Discography and filmography
Compiled by Sergio Seghetti, S.M. Donnarde and Kimmo Hagelberg
Contains track lists, names of accompanying musicians, reviewers' comments, comments by album collaborators, some of Rory's own remarks, etc. Please note that we have not ourselves verified titles marked with *
This discography hasn't been updated after 2006. For more recent releases see the official website
1972 Taste First (BASF Germany) (recorded in 1967)
also released as:
In the Beginning, an early taste of Rory Gallagher (Emerald Gem 1974)
and
Take It Easy Baby (Springboard Records 1976)
and
The First And The Best (Membran 2006)
TASTE 1969 Taste 1970 On The Boards 1971 Live Taste 1972 Live At The Isle Of Wight 1977 In Concert (The Marquee-London, 1968)
1994 The Best Of Taste 1994 Taste Anthology * RORY GALLAGHER BAND 1971 Rory Gallagher 1971 Deuce 1971 Rory Gallagher (Compilation) 1971 Between Belfast and Dublin (Compilation) *
1972 Live! In Europe (Please note that there is also an incomplete CD re-release of Live! In Europe - Stage Struck released by I.R.S./Capo Records that has the same cover photo and name as Live! In Europe. See the CD RE-RELEASES section) 1973 Blueprint 1973 Tattoo 1973 The Best Years (Compilation)
1973 Reading Festival, 1973: Hands off (live)
1974 Irish Tour '74 1974 The Story So Far (Compilation)
1975 Sinner And Saint (Compilation)
1975 Against The Grain 1976 Calling Card 1978 Photo-Finish 1978 Top Priority (1988: reissued on CD with bonus track Nothing but the devil) 1980 Stage Struck (1989: reissued on CD with alternate version of Follow me) 1982 Jinx (1988: reissued on CD with bonustrack Hellcat)
1986 Blues On 2: When my baby she left me
1987 Defender 1987 Live For Ireland (double album only): Follow me (live) 1990 Fresh Evidence 1992 Edged In Blue (Compilation)
1992 A to Z of Irish Rock, 2 CD Set Solid Records 1992 (Tattoo'd Lady)
1992 G-men Bootleg Series, Vol. 1
3 CDs set with the official reproduction (bootleg the bootleggers...)
of the following 2 bootlegs:
Calling Hard
The Bullfrog Interlude (Aka What's The Story Rory)
1995 Peter Green Songbook - First Part: Leaving Town Blues;
Showbiz Blues (in the USA released with different title:
"Rattlesnake Guitar: The music of Peter Green").
? Pop History Vol II: Taste (Compilation)
1999 BBC Sessions (BMG/Buddha
Records)
1995 A Blue Day For The Blues (Compilation)
2003 Wheels Within Wheels
2003 Meeting With The G-Man
2005 Big Guns - The Very Best Of 2006 Montreux 1975/94 2006 Rory Gallagher FILM 1970 Message to Love. Isle of Wight Festival 1970(directed by Murray Lerner, and first shown by BBC2 on Saturday August 26, 1995) (Taste: "Sinner Boy") 1974 Irish Tour '74 (directed by Tony Palmer; see Irish Tour 1974 video)
VIDEO 1990 Live In Cork (1987) (directed by Anita Notaro)
1995 Extended version on video of "Message to Love", Isle of Wight
Festival 1970. (Taste: "Gambling Man", "Sinner Boy")
2001 Irish Tour 1974 2006 Live At Montreux 1975/94 (DVD) 2006 Live At Cork Opera House (DVD) GUEST APPEARANCES 1971 Mike Vernon - Bring It Back Home * 1972 Muddy Waters - The London Muddy Waters Sessions (Chess)
1973 Jerry Lee Lewis - The Session. London, 1973
(1986: reissued as The Complete Session, Vol. 1 -2,
with 6 bonus tracks, 2 of them with Rory Gallagher)
1974 Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf - London Revisited 1974 Muddy Waters - London Revisited * 1977 Albert King - Live (1975) 1977 Joe O'Donnell - Gaodhal's Vision 1978 Lonnie Donegan - Putting On The Style 1978 Mike Batt - Tarot Suite 1984 Box Of Frogs -
Box Of Frogs 1986 Box Of Frogs -
Strange Land 1989 The Fureys & Davey Arthur -
The Scattering 1989 Davy Spillane Band - Out Of The Air 1989 Phil Coulter - Words And Music 1991 Stiff Little Fingers - Flags & Emblems *
1992 The Dubliners - 30 Years A-Greying 1993 Chris Barber & Band - The Outstanding Album (1968-1972)
1995 Samuel Eddy - Strangers On The Run 1995 Energy Orchard - Pain Killer 1999 Roberto Manes - Phoenician Dream *
CD RE-RELEASES 1991 Taste (Polydor UK 841600-2) * 1989 Rory Gallagher (Intercord Ton GmbH INT 830.117) * 1994 Blueprint (Castle Communications CLACD 316) 1994 Tattoo (Castle Communications CLACD 315) 1991 Calling Card 1988 Irish Tour '74 (Demon Records Ltd; IRS/Capo Records (US)) 1991 Against the Grain (Castle Communications CLACD 233) 1988 Jinx 1988 Top Priority 1991 Live! In Europe (I.R.S./Capo Records, USA release)
(1 CD. Live!In Europe - Stage Struck combination. "In Your Town"
and "Last of The Independents" are not included from the original
recordings. "Follow me" is a different version than on the original
LP release.)
1989 Live! In Europe - Stage Struck (Castle Communications PLC, TFOLP020)
(2CD set. All the tracks from the original recordings are
included. "Follow me" is a different version than on the
original LP release)
1998 Deuce (BMG; RCA; Capo, CAPO 102)
1998 Irish Tour (BMG; RCA; Capo, CAPO 106)
1998 Calling Card (BMG; RCA; Capo, CAPO 108)
1998 Photo-Finish (BMG; RCA; Capo, CAPO 109)
1998 Fresh Evidence (BMG; RCA; Capo, CAPO 114)
1999 Rory Gallagher (BMG/Buddha Records)
1999 Live In Europe (BMG; RCA; Capo, CAPO 103)
1999 Against The Grain (BMG; RCA; Capo, CAPO 107)
1999 Top Priority (BMG; RCA; Capo, CAPO 110)
1999 Defender (BMG; RCA; Capo, CAPO 113)
2000 Tattoo 2000 Blueprint 2000 Jinx 2000 Stage Struck Copyright Sergio Seghetti
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