sideways.
  6:52
• 3
  Strip Jack, Part 64, Holmes was motioning for Rebus to come into the hall.
  4:35
• 4
  Strip Jack, Part 65, But Rebus was thinking …
  3:59
• 5
  Strip Jack, Part 66, He was up early next morning.
  6:49
• 6
  Strip Jack, Part 67, ‘Good morning, inspector.’
  4:07
• 7
  Strip Jack, Part 68, The way Rebus saw it …
  3:47
• 8
  Strip Jack, Part 69, ‘and that’s how you see it, is it?’
  6:25
• 9
  Strip Jack, Part 70, No rooster now.
  4:31
• 10
  Strip Jack, Part 71, Holmes was a relieved man.
  3:53
• 11
  Strip Jack, Part 72, The press conference …
  7:40
• 12
  Strip Jack, Part 73, The nurses had taken Macmillan back to his ward …
  4:08
• 13
  Strip Jack, Part 74, There was a sudden eruption of noise, drums and guitar chords.
  5:05
• 14
  Strip Jack, Part 75, More haste, less speed.
  5:39
• 15
  Strip Jack, Part 76, Making their way back to Deer Lodge …
  6:30

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Release credits

• Ian Rankin
  copyright
• James Macpherson
  spoken vocals
• Nicholas Jones
  producer
• Ross Gillespie
  photography
• Susan Greenhill
  photography
• Tricia Malley
  photography

Issues

• S
  (Combined release view)
• S
  Strip Jack

  5x CD (abridged)
  2002