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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 9.2 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. -
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 -
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 -
Soundboard 9.1 - I like the natural, expressive drum sound in this mix, it’s not often you get that out of a soundboard. This is also a very fine performance, as they pretty much all were, but this one really shines. Rory GALLAGHER Olympia Paris, France March 8th, 1982 2nd show CD 1 (1:00:58) 101. -Shin Kicker 102. -Brute, Force and Ignorance 103. -Bad Penny 104. -Nadine 105. -What In The World 106. -Wayward Child 107. -A Million Miles away 108. -The devil made Me Do It 109. -Tattooed Lady 110. -Mississipi Sheiks CD 2 (0:57:20) 211. -Out On The Western Plain 212. -Nothing But The Devil 213. -Bourbon 214. -Moonchild 215. -Philby 216. -I'm Leaving 217. -Shadow Play 218. -Louie Louie 219. -Bullfrog Blues 220. -Slow Down Total time : 1:58:18 -
Audience 8.7 - Brassy, loud, and guitar dominant recording that delivers where it counts and finds Rory sounding, to my ears, much more rock/metal/grunge even though he features plenty of raw, blues soaked numbers in his set. It’s just that the atmosphere and volume don’t suggest this is a “blues” band blowing through town…I just get the feeling Rory felt the times changing and adjusted accordingly. Either way you parse it, this is high-intensity music, and the recording here really manages to capture that pretty realistically.
Rory Gallagher The Stone Palo Alto, California May 17, 1985 Disc One 01 - intro - Double Vision 02 - Bad Penny 03 - band intros - Off The Handle 04 - Moonchild 05 - Hey Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 06 - I Wonder Who 07 - Tattoo'd Lady 08 - Mississippi Sheiks 09 - Big Guns Disc Two 01 - Out On The Western Plain 02 - Seven Days 03 - Philby 04 - Follow Me 05 - Shadow Play 06 - My Babe 07 - All Around Man - Bullfrog Blues - Roll Over Beethoven - Route 66 Rory Gallagher Group; May 1981 - 1991: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Brendan O'Neill - drums Mark Feltham - harmonica
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Audience 8.2 - The selling point here are the rarely played songs, including Overnight Bag which I don’t think I have even heard ever played live before. RORY GALLAGHER Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway, October 29, 1978 CD 1:- Shinkicker
- Do you read me
- I wonder who
- Secret agent
- Cloak and dagger
- Tattoo'd lady
- Out On The Western Plain
- Too Much alcohol
- Goin to my hometown
- Shadow play
- All around man / Medley
- Moonchild
- Overnight bag
- Bought and sold
- Sea cruise
- Bullfrog blues
- Messin' With The Kid
- Just a little bit
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Audience 8.3 - On this tape, you will hear all instruments (guitar out front) pretty clearly, not much crispness but decent bottom end and midrange intact. Slightly muddy in the middle with occasional brighter spots (definite improvement by the beginning of disc 2) throughout as the taper moves into better position. A touch of hiss is present. Not bad, not stellar, I would get it though if you like Rory’s set list during this time (Shadow Play, etc.). Rory Gallagher .... October 3, 1978 Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany May 1978 - March 1981: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Ted McKenna - drums Set List: Disc One (10 tracks = 62:18 minutes) 01 - Do You Read Me 02 - Secret Agent - band intros 03 - I Wonder Who 04 - Tattoo'd Lady 05 - Mississippi Sheiks 06 - Bought And Sold 07 - Cloak And Dagger 08 - Out On The Western Plain 09 - Too Much Alcohol 10 - Goin' To My Hometown Disc Two (7 tracks = 53:08 minutes) 01 - Shadow Play 02 - Sea Cruise (encore audience cheer, tuning) 03 - Bullfrog Blues (encore audience cheer) 04 - Moonchild 05 - Born In Chicago - I'm Ready (encore audience cheer) 06 - Messin' With The Kid 07 - Boogie - I'm A King Bee (with Roland guesting) -
Audience 8.7 - Pretty clear and close to the main PA it sounds like. In the face guitar, very cool drum sound, thick and hard hitting with a satisfying thud giving the music a lot of body and force. Cool show! RORY GALLAGHER Horton Festival Horton Open Air Festival, Horton, Norway July 2, 1978 CD 1:- Shinkicker
- Bought And Sold
- I wonder who
- Secret agent
- Calling card
- Tattoo'd lady
- Do you read me
- Out On The Western Plain
- Too much alcohol
- Goin to my hometown
- Cruise on out
- That's Alright Mama
