Rory Gallagher – The BBC Collection
Rory Gallagher – The BBC Collection
Format: 18CD + 2Blu-Ray Boxset
Label: Universal
Release: 2024
Release date: October 11, 2024
18 CD & 2 Blu Ray definitive collection of Rory Gallagher’s live BBC recordings
Rory Gallagher ‘The BBC Collection’ is the definitive collection of Rory Gallagher’s recorded performances at the BBC. A 20 disc set that includes eighteen CD’s containing radio concerts and sessions from 1971 to 1986 and two Blu Ray discs of BBC TV concerts and studio performances from 1973 to 1984.
With over three quarters of the audio recordings having never been officially released before, and the concerts on the Blu Ray discs being officially released for the first time, this all encompassing set is a must-have for Gallagher fans and is the perfect demonstration of his raw power and energy live..
In addition, 2CD and triple-LP ‘The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC’ sets will be released featuring eleven of Gallagher’s best BBC studio recordings and a thirteen track (twelve on 3LP) 1979 BBC In Concert Live from The Venue performance. It will also be made available digitally.
These releases celebrate the importance of Rory Gallagher, who was possibly the most recorded musician of the 1970s by the BBC. This set was amassed from the BBC archives and Rory Gallagher’s own transcription discs and off-air cassette recordings. The boxset spans 16 years of his career (1971-1986), taking in highlights such as the 1977 dual television and radio broadcast Sight & Sound concert, Gallagher’s headlining set at the Reading Festival in 1980 to the emotional ‘At Midnight’ concert live from the Ulster Hall in Belfast, 1984.
Nick Hornby, Author “(‘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.”
Website: https://www.rorygallagher.com/
Tracks:
CD1
01. For the Last Time – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1971*†
02. Laundromat – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1971*†
03. Hands Up – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1971†
04. Sinner Boy – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1971†
05. It Takes Time – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1971*†
06. I Fall Apart – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1971*†
07. Used to Be – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1971
08. Crest of a Wave – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1971*
09. Hoodoo Man Blues – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1972†
10. Feel So Bad – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1972*
11. I Could’ve Had Religion – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1972
12. The Cuckoo – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1972
13. Messin’ with The Kid – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1972
CD2
01. Hands Off – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973*
02. Race the Breeze – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973*
03. Bankers Blues – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973
04. Walk on Hot Coals – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973†
05. Hands Off – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test / 1973
06. Walk on Hot Coals – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test / 1973
07. Unmilitary Two-Step – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973
08. If I Had a Reason – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973
09. Daughter of The Everglades – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973*
10. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973*
11. Tattoo’d Lady – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973
12. Cradle Rock – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973
13. A Million Miles Away – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1973*
CD3
01. Back on My Stompin’ Ground – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1974
02. I Wonder Who – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1974
03. They Don’t Make Them Like You Anymore – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1974*
04. As the Crow Flies – Live on BBC “Sounds of The Seventies” / 1974
05. Flight to Paradise (with Juan Martin) – BBC Radio 1 / 1984*
06. Can’t Be Satisfied (with Juan Martin) – BBC Radio 1 / 1984
07. Introduction – BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show / 1986
08. When My Baby She Left Me – BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show / 1986*
09. Continental Op – BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show / 1986
10. Interview – BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show / 1986
11. Off the Handle – BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show / 1986*
CD4
01. The Rory Gallagher Story (Narrated by Gary Moore) – BBC Radio 2 / 2005
CD5
01. Hands Up – Live on BBC “John Peel Sunday Concert” / 12 August 1971*
02. For the Last Time – Live on BBC “John Peel Sunday Concert” / 12 August 1971*
03. In Your Town – Live on BBC “John Peel Sunday Concert” / 12 August 1971*
04. Just the Smile – Live on BBC “John Peel Sunday Concert” / 12 August 1971*
05. Laundromat – Live on BBC “John Peel Sunday Concert” / 12 August 1971*
06. It Takes Time – Live on BBC “John Peel Sunday Concert” / 12 August 1971*
CD6
01. Used to Be – BBC In Concert / Live Aa The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 January 1972*
02. Should’ve Learned My Lesson – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 January 1972*
03. Out of Mind – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 January 1972*
04. I Could’ve Had Religion – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 January 1972*
05. Crest of A Wave – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 January 1972*
06. Messin’ With the Kid – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 January 1972*
07. Maybe I Will – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 January 1972
CD7
01. Tore Down – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 July 1972*
02. Used to Be – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 July 1972
03. Hoodoo Man – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 July 1972*
04. Messin’ with The Kid – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 July 1972
05. Pistol Slapper Blues – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 July 1972
06. The Cuckoo – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 July 1972
07. Going to My Hometown – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 July 1972
08. In Your Town – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 July 1972
09. Bullfrog Blues – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 13 July 1972
CD8
01. Messin’ with The Kid – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 1 February 1973
02. Hands Off – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 1 February 1973
03. What in The World – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 1 February 1973*
04. Walk On Hot Coals – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 1 February 1973
05. Banker’s Blues – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 1 February 1973
06. Pistol Slapper Blues – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 1 February 1973
07. Race the Breeze – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 1 February 1973
08. Hoodoo Man – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 1 February 1973
09. Bullfrog Blues – BBC In Concert / Live at The Paris Theatre, UK / 1 February 1973
CD9
01. Messin’ with The Kid – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 June 1974
02. Cradle Rock – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 June 1974
03. I Wonder Who – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 June 1974
04. Tattoo’d Lady – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 June 1974
05. Pistol Slapper Blues – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 June 1974
06. Too Much Alcohol – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 June 1974
07. Back on My Stomping Ground – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 June 1974
08. Who’s That Coming – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 June 1974
09. Bullfrog Blues – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 June 1974
CD10
01. I Take What I Want – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherds Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
02. Bought & Sold – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherds Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
03. All Around Man – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherds Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976*
04. Out on the Western Plain – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherds Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
