Rory Gallagher – The Best Of Rory Gallagher At The BBC 2CD

Rory Gallagher – The Best Of Rory Gallagher At The BBC 

The BBC Collection’ is an all-encompassing collection of the many recorded performances of Rory Gallagher at the BBC.

These releases celebrate the importance of the artist Rory Gallagher, who was possibly the most recorded musician of the 1970s by the BBC.

“(‘Tore Down’) That was the first song I ever heard played…It’s a BBC recording of Rory Gallagher playing at the Paris Theatre in London in July 1972. And I was in the audience, aged 15, and those opening bars were enough to make me realise that this was something I wanted to do again and again… ‘Tore Down’ was my introduction to live, loud, amplified blues and when Gallagher had finished, my 15-year-old self could not contain his excitement. He ran down to the front to shake Rory’s hand…When the BBC did eventually broadcast the concert, I taped it by leaning the microphone from my clunky cassette recorder against the speaker of our old transistor radio and I listened to that tape over and over again” Nick Hornby, Author

Tracklist:

CD1
Cradle Rock - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
Back on My Stompin' Ground - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1974
I Wonder Who - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1974
Continental Op - BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show / 1986
Tattoo'd Lady - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
Used to Be - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1971
Bankers Blues - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
Can't Be Satisfied (with Juan Martin) - BBC Radio 1 / 1984
I Could've Had Religion - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1972
Walk on Hot Coals - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
Messin' with The Kid - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1972

CD2
Shin kicker - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Last of The Independents - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Keychain - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Follow Me - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Bought and Sold - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Wayward Child - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Mississippi Sheiks - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Out on the Western Plain - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
As the Crow Flies - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Do You read Me? - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Philby - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Hellcat - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
Cruise on Out - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979*
(*previously released)

Label: Universal Music Recordings 
Released: 2024