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Soundboard 9.7 - Superb sound quality! Crisp, well balanced, and even kind of dynamic which is a bonus as you know that sometimes board times are…well, board! This is a shining recording man, grab it! Rory Gallagher Blues Rock Festival Tegelen, The Netherlands September 1, 1984 Disc One 01 - intro - Double Vision 02 - Follow Me 03 - I Wonder Who 04 - My Baby, She Left Me 05 - Mississippi Sheiks 06 - Drinkin' Down The Bourbon 07 - Off The Handle Disc Two 01 - Walkin' Blues 02 - I'm Leavin' 03 - Out On The Western Plain 04 - As The Crow Flies 05 - Big Guns 06 - Bring It On Home 07 - Tore Down 08 - Knock On Wood Disc Three 01 - Shadow Play 02 - Jamming Improv 03 - Gerry McAvoy Bass Jam 04 - Bad Penny 05 - audience 06 - Shinkicker 07 - Blues Improv (I've Been Lovin' You Too Long - Jam - Walkin' The Dog - Little Queenie 08 - Mr. Pitiful Rory Gallagher Group; May 1981 - 1991: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Brendan O'Neill - drums Mark Feltham (guesting) - harmonica -
Soundboard 9.7 - Amazing set featuring the nitro-fueled blues rock of Rory Gallagher on full glorious display. A decidedly heavy approach this time, but it seems odd that the audience embraced this yet boo’d Stevie Ray Vaughan mercilessly only a few short years later. Either way, this is the good stuff right here. Rory Gallagher Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland 07-22-1977 Setlist: (74:30) 01.I Take What I Want- 6:06 02.Calling Card- 6:54 03.Secret Agent- 6:00 04.Tattoo'd Lady- 4:40 05.Out On The Western Plain- 5:44 06.Barley & Grape Rag/Pistol Slapper Blues- 5:24 07.Too Much Alcohol- 5:13 08.Garbage Man- 8:12 09.Bought And Sold- 5:59 10.A Million Miles Away- 7:48 11.Shin Kicker- 6:43 12.Last Of The Independents- 5:47 Performers: Rory Gallagher- Electric, Electric Slide, Acoustic and National Steel Guitar, Vocals Gerry McAvoy- Bass Lou Martin- Keyboards Ron de'Ath- Drums -
FM Broadcast 8.8 - Decent if a little compressed, but it’s from a period that I don’t see a whole lot of recordings from. Rory Gallagher 1976-11-18 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA with filler from 1974-04-04 Civic Centre, San Diego, CA Rory Gallagher - Guitars/Vocals Gerry McAvoy - Bass Lou Martin - Piano/Keyboards Rod De'Ath - Pots & Pans Disc 1 (L.A. 1976): 1. Introduction 2. Moonchild 3. Secret Agent 4. Calling Card 5. I Take What I Want/Watch Your Step 6. Bought & Sold 7. Out On The Western Plain 8. Do You Read Me 9. Souped Up Ford/Want-Ad Blues Disc 2 (San Diego 1974): 1. Hands Off 2. Bullfrog Blues 3. Early In The Morning 4. A Million Miles Away 5. In Your Town (cut) -
RORY GALLAGHER Long Beach Arena Long Beach CA. April 15th 1973 1 -Tune up 2 -Messin' With The Kid 3 -Hand's Off 4 -Shoud've Learnt My Lesson 5 -Laundromat 6 -Bullfrog Blues 7 -Bass Solo 8 -Drum Solo 9 -Bullfrog Blues (reprise) THE BAND Rory Gallagher guitar vocals Gerry McAvoy bass Lou Martin keyboards Rod de'Ath drumsAudience 8.4 - A recent discovery, and man what a good one. A very strong recording for the time, minimal errors although maybe a touch hot on the upper end of the bandwidth but not enough to harm. The sound is pretty direct and forceful, if even a touch of rawness that harkens back to his really early days with Taste. -
FM Broadcast 9.0 - A tape that seems to be intact but missing a little of the sharpness and attack of a low gen or master which just means you crank it a little louder. It’s all there, the quality is there, but needs your input to get it up to loudness. Performance is cracking!
Rory Gallagher Hammersmith Odeon Theatre London, England 1-13-79 Rory Gallagher Group; May 1978 - March 1981: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Ted McKenna - drums Set List: 01 - Radio DJ introduction 02 - Shinkicker 03 - Do You Read Me 04 - Off The Handle 05 - Out On The Western Plain 06 - Goin' To My Hometown 07 - Brute Force & Ignorance 08 - Secret Agent 09 - Shadow Play 10 - Tattoo'd Lady
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Soundboard 9.1-9.4 - The mix gets tweaked a couple of times during the show but overall it’s a good one. -
Soundboard/Audience matrix 8.8 - This recording is pretty clean but is just a touch…how would I say, maybe doesn’t highlight the upper high end so it almost sounds like the edges were trimmed on the rock bush. It still delivers a punch to the gut, particularly if you like your drums to rattle your insides a bit because they do here, in a good way. Overall, this is a real fine set of tunes and is rather long and includes a pre-show interview at the end of the 3rd disc.
Rory Gallagher Cardis Houston, Texas, U.S.A. May 26, 1985 Disc One 01 - Double Vision 02 - Moonchild 03 - I Wonder Who 04 - Shinkicker 05 - Mississippi Sheiks (with Rain) 06 - Tattoo'd Lady 07 - Off The Handle Disc Two 08 - Big Guns 09 - Failsafe Day 10 - Out On The Western Plain 11 - Seven Days 12 - Banker's Blues 13 - Philby Disc Three 14 - Bought And Sold 15 - Shadow Play 16 - Bullfrog Blues 17 - Sweet Little Sixteen 18 - Nadine (encore audience cheering) 19 - Messin' With The Kid 20 - All Around Man 21 - Interview by FG (Pre-Show)