Rory Gallagher - The Bottom Line: New York City, New York, USA November 11, 1978 (FM)

Rory Gallagher
Bottom Line 1978: The Classic New York Broadcast - (Good Ship Funke – GSF2CD049)
The Bottom Line
New York City, New York, USA
November 11, 1978
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD One

01 Shinkicker
02 Do You Read Me
03 Shadow Play
04 I Wonder Who
05 Secret Agent
06 Mississippi Sheiks
07 Tattoo'd Lady
08 Cloak & Dagger

CD Two

01 Too Much Alcohol
02 Moonchild
03 A Million Miles Away
04 Messin’ With The Kid
05 Bullfrog Blues/Just A Little Bit
06 Laundromat/The Last Of The Independents/Who Do You Love/Bo Diddley

Rory Gallagher guitar, lead vocal
Gerry McAvoy bass
Ted McKenna drums

This is a great show, you really can't lose with live Rory Gallagher no matter what tour he was on. I have not heard a bad show in my years of collecting Rory boots. I have heard bad sounding recordings but not performances. Now when people reflect on the Classic Rock era some great guitar players get left out. Rory Gallagher, Paul Kossoff, Alex Lifeson, Rik Emmett, and more are usually forgotten in the discussion. Rory Gallagher's take on The Blues and Blues Rock was unique. There is something about Rory's tone and picking style that I can identify him without hearing the vocals. Like Ritchie Blackmore, Angus Young, Edward Van Halen and Carlos Santana, Rory Gallagher has a tone and style that is unmistakable. So sit back and enjoy!

Flac

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Rory Gallagher - Koncerthuset, Stockholm, Sweden 10-27-1979 (FM)

Rory Gallagher
Koncerthuset
Stockholm, Sweden
October 27, 1979
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD1
01 Wayward Child
02 I Wonder Who
03 Bought & Sold
04 Follow Me
05 Keychain
06 Moonchild
07 Out On The Western Plain
08 As The Crow Flies
09 Going To My Hometown

CD2
01 The Last Of The Independants
02 A Million Miles Away
03 Shadow Play
04 Bullfrog Blues
05 Sea Cruise / Jenny Take A Ride
06 Secret Agent
07 Messing With The Kid

Rory Gallagher (R.I.P.) guitar, vocals
Gerry McAvoy bass
Ted McKenna drums

Live Rory Gallagher .. I don't think I need to say any more!

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Rory Gallagher - Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 11-18-1976 (FM)

Rory Gallagher
Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, CA
November 18, 1976
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 - Moonchild
02 - Secret Agent
03 - Calling Card
04 - I Take What I Want
05 - Bought And Sold
06 - Out On The Western Plain
07 - Do You Read Me
08 - Souped-Up Ford

total time: 52mn 32sc
William Rory Gallagher - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Roderick Morris Buckenham "Rod" de'Ath - drums, percussion
Louis Michael "Lou" Martin - keyboards
John Gerrard McAvoy - bass

My first exposure to the music of Rory Gallagher came from a copy of Calling Card that my cousin had found outside in a mud puddle. It was an 8-track tape (yep I'm that old) , so to make it playable I had to un-spool the thing, dry it out then re-spool it. I finished that process and stuck it in the tape deck and was a fan of Rory ever since. So it is nice to have a broadcast recording from that era for my collection. It's a short on, less than an hour, but Rory and band are fired up and give a great performance. A reporter who was in the audience wasn't impressed at Rory's performance and wrote a rather unfavorable review which has been included so you can see read it yourself (it's actually only the first page of the article).

Flac

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Rory Gallagher - The Bottom Line, New York City, NY 02-08-1976 (FM)

Rory Gallagher
The Bottom Line
New York City, NY
February 8, 1976
FM broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

cd from trade > EAC> WAV > Traders Little Helper > FLAC

01 I Take What I Want
02 Messin' With The Kid
03 Too Much Alcohol
04 Out On The Western Plain
05 Ain't Too Good
06 Walk On Hot Coals
07 Tattoo'd Lady
08 Bullfrog Blues (cut)

Rory Gallagher guitars, vocals
Gerry McAvoy bass
Rod De'Ath drums
Lou Martin keyboards

This is a really good recording of a great Rory Gallagher show. Rory was on tour to promote the Against The Grain album. Rory was on a new label, Chrysalis, and was about to change things up a little. After the recording of the follow up album, Calling  Card, Rory would replace his long time band with a new three piece line-up. Rory Gallagher entered the hospital in March of 1995 due to poor health. He was diagnosed with liver failure due to alcohol and sedative use. Rory contracted MRSA while in the hospital and passed away from complications of the disease on June 14, 1995, he was only 47 years old.

Flac

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Rory Gallagher - Reading Festival, Reading, England 08-23-1980 (Pre-FM)

Rory Gallagher
Reading Festival
Reading, England
August 23, 1980
Pre-FM Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD1:
-- Shinkicker (removed due to official release)
-- Last Of The Independants (removed due to official release)
01 I Wonder Who
02 Follow Me
03 Wayward Child
04 Tattoo'd Lady
05 Bought And Sold
06 Country Mile
07 Hellcat
08 Out On The Western Plain
09 Too Much Alcohol
10 Going To My Hometown
11 Moonchild

CD2
01 Shadow Play
-- Bullfrog blues (removed due to official release)
total time: 1hr 24mn 46sc

We haven't posted any Rory Gallagher in a while here at Just Dave's Place so to remedy that we have some unreleased BBC recordings for you. 3 tracks from this show made the official release The BBC Sessions. That leaves an hour and a half of pure Rockin' Boogie Blues. In the middle of the set Rory throws in a couple acoustic tracks then back to the electric boogie. Great Pre-FM quality audio to boot so Rory fans should really love to hear this.

Flac

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Rory Gallagher - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1974 & 1975 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Rory Gallagher
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1974 & 1975
Tv Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Art Included

01 Cradle Rock
02 They Don't Make Them Like You Anymore
03 Who's That Comin'
04 A Million Miles Away
05 Let Me In
06 I Take What I Want
07 Ain't Too Good
08 Souped-Up Ford

Tracks 1-4 1974
Tracks 5-8 1975

Rory Gallagher guitar, vocals
Gerry McAvoy bass
Lou Martin keyboards
Rod de'Ath drums

The 74 performance concentrates on tracks from the Tattoo LP, and the 75 performance focuses on Against The Grain tracks. Rory and band are in fine form. This is a very listenable recording with or without a little EQ. There was a noticeable volume difference between the 74 & 75 tracks, I tried to compensate for this. The 1975 tracks had a lot of drop outs that I manually removed with Goldwave, resulting in some 65 edits for 4 tracks. I'd actually appreciate some feedback on the listenability of those tracks.

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Rory Gallagher - Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 01-13-1979 (FM)

Rory Gallagher
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England
January 13, 1979
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kps
Cover Art Included

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

59:01 minutes

Rory Gallagher Group; May 1978 - March 1981:
Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals
Gerry McAvoy - bass
Ted McKenna - drums

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