Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74 (1974) {1988, Japan 1st Press}
BAND/ARTIST: Rory Gallagher
- Title: Irish Tour '74
- Year Of Release: 1974 / 1988
- Label: Overseas Records / Teichiku Records #28CP-10
- Genre: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Classic Rock
- Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue, Log) / MP3 CBR320
- Total Time: 01:19:29
- Total Size: 550 / 227 Mb (Full Scans)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Irish Tour '74 is the sixth album by Rory Gallagher, compiled from live recordings made at concerts on an Irish Tour in January 1974 at Belfast Ulster Hall, Dublin Carlton Cinema and Cork City Hall. "Back on My Stompin' Ground (After Hours)" was taken from a jam session during the tour on the Lane Mobile Unit. Irish Tour '74 has sold in excess of two million copies worldwide. An article in a Belfast daily newspaper stated: "Rory Gallagher never forgot Northern Ireland, he returned throughout the '70s when few other artists of his calibre dared come near the place."
Track List:
01. Cradle Rock [7:35]
02. I Wonder Who (Who's Gonna be Your Sweet Man) [7:53]
03. Tattoo'd Lady [5:03]
04. Too Much Alcohol [8:28]
05. As the Crow Flies [5:51]
06. A Million Miles Away [9:36]
07. Walk On Hot Coals [11:29]
08. Who's That Coming [10:10]
09. Stompin' Ground [5:22]
10. Just A Little Bit [8:01]
The companion piece to director Tony Palmer's documentary of the same name, Irish Tour was recorded in January 1974 in Belfast, Dublin, and Cork at a time when precious few performers – Irish or otherwise – were even dreaming of touring the trouble-torn island. Northern Ireland, in particular, was a rock & roll no-go area, but Gallagher never turned his back on the province and was rewarded with what history recalls as some of his best-ever gigs. Irish Tour, in turn, captures some of his finest known live recordings and, while it's impossible to tell which songs were recorded where, across nine in-concert recordings (plus one after-hours jam session, "Back on My Stompin' Ground"), the energy crackling from stage to stalls and back again packs an intensity that few live albums – Gallagher's others among them – can match. Highlights of a stunning set include dramatic takes on Muddy Waters' "I Wonder Who" and Tony Joe White's "As the Crow Flies," a raw acoustic rendering that is nevertheless totally electrifying. A frustratingly brief snip of the classic Shadows-style "Maritime" (aka "Just a Little Bit") plays the album out in anthemic style and then, of course, there's "Walk on Hot Coals," a marathon excursion that posterity has decreed Gallagher's most popular and accomplished statement – a status that Irish Tour does nothing to contradict. It's foolish playing favorites, however. Even more than Gallagher's earlier Live in Europe album from 1972, Irish Tour confirms Gallagher not simply as the greatest bluesman Ireland ever knew, but as one of the island's greatest-ever performers. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music
Track List:
01. Cradle Rock [7:35]
02. I Wonder Who (Who's Gonna be Your Sweet Man) [7:53]
03. Tattoo'd Lady [5:03]
04. Too Much Alcohol [8:28]
05. As the Crow Flies [5:51]
06. A Million Miles Away [9:36]
07. Walk On Hot Coals [11:29]
08. Who's That Coming [10:10]
09. Stompin' Ground [5:22]
10. Just A Little Bit [8:01]
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