Rory Gallagher

Of course I knew who Rory Gallagher was but shame on me for taking so long to dip my toe into his bluesy, rocky waters? There are some wonderful, wonderful sounds on this record. His timber and the lyrics on I Fall Apart are like a love letter from the depths of his soul. I won’t mention his guitar playing since I couldn’t even begin to do it justice and thousands of other Rory fans will be able to explain so much better than I ever could. Just a beautiful record - well worth giving it a try if you haven’t heard of Rory Gallagher.

I'm not one to presume I'm worthy of writing a review of an album by Rory Gallagher! But if it means that they will sell a few more copies and some proceeds go to Donal and Rory's estate then I'll try.Rory Gallagher seems to attract a very loyal type of follower even now 15 odd years since he died. I think it's down to a combination of factors including his guitar playing, song writing, singing and very importantly his personality. By all accounts he was very approachable - no guitar god pretence here! A genuine, friendly, sincere and talented man. His inimmitable enthusiasm and energy shone through in his music. I often find his music uplifting. It's honest stuff all the way. Warts n all - just like life. This album is his first offering as a solo artist after the disbanding of his power trio Taste and it contains the energy and wealth of ideas typical of a first album. We find a Rory bursting with a creative force that flows from every enthusiastic, positive note on this album.The honesty of the music is obvious in his guitar sound which is his early signature sound. I love the rawness of his glassy sounding strat blasting through his treble booster and AC30.A must for any Rory fan and a revelation to any music fan. He's got that something...Nice one Rory! Cheers.

Great music

I have only recently started listening to Rory Gallagher and I am really impressed. His guitar work is excellent and his voice compliments each song.Having only owned the album for a few weeks I'm still growing into it. "I'm not Surprised" is the real standout song at the moment for me but closely followed by a host of others including "It's you" and "For the last time".There is a good variety in the styles of the Blues that Rory plays,so is likely to be something for everyone, and all to a high standard.I don't give 5 star's easily but this really is 4 and a half star's, and after only a few listens, that is high praise indeed.I will definitely be adding more Rory Gallagher to my collection.

I am a recent convert to Rorys' music. At the age of 51 I am kicking myself for not discovering him much earlier as I would have loved to see him perform live. This album has beautiful vocals and acoustic guitars. Songs like 'I Fall Apart' are sad and wistful and could probably only have been written by a very young man (as he was at the time) The cover of Muddy Waters 'Gypsy Woman' is a blues cover at its utmost best. This showcases the genius that was yet to come. I wonder how many girls at the time bought the album just on the strength of the beautiful photograph on the cover too. If you, like me, have only recently got in to his repertoire then this is worth a place in the collection. Once it arrived I listened to it obsessively for a week, and not many albums have 'got me' like that in recent years. (However 'Photo Finish' has had a similar effect). God bless him, he was one of the very best.

Brilliant thanks

Rory Gallaghers work sort of exists just under the radar, so to speak. It is always there and loved with a passion by his fans, yet rarely seen mentioned in print these days unless someone is listing of their influences, or favourite guitar players.This new from the analogue masters reissue series ought to delight the hard core fans as they address and correct some issues, too much reverb, new mixes, new stereo placings that were made during the previous conversion to cd. Donal has got the team to go back to the final Rory mixes and freshly digitise them using the latest equipment in order to produce what could be described as the best sounding cd versions of Rorys small but incredibly potent back catalogue. The new issues also come in a neat cardboard foldover sleeve along with new sleevenotes.This album runs the gamut from light acoustic tunes through to the rockier side of things. Just the Smile is a track that is worth the price of admission alone.Superb.

I have been a Rory fan since the early 70's,maybe not his greatest fan, but always loved what I heard and saw. For some reason never listened to this. Just a CD sized gap in the collection between the Taste albums & Deuce. Don't know why- but error now corrected!Good way of thinking about it is I have a new Rory album to listen to! I guess I thought that a first solo might leave something, you know,lacking in some way. But I am blown away. Maybe its the remastering but this album is superb and hasn't been off the player since it arrived. I will leave the technical, musical stuff to those better qualified to comment. Oddly, Deuce (old copy) had been in the car's cd player the last few weeks, which probably affected my decision to buy. If you like the G Man and haven't got this then do yourself a favour.Nice packaging too, with original LP style card cover, & notes. Well worth the money.

Super!

Cd ottimo, finalmente al secondo giro il corriere ha azzeccato la consegna all'indirizzo corretto

I watched " Taste" on the " Isle of White concert" & thought WOW these guys are right up there with " Free" & " The Who" & then they seemed to disappear. I don't know I was young & discovering bands like " Krokus" & " Saxon" & totally missed Rory Gallagher's entire solo career!!! Well thank God I finally discovered Rory & he was so good I immediately began collecting his entire catalogue for my music library ( which focuses on Rock & Roll. There are 2 statues of Rock stars in Ireland one is Phil Lynott the other is Rory Gallagher! Both deserve to be there! I have been in heaven listen to Rory's catalogue. It's Ice Cream for the Ears!!! Rory is as good if not better than Clapton & many other guitar heroes!!! Don't believe me listen for yourself...you can't go wrong with any of his C.D.'s!!!! Glad I discovered his music before I passed my Grandchildren will be knocked out when they go through the library & discover Rory Gallagher!!!

If you love Rory you already have this gem

ブルースギターが聴きたく購入。まるでchar(笑)声が似てます。こちらの方が本家だと思います。シンプルで好きですね。