Rory Gallagher/Germany 1975 New Sound

Rory Gallagher in 1975 was in the prime of his career, releasing a series of masterpieces such as “TATTOO” and “IRISH TOUR’74”. This is a superb live album where you can enjoy the fiery guitar with 100% real sound. This work is recorded at the “March 20, 1975 Frankfurt performance”. It is a superb audience recording… probably. In fact, this recording was released very recently by the prestigious “Krw_co”, and the details are clear as “1st generation reel master”. So it is definitely an audience recording, but… it completely denies that the essential sound is a spatial recording. The fiercely direct core is on to the limit, and even if you listen carefully with headphones, you cannot hear the hall sound component. The fine details, the sharp edges, and the vivid separation can only be heard on the soundboard, and if I had to say, the density of the deep bass sounds a bit audience-ish. Anyway, the mysterious belief that “I’ll never listen to anything other than a soundboard!” But unless you have one, the type of recording is meaningless. What is depicted with such a direct feeling of another dimension is Rory Gallagher, who was in the midst of his heyday. 1975 is remembered as the year that “AGAINST THE GRAIN” was released, but the meaning varies depending on the time, so let’s take a look at the schedule at that time to confirm that. 1974 ・January 1st-5th: UK #1 (5 shows) ←※IRISH TOUR ’74 ・January 23rd-28th: ​​Japan #1 (5 shows) ・February 8th-July 4th: North America #1/Europe #1 (60 shows)《July 21st “IRISH TOUR ’74” released》・July 26th-September 7th: North America #2 (26 shows) ・September 21st-December 29th: Europe #2/North America #3/Europe #3a (57 shows) 1975 ・January 2nd-15th: Europe #3b (5 shows) ・January 26th-February 19th: Japan #2/Oceania (11 shows) ・March 5th-May 24th: Europe #4 (40 shows) ←★Here★・July 11th-August 9th: Europe #5 (5 shows)《October 1st “AGAINST THE GRAIN” release》・September 20th-December 30th: North America #3 / Europe #6 (41 performances) This is Rory in 1974/1975. It’s been compressed quite a bit, but I think you can understand the general flow. You can see that he was touring constantly going back and forth between North America and Europe, and the Frankfurt performance in this work is the latter half of that. It was the 10th concert of “Europe #4”, which was just after his second visit to Japan. In other words, this work was released about half a year before “AGAINST THE GRAIN”. There are no new songs in the set yet, and it is based on “TATTOO” and “IRISH TOUR’74”. Speaking of “IRISH TOUR’74”, the complete version has also appeared in the 40th anniversary box, so let’s organize it by comparing them. Originals (5 songs)・Blueprint: Walk On Hot Coals・Tattoo: Tattoo’d Lady/Cradle Rock/A Million Miles Away/Who’s That Coming Covers (8 songs)・LIVE IN EUROPE: Messin’ With The Kid (Junior Wells)/Pistol Slapper Blues (Blind Boy Fuller)/Going To My Hometown (Traditional)・IRISH TOUR ’74: Too Much Alcohol (J.B. Hutto)・Others: Want Ad Blues (★: John Lee Hooker)/Young Fashioned Ways (★: Muddy Waters)/Out On The Western Plain (★: Leadbelly)/All Around Man (★: Bo Carter) *Note: The “★” mark indicates a song that was not heard in the 40th anniversary box set of “IRISH TOUR ’74”. …And so on. Basically, it follows the style of “IRISH TOUR’74”, but it’s a style that pours a lot of delicious covers into it. In particular, John Lee’s “Want Ad Blues” and Muddy’s “Young Fashioned Ways” are extremely rare songs that have only been played a handful of times throughout their career. You can enjoy them with the super direct sound of a barefoot soundboard. Anyway, the sound is extremely intense. It’s like IEMs (which is impossible in the era), and it’s a live album that allows you to fully enjoy Rory Gallagher in his prime with an abnormal close-contact sound that makes it seem as if you were putting your ears directly to the on-site PA (although if you actually did it, your eardrums would break). It’s a two-disc set that is far more intense than any other soundboard, and has a tremendous amount of rawness. A super-class audience recording of the “March 20, 1975 Frankfurt performance”. This is a reel master of the 1st generation that the prestigious “Krw_co” recently unearthed, and it’s intense. The fiercely direct core is on to the limit, and the fineness of the details, the sharp edges, and the vivid separation can only be heard on the soundboard. The show follows the “IRISH TOUR’74” while greatly increasing the number of delicious covers such as “Want Ad Blues”, “Young Fashioned Ways”, “Out On The Western Plain”, and “All Around Man”. This is a new masterpiece that allows you to experience the full show in the midst of its prime with super direct sound. Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany 20th March 1975 TRULY PERFECT SOUND(NEW!!) Disc 1(58:11) 1. Intro 2. Messin’ With The Kid 3. Tatoo Lady 4. Want Ad Blues 5. Cradle Rock 6. Young Fashioned Ways 7. A Million Miles Away 8. Walk on Hot Coals Disc 2 (37:52) 1. Out On The Western Plain 2. Pistol Slapper Blues 3. Too Much Alcohol 4. Going To My Hometown 5. Who’s That Coming 6. All Around Man Rory Gallagher – guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy – bass Lou Martin – keyboards Rod de’Ath – drums