Rory Gallagher - The Best Of Rory Gallagher

2020 release

The comprehensive compilation includes Gallagher’s most iconic songs compiled from across his recording career, including tracks from Gallagher’s seminal first band Taste (1969) through to his final studio album Fresh Evidence (1990).

The Best Of Rory Gallagher is a 2CD set featuring 30 tracks, including a previously unreleased collaboration with Jerry Lee Lewis. The album will also be released on 2LP and a 15-track single CD.

Unearthed from the Rory Gallagher Archives is a special bonus track “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – a rare outtake taken from Jerry Lee Lewis’ famous 1973 London Sessions featuring Gallagher singing and playing the Rolling Stones’ classic alongside the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis.

The previously unreleased rarity is featured on the 2CD version.

If ever there was a “musician’s musician” then that accolade belongs to Rory Gallagher. Renowned for his blistering live performances and highly respected for his dedication to his craft, he died in 1995, aged just 47. His reputation has continued to flourish in the years since. Indeed, some of rock’s most seminal figures, from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani to Joe Bonamassa, Queen’s Brian May to The Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Slash of Guns N’ Roses to the Edge of U2, have cited him as an influence. Rory Gallagher remains a touchstone for all would-be guitar heroes in the 21st Century.