Rory Gallagher Notes From San Francisco
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Eagle Records
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Total Time: 120:56

In November 1977, after completing a 6 month world tour, Rory Gallagher and his band flew straight from their last show in Japan to San Francisco to begin working on a new album, with famed American producer Elliot Mazer (Neil Young – 'Harvest', Janis Joplin – 'Cheap Thrills', The Band – 'The Last Waltz'). Mazer recalls that the sessions grew “tense”, as Gallagher wasn’t happy with the mixing process, describing them as “too complicated”, and by the end of January 1978 he shelved the whole record and broke up his band of the past 5 years.

Fast forward to 2010 and Rory’s brother and manager, Dбnal, allowed his son & Rory’s nephew, Daniel, to recover the album from the Gallagher archive and begin the process of mixing it with his engineer. Rory said in 1992 he hoped the album would surface one day but only if it were remixed and now we finally get to hear this never before issued studio album from a key period of Gallagher’s career, an album that would have been released between ‘Calling Card’ and ‘Photo Finish’. This is truly a ‘Holy Grail’ release for Rory’s fans.

CD 2 is also another fabulous discovery, a blistering live album taken from four nights at The Old Waldorf, San Francisco December 1979. In the audience Van Morrison, on stage Rory Gallagher (guitar/vocals), Gerry McAvoy (bass) and Ted McKenna (drums).

Daniel Gallagher chose to add the live side to highlight why Rory chose to shelve the studio album and reduce his band back down to a three piece. As Rory often said he wanted to get back to ‘meat and potatoes rock & roll’. 


Tracklist:

CD1 (Studio)

01. Rue The Day
02. Persuasion
03. B Girl
04. Mississippi Sheiks
05. Wheels Within Wheels
06. Overnight Bag
07. Cruise On Out
08. Brute Force & Ignorance
09. Fuel To The Fire

Bonus Tracks

10. Wheels Within Wheels (Alt version)
11. Cut A Dash
12. Out On The Tiles

CD2 (Live)

01. Follow Me
02. Shinkicker
03. Off The Handle
04. Bought And Sold
05. I’m Leavin’
06. Tattoo’d Lady
07. Do You Read Me
08. Country Mile
10. Shadow Play
11. Bullfrog Blues
12. Sea Cruise