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Album: Irish Tour [Expanded Deluxe Edition] [Box]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Messin' with the Kid - (previously unreleased)
2)    Cradle Rock
3)    I Wonder Who
4)    Tattoo'd Lady
5)    Walk on Hot Coals
6)    Laundromat - (previously unreleased)
7)    Million Miles Away, A
8)    Hands Off - (previously unreleased)
9)    Too Much Alcohol
1)    As the Crow Flies
2)    Pistol Slapper Blues - (previously unreleased)
3)    Unmilitary Two-Step - (previously unreleased)
4)    Banker's Blues - (previously unreleased)
5)    Going to My Home Town - (previously unreleased)
6)    Who's That Coming?
7)    In Your Town - (previously unreleased)
1)    Cradle Rock - (previously unreleased)
2)    Tattoo'd Lady - (previously unreleased)
3)    Hands Off - (previously unreleased)
4)    Walk on Hot Coals - (previously unreleased)
5)    Laundromat - (previously unreleased)
6)    Too Much Alcohol - (previously unreleased)
7)    Million Miles Away, A - (previously unreleased)
1)    As the Crow Flies - (previously unreleased)
2)    Pistol Slapper Blues - (previously unreleased)
3)    Banker's Blues - (previously unreleased)
4)    Unmilitary Two-Step - (previously unreleased)
5)    Going to My Home Town - (previously unreleased)
6)    In Your Town - (previously unreleased)
7)    Bullfrog Blues - (previously unreleased)
1)    Messin' with the Kid - (previously unreleased)
2)    Cradle Rock - (previously unreleased)
3)    I Wonder Who - (previously unreleased)
4)    Tattoo'd Lady - (previously unreleased)
5)    Walk on Hot Coals - (previously unreleased)
6)    Hands Off - (previously unreleased)
7)    Million Miles Away, A - (previously unreleased)
8)    Laundromat - (previously unreleased)
1)    As the Crow Flies - (previously unreleased)
2)    Pistol Slapper Blues - (previously unreleased)
3)    Unmilitary Two-Step - (previously unreleased)
4)    Banker's Blues - (previously unreleased)
5)    Going to My Home Town - (previously unreleased)
6)    Who's That Coming? - (previously unreleased)
7)    In Your Town - (previously unreleased)
8)    Bullfrog Blues - (previously unreleased)
1)    Maritime
2)    I Want You/Raunchy Medley - (previously unreleased)
3)    Treat Her Right
4)    I Wonder Who - (previously unreleased)
5)    Too Much Alcohol - (previously unreleased)
6)    Just a Little Bit
7)    I Can't Be Satisfied - (previously unreleased)
8)    Acoustic Medley - (previously unreleased)
9)    Back on My Stompin' Ground (After Hours)
10)    Stompin' Ground [Alternate Version]
1)    Irish Tour '74
 

Album: Irish Tour [Expanded Deluxe Edition] [Box]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Messin' with the Kid - (previously unreleased)
2)    Cradle Rock
3)    I Wonder Who
4)    Tattoo'd Lady
5)    Walk on Hot Coals
6)    Laundromat - (previously unreleased)
7)    Million Miles Away, A
8)    Hands Off - (previously unreleased)
9)    Too Much Alcohol
1)    As the Crow Flies
2)    Pistol Slapper Blues - (previously unreleased)
3)    Unmilitary Two-Step - (previously unreleased)
4)    Banker's Blues - (previously unreleased)
5)    Going to My Home Town - (previously unreleased)
6)    Who's That Coming?
7)    In Your Town - (previously unreleased)
1)    Cradle Rock - (previously unreleased)
2)    Tattoo'd Lady - (previously unreleased)
3)    Hands Off - (previously unreleased)
4)    Walk on Hot Coals - (previously unreleased)
5)    Laundromat - (previously unreleased)
6)    Too Much Alcohol - (previously unreleased)
7)    Million Miles Away, A - (previously unreleased)
1)    As the Crow Flies - (previously unreleased)
2)    Pistol Slapper Blues - (previously unreleased)
3)    Banker's Blues - (previously unreleased)
4)    Unmilitary Two-Step - (previously unreleased)
5)    Going to My Home Town - (previously unreleased)
6)    In Your Town - (previously unreleased)
7)    Bullfrog Blues - (previously unreleased)
1)    Messin' with the Kid - (previously unreleased)
2)    Cradle Rock - (previously unreleased)
3)    I Wonder Who - (previously unreleased)
4)    Tattoo'd Lady - (previously unreleased)
5)    Walk on Hot Coals - (previously unreleased)
6)    Hands Off - (previously unreleased)
7)    Million Miles Away, A - (previously unreleased)
8)    Laundromat - (previously unreleased)
1)    As the Crow Flies - (previously unreleased)
2)    Pistol Slapper Blues - (previously unreleased)
3)    Unmilitary Two-Step - (previously unreleased)
4)    Banker's Blues - (previously unreleased)
5)    Going to My Home Town - (previously unreleased)
6)    Who's That Coming? - (previously unreleased)
7)    In Your Town - (previously unreleased)
8)    Bullfrog Blues - (previously unreleased)
1)    Maritime
2)    I Want You/Raunchy Medley - (previously unreleased)
3)    Treat Her Right
4)    I Wonder Who - (previously unreleased)
5)    Too Much Alcohol - (previously unreleased)
6)    Just a Little Bit
7)    I Can't Be Satisfied - (previously unreleased)
8)    Acoustic Medley - (previously unreleased)
9)    Back on My Stompin' Ground (After Hours)
10)    Stompin' Ground [Alternate Version]
1)    Irish Tour '74
 
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Performer Notes
  • All tracks have been digitally remastered.
  • Personnel: Rory Gallagher (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Lou Martin (keyboards); Rod De'Ath (drums, percussion).
  • Audio Mixer: Martin Dubka.
  • Liner Note Authors: Gavin Martin; D¢nal Gallagher; Roy Hollingsworth.
  • Recording information: Belfast Ulster Hall (01/02/1974); Cork City Hall (01/02/1974); Cork Lane Mobile (01/02/1974); Dublin Carlton Cinema (01/02/1974); Belfast Ulster Hall (01/03/1974/01/05/1974); Cork City Hall (01/03/1974/01/05/1974); Cork Lane Mobile (01/03/1974/01/05/1974); Dublin Carlton Cinema (01/03/1974/01/05/1974); Belfast Ulster Hall (01/04/1974); Cork City Hall (01/04/1974); Cork Lane Mobile (01/04/1974); Dublin Carlton Cinema (01/04/1974); Belfast Ulster Hall (12/1973-01/1974); Cork City Hall (12/1973-01/1974); Cork Lane Mobile (12/1973-01/1974); Dublin Carlton Cinema (12/1973-01/1974); Belfast Ulster Hall (12/28/1973/12/29/1973); Cork City Hall (12/28/1973/12/29/1973); Cork Lane Mobile (12/28/1973/12/29/1973); Dublin Carlton Cinema (12/28/1973/12/29/1973).
  • Photographers: Pat Galvin; Eric Luke.
  • 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
Professional Reviews
Mojo (Publisher) (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This rapacious live outing captures the Irish guitar hero at his Strat-battering best..."
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