05. Souped Up Ford – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherds Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
06. Bullfrog Blues – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherds Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
CD11
01. Do You Read Me – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
02. Secret Agent – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
03. Calling Card – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
04. Bought and Sold – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
05. Out on the Western Plain – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
06. Barley and Grape Rag – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
07. Pistol Slapper Blues – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
08. Too Much Alcohol – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
09. Going to My Hometown – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
10. Souped-up Ford – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
11. Bullfrog Blues – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
CD12
01. Moonchild – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 January 1977
02. Do You Read Me? – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 January 1977
03. Calling Card – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 January 1977*
04. I Take What I Want – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 January 1977*
05. Garbage Man Blues – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 January 1977
06. Too Much Alcohol – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 January 1977
07. Jack-knife Beat – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 January 1977*
08. Bullfrog Blues – BBC In Concert / Live at The Golders Green Hippodrome, UK / 20 January 1977
CD13
01. Country Mile – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
02. Shin kicker – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
03. Mississippi Sheiks – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
04. Do You Read Me – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
05. Brute Force and Ignorance – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
06. Tattoo’d Lady – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
07. Shadow Play – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
08. Cruise on Out – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
09. Fuel to the Fire – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
10. Bullfrog Blues – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
CD14
01. Shin kicker – BBC In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 13 January 1979
02. Do You Read Me? – BBC In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 13 January 1979
03. Off the Handle – BBC In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 13 January 1979
04. Brute Force and Ignorance – BBC In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 13 January 1979
05. Secret Agent – BBC In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 13 January 1979
06. Out on The Western Plain – BBC In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 13 January 1979
07. Going to My Hometown – BBC In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 13 January 1979
08. Shadow Play – BBC In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 13 January 1979
09. Tattoo’d Lady – BBC In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 13 January 1979
CD15
01. Shin kicker – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
02. Last of The Independents – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
03. Keychain – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
04. Follow Me – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
05. Bought and Sold – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
06. Wayward Child – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
07. Mississippi Sheiks – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
08. Out on The Western Plain – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
09. As the Crow Flies – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
10. Do You read Me? – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
11. Philby – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
12. Hellcat – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979
13. Cruise on Out – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979*
CD16
01. Shin kicker – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980†
02. Last of The Independents – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980†
03. I Wonder Who – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
04. Follow Me – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
05. Wayward Child – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
06. Tattoo’d Lady – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
07. Bought and Sold – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
08. Country Mile – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
09. Hellcat – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
CD17
01. Out on the Western Plain – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
02. Too Much Alcohol – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
03. Going to My Hometown – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
04. Moonchild – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
05. Shadow Play – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980
06. Bullfrog Blues – BBC Live at the Reading Festival, UK / 22 August 1980†
CD18
01. Double Vision – BBC NI Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
02. Follow Me – BBC NI Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
03. I Wonder Who – BBC NI Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
04. Big Guns – BBC NI Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
05. Out on the Western Plain – BBC NI Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
06. Shadow Play – BBC NI Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
Blu-Ray 1
01. Hands Off – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test / 1973
02. Walk on Hot Coals – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test / 1973
03. I Take What I Want – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
04. Bought & Sold – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
05. All Around Man – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
06. Out on the Western Plain – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
07. Souped-Up Ford – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
08. Bullfrog Blues – BBC Old Grey Whistle Test Special / Live at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire, UK / 1 March 1976
09. Do You Read Me – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
10. Secret Agent – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
11. Calling Card – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
12. Bought and Sold – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
13. Out on the Western Plain – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
14. Barley and Grape Rag – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
15. Pistol Slapper Blues – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
16. Too Much Alcohol – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
17. Going to My Hometown – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
18. Souped-Up Ford – BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, UK / 19 January 1977
Blu-Ray 2
01. Shin Kicker – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
02. Mississippi Sheiks – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
03. Do You Read Me – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
04. Brute Force and Ignorance – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK/ 7 December 1978
05. Fuel To the Fire – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
06. Shadow Play – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
07. Cruise On Out – BBC Rock Goes to College / Live at Middlesex Polytechnic, UK / 7 December 1978
08. Interview – Scene Around Six BBC Northern Ireland / 5 January 1984
09. Double Vision – BBC Ni Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
10. Follow Me – BBC Northern Ireland Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
11. I Wonder Who – BBC Northern Ireland Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
12. Big Guns – BBC Northern Ireland Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
13. Out on the Western Plain – BBC N Ireland Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
14. Shadow Play – BBC Northern Ireland Rory at Midnight / 5 January 1984
15. Interview – Old Grey Whistle Test / 26th February 1985
16. Can’t Be Satisfied – Old Grey Whistle Test / 26th February 1985
(*previously released) († off-air recording)