Name: Irish Tour '74 (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Brand: Universal
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Irish Tour '74

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Album: Irish Tour '74 (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Cradle Rock	More Info...
2)	I Wonder Who	More Info...
3)	Tattoo'd Lady	More Info...
4)	Too Much Alcohol	More Info...
5)	As the Crow Flies	More Info...
6)	A Million Miles Away	More Info...
7)	Walk On Hot Coals	More Info...
8)	Who's That Coming?	More Info...
9)	Back On My Stompin' Ground (After Hours)	More Info...
10)	Just a Little Bit	More Info...

Album: Irish Tour '74 (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Cradle Rock	More Info...
2)	I Wonder Who	More Info...
3)	Tattoo'd Lady	More Info...
4)	Too Much Alcohol	More Info...
5)	As the Crow Flies	More Info...
6)	A Million Miles Away	More Info...
7)	Walk On Hot Coals	More Info...
8)	Who's That Coming?	More Info...
9)	Back On My Stompin' Ground (After Hours)	More Info...
10)	Just a Little Bit	More Info...

Performer Notes

All tracks have been digitally remastered.
The companion piece to director Tony Palmer's documentary of the same name, Irish Tour was recorded in January 1974 in Belfast, Dublin, and Cork at a time when precious few performers -- Irish or otherwise -- were even dreaming of touring the trouble-torn island. Northern Ireland, in particular, was a rock & roll no-go area, but Gallagher never turned his back on the province and was rewarded with what history recalls as some of his best-ever gigs. Irish Tour, in turn, captures some of his finest known live recordings and, while it's impossible to tell which songs were recorded where, across nine in-concert recordings (plus one after-hours jam session, "Back on My Stompin' Ground"), the energy crackling from stage to stalls and back again packs an intensity that few live albums -- Gallagher's others among them -- can match. Highlights of a stunning set include dramatic takes on Muddy Waters' "I Wonder Who" and Tony Joe White's "As the Crow Flies," a raw acoustic rendering that is nevertheless totally electrifying. A frustratingly brief snip of the classic Shadows-style "Maritime" (aka "Just a Little Bit") plays the album out in anthemic style and then, of course, there's "Walk on Hot Coals," a marathon excursion that posterity has decreed Gallagher's most popular and accomplished statement -- a status that Irish Tour does nothing to contradict. It's foolish playing favorites, however. Even more than Gallagher's earlier Live in Europe album from 1972, Irish Tour confirms Gallagher not simply as the greatest bluesman Ireland ever knew, but as one of the island's greatest-ever performers. ~ Dave Thompson

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This rapacious live outing captures the Irish guitar hero at his Strat-battering best..."