Nice concise overview... My original LP pressing got wiped-out, lost in the flood. Currently I'm very happy with my Intercords. And the latest Beat Club and BBC Sessions LPs. And the Polydor Taste cds. Rory was a master, a beast and lives on in my home and my memory seeing him blow the roof off live.
Nice to see some unreleased stuff coming from Rory..."Blues" out 5/31 (Chess/UMe) focusing on his love of the Blues. I'm in big time for this one, always nice to get some more of his incredible music! 2 CD 16 tracks 3 CD 36 tracks 2-LP 15 tracks limited 2-LP Blue vinyl
Thanks for posting about the upcoming release scotti, here is a link and tracklisting: New Rory Gallagher Collection, ‘Blues’, To Feature A Wealth Of Rare And Unreleased Material 3CD deluxe edition: Electric Blues: ‘Don’t Start Me Talkin’ (Unreleased track from the Jinx album sessions 1982) ‘Nothin’ But The Devil’ (Unreleased track from the Against The Grain album sessions 1975) ‘Tore Down’ (Unreleased track from the Blueprint album sessions 1973) ‘Off The Handle’ (Unreleased session Paul Jones Show BBC Radio 1986) ‘I Could’ve Had Religion’ (Unreleased WNCR Cleveland radio session from 1972) ‘As the Crow Flies’ (Unreleased track from Tattoo album sessions 1973) ‘A Million Miles Away’ (Unreleased BBC Radio 1 Session 1973) ‘Should’ve Learnt My Lesson’ (Outtake from Deuce album sessions 1971) ‘Leaving Town Blues’ (Tribute track from Peter Green ‘Rattlesnake Guitar’ 1994) ‘Drop Down Baby’ (Rory guest guitar on Lonnie Donegan’s Puttin’ On The Style album 1978) ‘I’m Ready’ (Guest guitarist on Muddy Waters London Sessions album 1971) ‘Bullfrog Blues’ (Unreleased WNCR Cleveland radio session from 1972) Acoustic Blues: ‘Who’s That Coming’(Acoustic outtake from Tattoo album sessions 1973) ‘Should’ve Learnt My Lesson’ (Acoustic outtake from Deuce album sessions 1971) ‘Prison Blues’ (Unreleased track from Blueprint album sessions 1973) ‘Secret Agent’ (Unreleased acoustic version from RTE Irish TV 1976) ‘Blow Wind Blow’ (Unreleased WNCR Cleveland radio session from 1972) ‘Bankers Blues’ (Outtake from the Blueprint album sessions 1973) ‘Whole Lot Of People’ (Acoustic outtake from Deuce album sessions 1971) ‘Loanshark Blues’ (Unreleased acoustic version from German TV 1987) ‘Pistol Slapper Blues’(Unreleased acoustic version from Irish TV 1976) ‘Can’t Be Satisfied’ (Unreleased Radio FFN session from 1992) ‘Want Ad Blues’ (Unreleased RTE Radio Two Dave Fanning session 1988) ‘Walkin’ Blues’ (Unreleased acoustic version from RTE Irish TV 1987) Live Blues: ‘When My Baby She Left Me’ (Unreleased track from Glasgow Apollo concert 1982) ‘Nothin’ But The Devil’ (Unreleased track from Glasgow Apollo concert 1982) ‘What In The World’ (Unreleased track from Glasgow Apollo concert 1982) ‘I Wonder Who’ (Unreleased live track from late 1980s) ‘Messin’ With The Kid’ (Unreleased track from Sheffield City Hall concert 1977) ‘Tore Down’ (Unreleased track from Newcastle City Hall concert 1977) ‘Garbage Man Blues’ (Unreleased track from Sheffield City Hall concert 1977) ‘All Around Man’ (Unreleased track from BBC OGWT Special 1976) ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’ (Unreleased track from Rockpalast 1991 w/ Jack Bruce) ‘You Upset Me’ (Unreleased guest performance from Albert King album ‘Live’ 1975) ‘Comin’ Home Baby’ (Unreleased track from 1989 concert with Chris Barber Band) ‘Rory Talking Blues’ (Interview track of Rory talking about the blues)
Got a feeling this should be pretty decent. Chess/UMe normally do a good job, so I will start off with the 2-LP set, hopefully get the Blue vinyl version and then if the feedback is good enough on the 3 CD set, might consider that as well.
Part of me wishes they didn't feel the need to sequence every CD by theme (like the BBC set), and did it session by session instead, sort of chronologically, which I think would make the listening just as varied and yet more cohesive when taken as a whole. And part of me is just happy it's coming out at all. Lovely cover, by the way.
I hear where you are coming from, but since this release is centered around his love of the Blues, I kind of like what they have done here. All about the sounds that come out of my speakers when the needle hits the grooves though...
I seeeee... A bad word choice on my part. By "theme" I meant how this release is coming out as 1 disc all acoustic, another disc all electric, another disc all live. Apologies for the misunderstanding!
Deuce was the 2nd or 3rd LP that I ever bought (the first was Groundhogs' "Split"), the year it came out. I sold it in the late 70s (fool!) and I'm thinking of grabbing a CD of it. So, which one should I go for? Are the pre-remaster ones all that bad? Better?
I remember being very sick when I was a kid and unable to get out of bed. I placed my turntable on the bedside locker and played 'Live in Eorope' over and over. It sounded incredible then and still does today. Electric, acoustic, mandolin, harmonica and whatever, Gallagher was a true master of the blues. Some guitar players play blues because they want to, others because they have to. Gallagher belonged to the latter and IMO was top of the pile.
I'm not sure Deuce came out on CD until the late 90s, and that was a louddd remix. Get the latest remaster, which is the original mix, and you'll be alright.
Thx for the heads up. Btw, if in the mood for a live Rory fix and if coming "In Your Town" I highly recommend going to see the Band of Friends (Gerry McAvoy & Davy Knowles). Just saw them about 2 weeks ago, was very skeptical that anyone could cover Rory music without Rory but they did a great job.
That's correct. No CD before the 1998 CD that is the remix, and both the 2012 or 2018 remasters revert to the original mix (the 2018 sounds better).
There is also a 1CD/2LPs version: Rory Gallagher remembered on new blues collection | superdeluxeedition
Amazon links: 3CD https://www.amazon.com/Blues-3-CD-Rory-Gallagher/dp/B07PFRTBMC/?tag=sdepcwus-20 2LP https://www.amazon.com/Blues-2-LP-Rory-Gallagher/dp/B07PRNRV1D/?tag=sdepcwus-20 1CD https://www.amazon.com/Blues-Rory-Gallagher/dp/B07PP8PN8S/?tag=sdepcwus-20