Taste “I’ll
Remember”
A Four CD Boxset of Rory Gallagher’s Taste
Eire’s First Seminal Rock Band
Released 28th August 2015
The Boxset Contains:
Remastered Versions of Their Two Acclaimed Studio Albums
“Taste” and “On
The Boards”
Including Bonus Tracks
Previously Unreleased Live Concert Recordings From
Stockholm’s
Konserthuset, The BBC and Woburn Abbey Festival
Demos of Released and Unreleased Songs
Extensive Sleevenotes Including Rare and Previously Unseen
Photographs
“I’ll
Remember”
is an extensive four disc boxset from Eire’s first
seminal rock band, Rory
Gallagher
’s, Taste . Over
half of the tracks are officially unreleased material, including live
recordings and demos, as
well as remastered versions of their two studio albums “Taste”
and “On The
Boards”. Released on 28th August on Polydor through Universal
Music
Catalogue.
Taste
were one of the world’s most
formidable live bands in the late 1960’s / early
70’s.
Fronted by one of the the
most iconic and influential guitarist of all time, Rory
Gallagher , “I’ll
Remember” captures
the essence of the band from their incredible studio recordings through
to their mind blowing live
performances.
Taste
were the beginning of an incredible career for Rory who has
inspired and drew
admiration from a plethora
of guitarists including John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Marr,
Joe Bonamassa, Slash, Eric
Clapton and Brian May signified in these quotes**...
John
Lennon “I heard Taste for the first time the other day and that
bloke is going
places”
Jimi
Hendrix when asked “How does it feel to be the
best guitarist in the world” Jimi
replied “I don’t know,
why don’t you go and ask Rory Gallagher.”
Johnny
Marr “The man who changed my musical life was Rory Gallagher, I
picked
up a guitar because of him.”
Slash
“Playing on stage with him in LA was one of the biggest
thrills for me ever.”
Eric
Clapton “The man who got me back into the blues.”
Brian
May “So these couple of kids come up, who’s me and
my mate, and say ‘How
do you get your sound Mr.
Gallagher?’ and he sits and tells us. So I owe Rory
Gallagher my sound.“
Rory
Gallagher is synonymous with his battered Fender Stratocaster,
calling it “...his lucky
charm” and that
“...it’s part of me”. To this
day, replicas of the paint stripped sunburst
Strat is one of Fender’s most
popular, and in honour of Rory’s long standing association
with the
brand, they have named their
head office conference room after him.
Track Listing
Disc One “
Taste”
“Taste” was
their debut album and originally released in April 1969. This fully remastered
version comes with six previously
unreleased bonus tracks of alternate studio recordings of
songs from the album.
Disc Two “
On The Boards”
Originally released in
January 1970. This fully remastered version also includes five
previously unreleased bonus
tracks on CD for the first time, including recordings from the
legendary German Beat Club
TV show.
Disc Three Live
in Stockholm and London
Consisting of 13 live
tracks, this is the first official release of two performances from 1970.
Tracks 1 8, “Live at
Konserthuset”, were recorded in Stockholm and include two numbers
previously unavailable on
any other official Taste album “At The Bottom” and “Nineteen
Year
Old”. Tracks
9 13, “BBC Live in Concert”, were
recorded offair
at the Paris Theatre in London
as part of John Peels’ live Top Gear sessions.
Disc Four “
Belfast Sessions and Demos” and “Live
At Woburn Abbey Festival”
Their first official
release, disc four is a collection of demo recordings made in July 1967 at
Belfast’s
Maritime Hotel, in the hope of securing the record deal with Decca Records. “Live
At Woburn Abbey Festival” was
recorded in 1968, and was Taste’s first British festival
appearance and shared the
line up with Hendrix, Donovan and John Mayall’s
Bluesbreakers
and was one of the final
appearances for the original Taste line up.
Taste
were founded in Cork, the Republic of Ireland, in late 1966 by
Rory Gallagher. They
soon built a reputation as a
formidable live band through shows in Ireland and at the German
clubs .The original line up
of Rory (lead vocal and guitar), Eric Kitteringham (bass) and
Norman D’Amery
(drums) played their first show in London at the Marquee Club on 30th
June 1967 (an audition,
under a different name) and by August they had their own
residency. By 1968 they
played at the Woburn Abbey Festival. Following auditions for
Polydor and other record
labels and a management intervention, Eric and Norman were to
depart the band with John
Wilson and Richard ‘Charlie’
McCracken joining on drums and
bass respectively.
