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Radio Broadcasts 9.2-9.8 - Superb quality broadcasts all from 1977. Rory Gallagher Pistol Slappin' 77's 1977 Broadcasts Disc 1 Demontford Hall, Leicester, UK 2/15/77 01 -Do You Read Me 02 -Calling Card 03 -Secret Agent 04 -Tattoo'd Lady 05 -A Million Miles Away 06 -tuning & intro to Souped-Up Ford 07 -Souped-Up Ford 08 -Bullfrog Blues 09 -Edged In Blue 10 -Country Mile 11 -Got My Mojo Workin' Disc 2 Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, UK. 2/18/77 1. -Edged In Blue 2. -Used To Be 3. -Country Mile Sheffield, UK. 02/17/77 4. -I Take What I Want 5. -Bought And Sold 6. -Out On The Western Plain 7. -Pistol Slapper Blues 8. -Barley & Grape Rag 9. -Secret Agent Disc 3 Sight & Sound in Concert Jan. 29th, 1977 01. -Intro 02. -Do You Read Me 03. -Secret Agent 04. -Calling Card 05. -Bought and Sold 06. -Out on the Western Plain 07. -Pistol Slapper Blues 08. -Too Much Alcohol 09. -Going To My Home Town 10. -Souped-up Ford 11. -Outro -
Radio Broadcasts 9.2-9.7 - A fine collection of broadcasts that sparkle and shine so much that you will have to pinch yourself as a reminder that the recordings are like 5 decades old! Fantastic set, and volume 2 is just as good. Rory Gallagher Pistol Slappin' 77's Volume I Disc 1 BBC Sights & Sounds Hammersmith Odeon, London January 19, 1977 01 - Alan Black introduction 02 - Do You Read Me 03 - Secret Agent 04 - Calling Card 05 - Bought and Sold 06 - Out On The Western Plain 07 - Barley & Grape Rag 08 - Pistol Slapper Blues 09 - Too Much Alcohol 10 - Goin' To My Hometown 11 - Souped-Up Ford 12 - Bullfrog Blues Disc 2 BBC Golders Green, Hippodrome, London, U.K. January 20, 1977 01 - Alan Black introduction 02 - Moonchild 03 - Do You Read Me 04 - Garbage Man 05 - Too Much Alcohol 06 - Bullfrog Blues Brighton Dome January 21, 1977 07 - Do You Read Me 08 - Moonchild 09 - Tattoo'd Lady 10 - Souped-Up Ford 11 - Bullfrog Blues Rory Gallagher (R.I.P.) - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Rod de'Ath - drums Lou Martin (R.I.P.) - keyboards -
Soundboard 9.2 with Audience 7.8 patches - A red hot show that thankfully is available in great quality with previously missing parts filled in with the long traveled audience tape. -
Soundboard 9.3 - Clear and bright, a solid recording with the only real fault that I find in the mix is a little “sloppiness” with the cymbals but other than that…sit back and enjoy! -
Soundboard 9.1 - When I hear recordings like this, I am hesitant to consider it a pure soundboard because I am aware of the presence of “room” here, especially when it’s guitar and/or vocals by themselves and you really hear it. So, probably run through a board yes, but mic’d up for a recording rather than for PA if that makes any sense. -
Audience 9.3 - This is, to my ears, sort of a return to the edgy hard rock of Taste. The distorted guitar (wonderful tone!) and punchy rhythms really hint more to his very early period and are ideally suited for the mid 80’s where maybe pure, raw blues was not as widely consumed as before. This show, and recording, really highlight the gut punch effect where straight forward guitar/bass/drums is the formula that works.
