Rory Gallagher discography

Rory Gallagher discography

Gallagher performing in Utrecht, Holland, The Netherlands on 11 October 1987
Releases
↙Studio albums 14
↙Live albums 6
↙Compilation albums 11
↙Singles 9
↙Video albums 11
↙Box sets 2

This article presents the discography of Irish blues-rock musician Rory Gallagher.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
UK
[1]		 US
[2]
1971 Rory Gallagher 32 —
Deuce
  • Released: 28 November 1971
  • Label: Atlantic
 39 —
1973 Blueprint
  • Released: 18 February 1973
  • Label: Polydor
 12 147
Tattoo
  • Released: 11 November 1973
  • Label: Polydor
 32 186
1975 Against the Grain 121
1976 Calling Card
  • Released: 24 October 1976
  • Label: Chrysalis
 32 163
1978 Photo-Finish
  • Released: 1 October 1978
  • Label: Chrysalis
 116
1979 Top Priority
  • Released: 16 September 1979
  • Label: Chrysalis
 56 140
1982 Jinx
  • Released: 2 May 1982
  • Label: Chrysalis
 68 —
1987 Defender
  • Released: 1 July 1987
  • Label: Demon
 —
1990 Fresh Evidence
  • Released: 1 May 1990
  • Label: Capo
 —
2003 Wheels Within Wheels
  • Released: 2003
  • Label:
 —
2011 Notes From San Francisco
  • Released: 2011
  • Label:
 44 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Live albums

Year Album Chart
position
UK[1]
1972 Live In Europe
  • Released: 14 May 1972
  • Label: Buddah
 9
1974 Irish Tour '74
  • Released: 21 July 1974
  • Label: Polydor
 36
1980 Stage Struck
  • Released: 2 November 1980
  • Label: Buddah
 40
2003 Meeting with the G-Man
  • Released: 22 November 2003
  • Label: RCA
2006 Live at Montreux
  • Released: 31 July 2006
  • Label: Eagle

Compilation albums

Year Album Chart
position
UK[1]
1974 The Story So Far
1975 Sinner... And Saint
(compilation of Rory Gallagher and Deuce)
1976 Take It Easy Baby
(Taste demo sessions)
1992 Etched In Blue
(BPI: 60,000)
1995 A Blue Day For The Blues
Last of the Independants
1999 BBC Sessions
(one live disc and one studio disc)
2003 Wheels Within Wheels (acoustic)
  • Released: 8 March 2003
  • Label: Sony Music
2005 Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory Gallagher
  • Released: 13 June 2005
  • Label: Capo/RCA
 31
2008 The Essential
  • Released: 10 March 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
2009 Crest of a Wave: The Best of Rory Gallagher
  • Released: 25 August 2009
  • Label: Eagle
2010 The Beat Club Sessions
  • Released: 13 September 2010
  • Label: Eagle

Box sets

Year Album
1992 The G-Man Bootleg Series Vol.1
  • Label: Strange Music
2001 Let's Go To Work
(4 disc set, featuring Live In Europe, Irish Tour '74,
Stage Struck and Meeting With The G-Man)
  • Released: 15 October 2001
  • Label: Capo/RCA

Taste discography

Albums

Year Album Chart
position
UK[3]
1969 London Invasion
  • Label: Pontiac Records
1969 Taste
1970 On the Boards
  • Label: Polydor
 18
1971 Live Taste (live album)
  • Label: Polydor
 14
1972 Live at the Isle of Wight (live album)
  • Label: Polydor
 41
Taste First
(recorded in 1967; released in 1974 as In the Beginning
and again in 1976 as Take It Easy Baby)
1994 The Best of Taste (compilation album)
  • Label: Polydor

