THE BEST OF RORY GALLAGHER
RELEASED FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER 2020
AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER FROM https://RoryGallagher.lnk.to/TheBestOfPR
2LP BLACK VINYL, LIMITED EDITION CLEAR 2LP, 2CD, 1CD,
DIGITAL HD, DIGITAL STANDARD
INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BONUS TRACK ON 2CD AND DIGITAL VERSIONS AND LIMITED 7” INCH SINGLE “(I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION” FEATURING JERRY LEE LEWIS & RORY GALLAGHER
“(I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION" IS AVAILABLE AS AN INSTANT GRAT TRACK WITH PRE-ORDERS OF THE ALBUM, AND ON ALL STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD SERVICES AT https://rorygallagher.lnk.to/TheBestOfPR
Formats: 2LP black vinyl, limited 2LP clear vinyl, 2CD, 1CD, Digital HD, Digital Standard
Release Date: Friday 9th October 2020
Label: UMC
Following the commercial and critically acclaimed success of the recent albums “Blues” (2019) and the three-week running No.1 album on the Billboard Blues Chart “Check Shirt Wizard - Live in '77” (2020), UMC is pleased to present a new Rory Gallagher best of collection entitled “The Best Of Rory Gallagher” on Friday 9th October 2020.
The album will be available to pre-order from https://RoryGallagher.lnk.to/TheBestOfPR.
The comprehensive compilation includes Rory’s most iconic songs compiled from across his recording career, including tracks from Rory’s seminal first band Taste (1969) through to his final studio album “Fresh Evidence” (1990).
The album will be released as a 2CD set featuring 30 tracks including a previously unreleased collaboration with Jerry Lee Lewis. The album will also be released as a 2-disc black vinyl and direct to consumer limited clear 2LP, plus a 15-track single CD, as well as digital HD and digital standard.
1. Taste - What's Going On (CD 1) 02:48
2. Rory Gallagher - Shadow Play (CD 1) 04:46
3. Rory Gallagher - Follow Me (CD 1) 04:39
4. Rory Gallagher - Tattoo'd Lady (CD 1) 04:40
5. Rory Gallagher - All Around Man (CD 1) 06:14
6. Rory Gallagher - I Fall Apart (CD 1) 05:11
7. Rory Gallagher - Daughter Of The Everglades (CD 1) 06:11
8. Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (CD 1) 05:24
9. Rory Gallagher - I'm Not Awake Yet (CD 1) 05:36
10. Rory Gallagher - Just The Smile (CD 1) 03:40
11. Rory Gallagher - Out Of My Mind (CD 1) 03:05
12. Rory Gallagher - Edged In Blue (CD 1) 05:29
13. Rory Gallagher - Philby (CD 1) 03:49
14. Taste - It's Happened Before, It'll Happen Again (CD 1) 06:32
15. Rory Gallagher - Crest Of A Wave (CD 1) 05:53
16. Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny (CD 2) 04:04
17. Rory Gallagher - Walk On Hot Coals (CD 2) 07:01
18. Taste - Blister On The Moon (CD 2) 03:27
19. Rory Gallagher - Loanshark Blues (CD 2) 04:27
20. Rory Gallagher - Bought & Sold (CD 2) 03:26
21. Rory Gallagher - A Million Miles Away (CD 2) 06:56
22. Rory Gallagher - Wheels Within Wheels (CD 2) 03:38
23. Rory Gallagher - Seven Days (CD 2) 05:14
24. Rory Gallagher - Ghost Blues (CD 2) 07:59
25. Rory Gallagher - Cruise On Out (CD 2) 04:42
26. Jerry Lee Lewis ft. Rory Gallagher - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (CD2) 03:49
27. Rory Gallagher - They Don't Make Them Like You Anymore (CD 2) 04:04
28. Rory Gallagher - Moonchild (CD 2) 04:46
29. Rory Gallagher - Jinxed (CD 2) 05:12
30. Taste - Catfish (CD 2) 08:06
Unearthed from the Rory Gallagher Archives is a special bonus track “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – a rare outtake taken from Jerry Lee Lewis’ famous 1973 “London Sessions” featuring Rory singing and playing the Rolling Stones’ classic alongside the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis. The previously unreleased rarity is featured on the 2CD version and digital versions of the album, and available as a limited edition direct to consumer 7” vinyl single. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction" is available as an instant grat track with pre-orders of the album, and on all streaming and download services at https://rorygallagher.lnk.to/TheBestOfPR. The 7” inch picture sleeve features a rare archive photo of Rory and Jerry Lee Lewis from Jerry Lee’s 1973 “London Sessions.” The B-side features “Cruise On Out” (4:42) taken from Rory’s critically acclaimed album “Photo Finish” (1978).
If ever there was a “musician’s musician” then that accolade belongs to Rory Gallagher. Renowned for his blistering live performances and highly respected for his dedication to his craft, he died in 1995, aged just 47. His reputation has continued to flourish in the years since. Indeed, some of rock’s most seminal figures, from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani to Joe Bonamassa, Queen’s Brian May to The Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Slash of Guns N Roses to the Edge of U2, have cited him as an influence. Rory remains a touchstone for all would-be guitar heroes in the 21st Century.
When asked “How does it feel to be the best guitarist in the world,” Jimi replied,
“I don’t know, why don’t you go and ask Rory Gallagher.” – Jimi Hendrix
“The man who got me back into the blues.” – Eric Clapton
“There are a million guys who sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan, but I never heard anybody who could really pull off sounding like Rory Gallagher.” – Slash
“As soon as I heard Cradle Rock, I was hooked. I thought, ‘This is what I want to be when I grow up.”
– Joe Bonamassa
“I really liked Rory, he was fine guitarist and singer and lovely man.” – Jimmy Page
“He was just a magician, he’s one of the very few people of that time who could make his guitar do anything it seemed. It just seemed to be magic. I remember looking at that battered Stratocaster and thinking “how does that come out of there?” – Brian May
“The man who changed my musical life was Rory Gallagher, I picked up a guitar because of him.”
– Johnny Marr
“A beautiful man and an amazing guitar player. He was a very sensitive man and a great musician.”
– The Edge
“An amazing player, very spirited... he had a particular sound using that Stratocaster and he really got it because of the brute force in the way that he played, he just had such a passion about it.”
– Joe Satriani
“Rory was the one to measure yourself against. He was a real credit to
music and pushed it to another level altogether.” – Peter Frampton