BLUES : RORY GALLAGHER
Saturday, 10. May 2008, 15:14:14
RORY GALLAGHER IS ALIVE!
LIVE IN EUROPE (1972 - 1998 REMASTER)
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After two critically acclaimed but commercially disappointing solo studio albums, Rory Gallagher unleashed this raging live disc in 1972 at the age of 23. It not established him in the States, where he had toured only once previously (with his first band Taste, opening for Blind Faith on their brief tour), and was a worldwide hit. Gallagher blasts through rearranged versions of three Junior Wells songs ("Messin' With the Kid," "I Could've Had Religion," and "Hoodoo Man") and Muddy Waters' "Bullfrog Blues," a holdover from his Taste days, like his fingers are exploding. Even on acoustic tracks like "Going to My Home Town" where Gallagher strums his mandolin with such ferocity it sounds like the strings are going to pop, he attacks with the intensity of a talented young man with something to prove. The songs average about six minutes, but Gallagher and his two-piece never let the energy flag. More crackling than even his best studio work, you can hear the electricity in the air as the Irishman shoots solos scorching with vitality and precision. The 1999 reissue includes two slow blues cuts, "What in the World" and "Hoodoo Man" where the guitarist pulls out his slide tricks, both are worthwhile additions.
1. Messin' With The Kid
2. Laundromat
3. I Could've Had Religion
4. Pistol Slapper Blues
5. Going To My Home Town
6. In Your Town
7. What In The World (Bonus Track)
8. Hoodoo Man (Bonus Track)
9. Bullfrog Blues
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IRISH TOUR (1974 - 1999 REMASTER)
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The companion piece to director Tony Palmer's documentary of the same name, Irish Tour 1974 was recorded that January in Belfast, Dublin, and Cork at a time when precious few performers — Irish or otherwise — were even dreaming of touring the trouble-torn island. Northern Ireland, in particular, was a rock & roll no-go area, but Gallagher never turned his back on the province and was rewarded with what history recalls as some of his best-ever gigs. Irish Tour 1974, in turn, captures some of his finest known live recordings and, while it's impossible to tell which songs were recorded where, across nine in-concert recordings (plus one after-hours jam session, "Back on My Stompin' Ground"), the energy crackling from stage to stalls and back again packs an intensity that few live albums — Gallagher's own others among them — can match. Highlights of a stunning set include dramatic takes on Muddy Waters' "I Wonder Who" and Tony Joe White's "As the Crow Flies," a raw acoustic rendering that is nevertheless totally electrifying. A frustratingly brief snip of the classic Shadows-style "Maritime" (aka "Just a Little Bit") plays the album out in anthemic style and then, of course, there's "Walk on Hot Coals," a marathon excursion that posterity has decreed Gallagher's most popular and accomplished statement — a status that Irish Tour 1974 does nothing to contradict. It's foolish playing favorites, however. Even more than Gallagher's earlier (1972) Live in Europe album, Irish Tour 1974 confirms Gallagher not simply as the greatest bluesman Ireland ever knew, but as one of the island's greatest-ever performers. The 1999 remaster adds nothing in the way of bonus material (shame), but greatly improves the sound quality.
1. Cradle Rock
2. I Wonder Who
3. Tattoo'd Lady
4. Too Much Alcohol
5. As The Crow Flies
6. A Million Miles Away
7. Walk On Hot Coals
8. Who's That Coming ?
9. Back On My Stompin' Ground (After Hours)
10. Maritime
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By anonymous user, # 10. May 2008, 20:31:42
Connais-tu Archives ? Désolé rien à voir avec Gallagher, juste histoire de "peut-être" te faire découvrir un autre univers...
J'ai déjà cet album, mais partager c'est s'enrichir, Merci!
@+ JD
By JohnDillinger, # 11. May 2008, 01:24:14
Si c'est ce dont tu parles, je connais déjà...
By STEFANfromPARIS, # 11. May 2008, 06:42:21
wow! thank you. I've heard the name for years but had never checked Rory out. I'm not big into blues rock, but man he has the energy of MC5 on these recordings and even sings alot like Rob Tyner. I dig it brothers and sisters.
By anonymous user, # 11. May 2008, 07:06:05
By STEFANfromPARIS, # 11. May 2008, 07:24:34
in 1980 Rory Gallagher's record Stage Struck was one of my favourite records.
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By anonymous user, # 11. May 2008, 08:57:27