Rory Gallagher Oldenwaldring, Schaafheim Germany 18. Juli 1987 Disc 1 01. -Announcement 0:41 02. -Ansage - Moonchild 7:04 03. -Double Vision 7:37 04. -I Wonder Who 12:09 05. -Nadine 9:58 06. -Walkin' Blues 6:04 07. -Continental Op 9:57 08. -I Ain't No Saint 8:25 Disc 2 09. -Out On The Western Plain 6:08 10. -Want Ad Blues 5:34 11. -Tattoo'd Lady 5:50 12. -When My Baby She Left Me 7:23 13. -Shadow Play 7:15 14. -Bad Penny 4:28 15. -Bullfrog Blues - Dizzy Miss Lizzy 7:57 16. -Messin' With The Kid 4:50 17. -Knock On Wood - La Bamba 8:02 18. -Long Tall Sally 4:30 19. -Don't Start Me Talkin' 3:35 Track 01 - 18 Schaafheim Track 19 Mainz, Sendezentrum "Tele Illustrierte" 13. November 1987 1.Gen/TV (He plays live in the show)
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Audience 7.8 - Good live atmosphere, a touch trebly but not in an irritating way, just in the sound spectrum itself. Rory was riding pretty high during most of this tour having played a very historic run of shows in his native land (all released officially btw). -
Soundboard 9.0 - Nothing inherently wrong with this board tape, it’s very much what you should expect, but there is some atmosphere that captures some of the room excitement. You won’t strain to hear anything on this recording as everything is right up front. Bass is very well rounded and tight, drums are in the pocket and guitar is blasting as only Rory can. So, it is highly suggested you grab this, ‘cause you’ll dig it. Rory Gallagher City Hall, Sittard, Holland 1979-10-18 Disc 1 01 Wayward Child 02 Tattoo'd Lady 03 I Wonder Who 04 Follow Me 05 Bought & Sold 06 Keychain 07 Secret Agent 08 Bad Penny Disc 2 09 Out On The Western Plain 10 As The Crow Flies 11 Going To My Hometown 12 Moonchild 13 Shadow Play 14 Bullfrog Blues 15 Sea Cruise 16 Too Much Alcohol Rory Gallagher - Guitar, Vocals Gerry McAvoy - Bass Ted McKenna - Drums -
FM Broadcast 9.4 - This is sourced from a low gen tape source, and it sounds very clean, bright, precise. Rory GALLAGHER Koncerthuset, Stockholm, Sweden October 27, 1979 Disc 1 (0:49:58) 101 Wayward Child 102 I Wonder Who 103 Bought & Sold 104 Follow Me 105 Keychain 106 Moonchild 107 Out On The Western Plain 108 As The Crow Flies 109 Going To My Hometown Disc 2 (0:39:56) 201 The Last Of The Independants 202 A Million Miles Away 203 Shadow Play 204 Bullfrog Blues 205 Sea Cruise> Jenny Take A Ride 206 Secret Agent 207 Messing with the kid Rory Gallagher Group; May 1978 - March 1981: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Ted McKenna - drums Total time : 1:29:54 -
Volume 1: CD 1 - Pro Radio Broadcast 9.5 CD 2 - Belgium 1974 - Pro Radio Broadcast 9.4 & Soundboard 9.1 CD 3 - Roslyn, NY 1974 - Soundboard 9.1 CD 4 - Bob Harris 1974 - Soundboard 9.1 and The Bottom Line, NY 1976 - Soundboard 8.7 -
Volume 2: CD 1 - Soundboard 9.5 CD 2 - Soundboard 9.5 CD 3 - Soundboard 9.2 CD 4 - Audience 9.2 CD 5 - Audience 9.2 -
Audience 8.7 - A nice one! Funny to hear the Japanese tapers between songs, but they did a good job capturing this show for sure. When performers play Japan, you have to wonder what it must be like to play in front of large crowds of people who have no clue what you are singing about. -
Audience 8.6 - Tape clears up a little bit after the first couple songs, and, it has kind of low volume but you can turn it up and it’s fine. Actually, this is very good because the crowd is very respectful here, so the quieter numbers are very, very warm and nice. -
Audience 7.8 - Thankful to have this one, so the less than perfect sound does not faze me, besides it’s actually decent. I get every instrument, especially Rory’s guitar and the bass, which actually has some definition to it. The only caveat is the lack of a dynamic quality, but the dynamics are provided by the playing, which is off the chain good. A memorable gig (joined by fellow Irish luminary Phil Lynott)! This is Blues Rock as performed by absolute masters. -
Audience 9.5 - Astounding! This, this is beyond devastating. Personally, I have to put this right up there with hearing Museo Rosenbach for the first time. How do I arrive at this? Because, in 2021 you sort of don’t expect this old 70’s era Italian prog band to move the needle other than just reliving past glories. Oh how wrong that is…for starters, their SOUND is massive, powerful, dynamic, energetic, and TIGHT. Their material is amazing, complex, unpredictable, moving, and absolutely just devastating. I challenge anyone to find a modern band that can pull something like this off with such panache. Heavy is more than just distortion folks…it’s a lot of stuff and these guys just know what heaviness is from decades of experience. IL ROVESCIO DELLA MEDAGLIA Veruno Progressive Rock 2021 Revislate, Campo Sportivo September 4, 2021 Disc 1 La Bibbia: 01.-Il Nulla 02.-La Creazione 03.-L'Ammonimento 04.-Sodoma E Gomorra 05.-Il Giudizio Contaminazione: 06.-Absent for This Consumed World 07.-Ora Non Ricordo Più 08.-Il Suono Del Silenzio 09.-Mi Sono Svegliato E...Ho Chiuso Gli Occhi 10.-Lei Sei Tu Lei Disc 2 11.-La Mia Musica 12.-Johann 13.-Scotland Machine 14.-Cella 503 15.-Contaminazione 1760 16.-Alzo Un Muro Elettrico - Sweet Suite 17.-La Grande Fuga -
Pro Radio Broadcast 9.5