Rory Gallagher 'The BBC Collection' is the definitive collection of Rory Gallagher's BBC recordings.
2CD and triple LP sets "The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC" will be released featuring eleven of Gallagher's best BBC studio recordings and a BBC In Concert Live from The Venue performance from 1979 with thirteen tracks (twelve on the 3LP).
A "Best of" from this collection will be available on 2CD and 3LP under the title "The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC".
These releases pay tribute to the importance of Rory Gallagher, who was possibly the most recorded musician on the BBC in the 1970s.
"'Tore Down' That was the first song I ever heard.... It's a BBC recording of Rory Gallagher playing at the Paris Theatre in London in July 1972. And I was sitting in the audience, aged 15, and those first few bars were enough to make me realize that this was something I wanted to do again and again.... 'Tore Down' was my introduction to loud, amplified live blues, and by the time Gallagher had finished, my 15-year-old self couldn't contain his excitement. He ran to the front to shake Rory's hand.... When the BBC finally broadcast the concert, I recorded it by leaning the microphone of my clunky cassette recorder against the speaker of our old transistor radio and listening to the tape over and over again..." (Nick Hornby)
2CD and triple LP sets 'The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC' will be released featuring eleven of Gallagher's best BBC studio recordings and a BBC In Concert Live from The Venue performance from 1979 with thirteen tracks (twelve on the 3LP).
Triple LP black vinyl pressing
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]
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]
Side C:
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]
Side D:
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]
Side E:
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]
Side F:
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 (Previously Released)]
