{"product_id":"the-best-of-rory-gallagher-at-the-bbc","title":"The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe BBC Collection is an \nall-encompassing collection of the many recorded performances of Rory \nGallagher at the BBC. Featuring eighteen CDs worth of radio concerts and\n sessions from 1971 to 1986, roughly 75% of this material has not been \nofficially released before. Also included is two Blu Ray discs of BBC TV\n concerts and studio performances from 1973 to 1984, all of which has \nnot been officially released previously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmassed from the BBC \narchives and Rory Gallagher’s own transcription discs and off-air \ncassette recordings, the boxset spans 16 years of his career \n(1971-1986), taking in highlights such as the 1977 dual television and \nradio broadcast Sight \u0026amp; Sound concert, Rory’s headlining set at the \nReading Festival in 1980 to the emotional ‘At Midnight’ concert live \nfrom the Ulster Hall in Belfast, 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ‘best of’ from this collection is available on 2CD and 3LP, titled \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese\n releases celebrate the importance of the artist Rory Gallagher, who was\n possibly the most recorded musician of the 1970s by the BBC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“(‘Tore\n Down’) That was the first song I ever heard played…It’s a BBC recording\n of Rory Gallagher playing at the Paris Theatre in London in July 1972. \nAnd I was in the audience, aged 15, and those opening bars were enough \nto make me realise that this was something I wanted to do again and \nagain… ‘Tore Down’ was my introduction to live, loud, amplified blues \nand when Gallagher had finished, my 15-year-old self could not contain \nhis excitement. He ran down to the front to shake Rory’s hand…When the \nBBC did eventually broadcast the concert, I taped it by leaning the \nmicrophone from my clunky cassette recorder against the speaker of our \nold transistor radio and I listened to that tape over and over again” \u003cb\u003eNick Hornby, Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2CD:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCD1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Cradle Rock - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1973', 'Back on My Stompin\\' Ground - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1974', 'I Wonder Who - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1974', 'Continental Op - BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show \/ 1986', 'Tattoo\\'d Lady - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1973', 'Used to Be - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1971', 'Bankers Blues - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1973', \"Can't Be Satisfied (with Juan Martin) - BBC Radio 1 \/ 1984\", 'I Could\\'ve Had Religion - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1972', 'Walk on Hot Coals - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1973', 'Messin\\' with The Kid - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1972']\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCD2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Shin kicker - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Last of The Independents - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Keychain - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Follow Me - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Bought and Sold - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Wayward Child - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Mississippi Sheiks - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Out on the Western Plain - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'As the Crow Flies - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Do You read Me? - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Philby - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Hellcat - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Cruise on Out - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979*', '(*previously released)']\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3LP:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP1 Side A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Cradle Rock - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1973', 'Back on My Stompin\\' Ground - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1974', 'I Wonder Who - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1974']\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP1 Side B\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Continental Op - BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show \/ 1986', 'Tattoo\\'d Lady - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1973', 'Used to Be - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1971', 'Bankers Blues - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1973', \"Can't Be Satisfied (with Juan Martin) - BBC Radio 1 \/ 1984\"]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP2 Side A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['I Could\\'ve Had Religion - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1972', 'Walk on Hot Coals - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1973', 'Messin\\' with The Kid - Live on BBC \"Sounds of The Seventies\" \/ 1972']\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP2 Side B\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Shin kicker - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Last of The Independents - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Keychain - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Bought and Sold - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979']\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP3 Side A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Wayward Child - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Mississippi Sheiks - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'Out on the Western Plain - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979', 'As the Crow Flies - BBC In Concert \/ Live at The Venue, UK \/ 20 September 1979']\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP3 Side B\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Do You read Me? 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