Rory Gallagher - Check Shirt Wizard - Live In '77 (2 CD, 2020) [FLAC + 24-96]



 This barnstorming 20-song, previously unreleased set is culled from four shows (London, Brighton, Sheffield and Newcastle) which were part of a 1977 tour across the UK in support of Rory’s then latest album ‘Calling Card’. Featuring fantastic live versions of tracks from that album as well as from 1975’s ‘Against The Grain’ and other live favourites, has been mixed from the original multitrack tapes from the official Rory Gallagher archive and mastered for this release at Abbey Road Studios.









  • Rory Gallagher - Guitar, Vocals, Mandolin
  • Gerry McAvoy - Bass
  • Lou Martin - Piano, Organ
  • Rod de'Ath - Drums


CD1 

01. Do You Read Me (Rory Gallagher) 05:51
02. Moonchild (Rory Gallagher) 05:48
03. Bought And Sold (Rory Gallagher) 07:26
04. Calling Card (Rory Gallagher) 06:46
05. Secret Agent (Rory Gallagher) 06:37
06. Tattoo'd Lady (Rory Gallagher) 06:27
07. A Million Miles Away (Rory Gallagher) 07:12
08. I Take What I Want (Porter / Hodges / Hayes) 05:49
09. Walk On Hot Coals (Rory Gallagher) 08:03

Tracks 04,07,09 Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon London 18th January 1977
Tracks 01,02,06 Recorded at the Brighton Dome 21st January 1977
Tracks 03,05,08 Recorded at Sheffield City Hall 17th February 1977


CD2 

01. Out On The Western (Huddie Ledbetter) 04:42
02. Barley & Grape Rag (Rory Gallagher) 02:36
03. Pistol Slapper Blues (Fulton Allen) 02:41
04. Too Much Alcohol (JB Hutto) 04:20
05. Going To My Hometown (Rory Gallagher) 05:33
06. Edged In Blue (Rory Gallagher) 05:56
07. Jack-Knife Beat (Rory Gallagher) 08:47
08. Souped-Up Ford (Rory Gallagher) 06:21
09. Bullfrog Blues (Trad. Arr. by Rory Gallager) 09:51
10. Used To Be (Rory Gallagher) 04:42
11. Country Mile (Rory Gallagher) 05:48

Tracks 04,05,07 Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon London 18th January 1977
Tracks 08,09 Recorded at the Brighton Dome 21st January 1977
Tracks 01,02,03 Recorded at Sheffield City Hall 17th February 1977
Tracks 06,10,11 Recorded at Newcastle City Hall 18th February 1977