“The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC” is a collection of tracks taken from Rory Gallagher’s ‘The BBC Collection’
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
Track Listing:
LP1 Side A
1. Cradle Rock - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
2. Back on My Stompin' Ground - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1974
3. I Wonder Who - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1974
LP1 Side B
1. Continental Op - BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show / 1986
2. Tattoo'd Lady - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
3. Used to Be - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1971
4. Bankers Blues - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
5. Can't Be Satisfied (with Juan Martin) - BBC Radio 1 / 1984
LP2 Side A
1. I Could've Had Religion - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1972
2. Walk on Hot Coals - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
3. Messin; with The Kid - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1972
LP2 Side B
1. Shin kicker - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
2. Last of The Independents - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
3. Keychain - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
4. Bought and Sold - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
LP3 Side A
1. Wayward Child - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
2. Mississippi Sheiks - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
3. Out on the Western Plain - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
4. As the Crow Flies - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
LP3 Side B
1. Do You read Me? - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
2. Philby - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
3. Hellcat - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
4. Cruise on Out - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979*
5. (*previously released)
The colour of this vinyl is digitally rendered for illustrative purposes. The colour of the final product may vary slightly.
