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Rory Gallagher: The Best of Rory Gallagher At The BBC

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by Doug Collette
March 15, 2026

The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC is actually a distillation of a 20-disc box, compact disc 15 of which is the second half of this compilation. And, like its larger counterpart, it serves as not only a retrospective on Gallagher's career as a whole (not just at the Beeb), but also reaffirmation of the guitarist's often breathless stage presence. Nephew Daniel Gallagher has now assumed the role of producer from his uncle Donal and his supervision ...

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Rory Gallagher: Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77

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by Doug Collette
April 6, 2020

Check Shirt Wizard: Live in 1977 is yet another in a lengthy string of posthumous archival work devoted to Irish guitarist and songwriter Rory Gallagher. Like virtually all its predecessors in both audio and video configurations, including Live at Montreux (Eagle, 2006) and Notes From San Francisco (Eagle/Legacy, 2011), this double CD set (also available as three vinyl LPs with similarly variegated artwork, action photos and replications of press testimonials of the time) not only does justice to, but enhances ...