The Story So Far

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Having already released one retrospective (“Sinner… and Saint”), in the wake of Gallagher’s defection to Chrysali, Polydor management sought to recoup some of it’s investment with the release of “The Story So Far”. Pulling a representative cross section of his catalog, the eight tracks represented material drawn from five of his six American Polydor albums (“Bullfrog Blues” was pulled from the European-only “Live In Europe” set). Musically the results provided an adequate, if limited retrospective. While one could argue over the track line up, for casual fans and the curiou, it was one of the sets to buy … Vinyl LP Track Listing A1 – Laundromat Bass – Gerry McAvoy Drums – Wilgar Campbell Engineer – Eddy Offord Guitar, Vocal, Written-By – Rory Gallagher A2 – Cradle Rock Bass – Gerry McAvoy Drums – Rod De’Ath Engineer – Carlos Olms Guitar, Vocal, Written-By – Rory Gallagher Keyboards – Lou Martin A3 – Walk On Hot Coals Bass – Gerry McAvoy Drums – Rod De’Ath Engineer – Andy Stephens Guitar, Vocal, Written-By – Rory Gallagher Keyboards – Lou Martin A4 – Who’s That Coming Bass – Gerry McAvoy Drums – Rod De’Ath Engineer – Carlos Olms Guitar, Vocal, Written-By – Rory Gallagher Keyboards – Lou Martin B1 – In Your Town Bass – Gerry McAvoy Drums – Wilgar Campbell Engineer – Robin Sylvester Guitar, Vocal, Written-By – Rory Gallagher B2 – Hands Off Bass – Gerry McAvoy Drums – Rod De’Ath Engineer – Andy Stephens Guitar, Vocal, Written-By – Rory Gallagher Keyboards – Lou Martin B3 – Too Much Alcohol Bass – Gerry McAvoy Drums – Rod De’Ath Engineer – Robin Sylvester Guitar, Vocals – Rory Gallagher Keyboards – Lou Martin Written-By – J.B. Hutto B4 – Bullfrog Blues Bass – Gerry McAvoy Drums – Wilgar Campbell Engineer – Alan Perkin, Gerhard Henjes Guitar, Vocal, Arranged By – Rory Gallagher Remix – Robin Sylvester Written-By – Traditional Label:Polydor ‎– PD 6519, Polydor ‎– 2383 376 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1975 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Classic Rock Notes: ‘Laundromat’ Taken from the LP ‘Rory Gallagher’ ‘Cradle Rock’ Taken from the LP ‘Tattoo’ ‘Walk On Hot Coals’ Taken from the LP ‘Blueprint’ ‘Who’s That Coming’ Taken from the LP ‘Tattoo’ ‘In Your Town’ Taken from the LP ‘Deuce’ ‘Hands Off’ Taken from the LP ‘Blueprint’ ‘Too Much Alcohol’ Taken from the LP ‘Irish Tour ’74’ ‘Bullfrog Blues’ Taken from the LP ‘Live In Europe’ .

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