Singles

All Polydor releases unless otherwise indicated.
Year Title
1968 "Blister on the Moon" /
"Born on the Wrong Side of Time"
(Label: Major Minor; then Polydor for 1969 edited version)
1969 "Born on the Wrong Side of Time" /
"Same Old Story"
"What's Going On" /
"Born on the Wrong Side of Time" and "Blister on the Moon"
1972 "Wee Wee Baby" /
"You've Got to Play"
(Germany only; Label: BASF)
"What's Going On" /
"Railway and Gun"
1982 "Blister on the Moon" / "Sugar Mama" /
"Catfish" / "On the Boards"
"Born on the Wrong Side of Time" /
"Same Old Story"
(Italy only)
"Born on the Wrong Side of Time" /
"Same Old Story"
(Japan only)
"If I Don't Sing I'll Cry" /
"I'll Remember"
(Spain only)

Videography

Video albums

All titles released on the DVD format.
1995 Message to Love
(recording of "Sinner Boy" and "Gamblin' Blues"; with Taste)
2000 Irish Tour 1974
2003 The Old Grey Whistle Test: Vol. 1
(album track: "Hands Off"; 1973)
2004 At Rockpalast
(German release)
2005 The Complete Rockpalast Collection
(3 disc, German release)
Songs & Stories: New York Remembers Rory Gallagher
(biography)
2006 Live At Cork Opera House
(UK release)
Live In Cork
(US release)
Live At Montreux
(2 disc set)
2007 Live At Rockpalast (5 Concerts 1976 - 1990)
(3 disc, US release)
Shadow Play (5 Concerts 1976 - 1990)
(3 disc, UK release)

Guest appearances

Year Album Artist
1972 The London Muddy Waters Sessions Muddy Waters
1973 The Session Jerry Lee Lewis
1974 Drat That Fratle Rat Chris Barber
London Revisited Muddy Waters
1977 Gaodhal's Vision Joe O'Donnell (electric fiddle player)
Live Albert King
1978 Tarot Suite Mike Batt
Puttin' On The Style Lonnie Donegan
1983 Jammin` With Albert Albert Collins & The Icebreakers
1984 Box of Frogs Box of Frogs
1986 Strange Land Box of Frogs
1989 The Scattering The Fureys and Davey Arthur
Out of the Air Davy Spillane Band
Words and Music Phil Coulter
1990 Shadow Hunter Davy Spillane
Politician (at Montreux) Jack Bruce and Rory Gallagher
1991 Flags & Emblems Stiff Little Fingers
1992 30 Years A-Greying The Dubliners
1993 The Outstanding Chris Barber and Band
2007 Kindred Spirits Eamonn McCormack

References

  1. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 220. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  2. ^ "Rory Gallagher". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rory-gallagher-p4333/charts-awards. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 549. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

External links

Rory Gallagher
Gerry McAvoy · Wilgar Campbell · Rod de'Ath · Lou Martin · Ted McKenna · Brendan O'Neill · Mark Feltham · David Levy · Jim Levaton · Richard Newman · John Cooke
Studio albums
Live albums
Live in Europe · Irish Tour '74 · Stage Struck · Meeting with the G-Man · Live at Montreux
Compilations
The Story So Far · Sinner... And Saint · Take It Easy Baby · Etched in Blue · A Blue Day for the Blues · Last of the Independants · BBC Sessions · Wheels Within Wheels · Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory Gallagher · The Essential · Crest of a Wave: The Best of Rory Gallagher
Box sets
The G-Man Bootleg Series Vol.1 · Let's Go To Work
Videos
Message to Love · Irish Tour 1974 · The Old Grey Whistle Test: Vol. 1 · At Rockpalast · The Complete Rockpalast Collection · Songs & Stories: New York Remembers Rory Gallagher · Live at Cork Opera House · Live in Cork · Live at Montreux · Live at Rockpalast (5 Concerts 1976-1990) · Shadow Play (5 Concerts 1976-1990
Taste albums
Taste · On the Boards · Live Taste · Live at the Isle of Wight · Taste First · The Best of Taste
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