Born in March 1948 in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Southern Ireland, and brought up in Cork, Rory Gallagher formed the band Taste in the late 1960s and recorded a number of well received solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His albums have sold over 30 million copies worldwide and his popularity remains solid, thanks to new generations of guitarists and fans discovering his work. Gallagher received a liver transplant in 1995, but sadly died of complications later that year in London, at the age of 47.
This three-disc collection brings together radio session recordings made by Rory both with Taste and as a solo-artist during the period 1968 - 1974, all previously unreleased.
Disc one features sessions recorded for BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the Top Gear Show.
Disc two continues with more sessions recorded with his own Trio for BBC Radio In Concert in 1971 and 1972.
Disc three concludes this set with sessions from 1973 and 1974 broadcast on the Saturday Rock Show.
1. Same Old Story (Live FM Broadcast of Top Gear, 5th April 1968)
2. Blister On the Moon (Live FM Broadcast of Top Gear, 5th April 1968)
3. Dual Carriageway Pain (Live FM Broadcast of Top Gear, 5th April 1968)
4. Norman Invasion (Live FM Broadcast of Top Gear, 5th April 1968)
5. I'm Moving On (Live FM Broadcast, the Marquee Club, 25th October 1968)
6. Baby Please Don't Go/Bye Bye Bird (Live FM Broadcast, the Marquee Club, 25th October 1968)
7. Blister On the Moon (Live FM Broadcast, the Marquee Club, 25th October 1968)
8. Sugar Mama (Live FM Broadcast, the Marquee Club, 25th October 1968)
9. First Time I Met the Blues (Live FM Broadcast, the Marquee Club, 25th October 1968)
10. Catfish (Live FM Broadcast, the Marquee Club, 25th October 1968)
11. Moving On (Live FM Broadcast of Top Gear, 17th February 1969)
12. Sugar Mama (Live FM Broadcast of Top Gear, 17th February 1969)
13. Leaving Blues (Live FM Broadcast of Top Gear, 17th February 1969)
14. Hail (Live FM Broadcast of Top Gear, 17th February 1969)
1. Maybe I Will (Live FM Broadcast, John Peel's Sunday Concert, 12th October 1971)
2. I Could've Had Religion (Live FM Broadcast, John Peel's Sunday Concert, 12th October 1971)
3. Crest of a Wave (Live FM Broadcast, John Peel's Sunday Concert, 12th October 1971)
4. Messin' With the Kid (Live FM Broadcast, John Peel's Sunday Concert, 12th October 1971)
5. Used to Be (Live FM Broadcast, BBC in Concert, 13th January 1972)
6. Should've Learned My Lession (Live FM Broadcast, BBC in Concert, 13th January 1972)
7. Out of Mind (Live FM Broadcast, BBC in Concert, 13th January 1972)
8. I Could've Had Religion (Live FM Broadcast, the Bob Harris Show, 10th July 1972)
10. Pistol Splatter Blues (Live FM Broadcast, BBC in Concert, 13th July 1972)
9. The Cuckoo (Live FM Broadcast, the Bob Harris Show, 10th July 1972)
11. The Cuckoo (Live FM Broadcast, BBC in Concert, 13th July 1972)
12. Going to My Hometown (Live FM Broadcast, BBC in Concert, 13th July 1972)
13. In Your Town (Live FM Broadcast, BBC in Concert, 13th July 1972)
1. Hands Up (Live FM Broadcast, Paris Theatre, London, 1st February 1973)
2. Walk On Hot Coals (Live FM Broadcast, Paris Theatre, London, 1st February 1973)
3. A Bottle of Gin (Live FM Broadcast, Paris Theatre, London, 1st February 1973)
4. Race the Breeze (Live FM Broadcast, Paris Theatre, London, 1st February 1973)
5. Hoodoo Blues (Live FM Broadcast, Paris Theatre, London, 1st February 1973)
6. Bullfrog Blues (Live FM Broadcast, Paris Theatre, London, 1st February 1973)
7. Tattoo'd Lady (Live FM Broadcast, Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 20th June 1974)
8. Stompin' Ground (Live FM Broadcast, Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 20th June 1974)
9. Who's That Coming? (Live FM Broadcast, Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 20th June 1974)
10. Unmilitary Two Step (Live FM Broadcast, the Saturday Rock Show, 21st February 1973)
11. If I Had a Reason (Live FM Broadcast, the Saturday Rock Show, 21st February 1973)
12. Cradle Rock (Live FM Broadcast, the Saturday Rock Show, 5th December 1973)
13. A Million Miles Away (Live FM Broadcast, the Saturday Rock Show, 5th December 1973)