Rory Gallagher - The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC / 2CD set

The BBC Collection’ is an all-encompassing collection of the many recorded performances of Rory Gallagher at the BBC.

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

CD1

    Cradle Rock - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
    Back on My Stompin' Ground - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1974
    I Wonder Who - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1974
    Continental Op - BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show / 1986
    Tattoo'd Lady - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
    Used to Be - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1971
    Bankers Blues - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
    Can't Be Satisfied (with Juan Martin) - BBC Radio 1 / 1984
    I Could've Had Religion - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1972
    Walk on Hot Coals - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1973
    Messin' with The Kid - Live on BBC "Sounds of The Seventies" / 1972

CD2

    Shin kicker - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Last of The Independents - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Keychain - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Follow Me - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Bought and Sold - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Wayward Child - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Mississippi Sheiks - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Out on the Western Plain - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    As the Crow Flies - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Do You read Me? - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Philby - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Hellcat - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
    Cruise on Out - BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979