They signed to Polydor and
released two studio albums, “Taste” in April
1969 and “On The
Boards” in January 1970. The band disbanded with a farewell show
in
Belfast on New Year's Eve
1970, with Rory going solo and selling in excess of 30 million
albums worldwide.
Taste
were Rory Gallagher’s first steps to being the
undoubted icon and inspiration that he
is today. With the recent
20th anniversary of his sad and untimely death (14th June), it was
commemorated throughout
Ireland with a series of incredible events including a
simultaneous playing of “Tattoo’d Lady” across
all of the radio stations and landmarks in
Cork.
The
Irish President, Michael D. Higgins (who has a picture of Rory on his
office wall) also
honoured him in his annual
Bloomsday Garden Party Speech, saying “... his
legacy is a
profound one, one
acknowledged in so many cities around the world. His great talent
continues to inspire and
influence a new generation of guitarists and he remains one of the
most highly regarded Irish
musicians of all time.” He went on to say...
"Rory's role in the story
Full
Track Listing:
Disc
One “
Taste”
01: Blister On The Moon (
3:26 )
02: Leaving Blues ( 4:15 )
03: Sugar Mama ( 7:14 )
04: Hail ( 2:35 )
05: Born On The Wrong Side
of Time ( 4:00 )
06: Dual Carriageway Pain (
3:13 )
07: Same Old Story ( 3:32 )
08: Catfish ( 8:04 )
09: I’m Moving
On ( 2:29 )
10: Blister On The Moon – Alt
Version ( 3:30 )
11: Leaving Blues – Alt
Version ( 4:20 )
12: Hail – Alt
Version ( 2:36 )
13: Dual Carriageway Pain – Alt
Version – No Vocal ( 3:00 )
14: Same Old Story – Alt
Version ( 3:30 )
15: Catfish – Alt
Version ( 8:00 )
Disc
Two “
On
The Boards”
01: What’s Going
On ( 2:44 )
02: Railway and Gun ( 3:33 )
03: It’s
Happened Before, It’ll Happen Again ( 6:32 )
04: If The Day Was Any
Longer ( 2:07 )
05: Morning Sun ( 2:38 )
06: Eat My Words ( 3:45 )
07: On The Boards ( 6:01)
08: If I Don’t Sing I’ll Cry (
2:38 )
09: See Here ( 3:04 )
10: I’ll
Remember ( 3:01 )
11: Railway and Gun – Off The
Boards mix ( 3:30 )
12: See Here – Alt
Version ( 3:00 )
13: It’s Happened
Before, It’ll Happen Again – Take 2 – Beat
Club audio 1970 ( 10:52 )
14: If The Day Was Any
Longer – Beat Club audio 1970 ( 2:35 )
15: Morning Sun – Beat
Club audio 1970 ( 3:31 )
16: It’s
Happened Before, It’ll Happen Again – Take 1 – Beat
Club audio 1970 ( 9:48 )
Disc
Three
Live
In Stockholm and London 1970
01: What’s Going
On ( 3:00 ) – Live in Stockholm –
September 1970
02: Sugar Mama ( 7:00 ) – Live in
Stockholm – September 1970
03: Gambling Blues ( 4:00 ) – Live in
Stockholm – September 1970
04: Sinner Boy ( 4:00 ) – Live in
Stockholm – September 1970
05: At The Bottom (4:00) – Live in
Stockholm – September 1970
06: She’s 19
Years Old ( 4:00) Live
in Stockholm –
September 1970
07: Morning Sun ( 2:40 )
Live
in Stockholm –
September 1970
08: Catfish ( 5:30 ) Live
in Stockholm –
September 1970
09: I’ll
Remember ( 5:30 ) – BBC Radio One – Live
from the Paris Theatre 1970***
10: Railway and Gun ( 4:10 )
– BBC Radio One – Live
from the Paris Theatre 1970***
11: Sugar Mama ( 6:31 ) BBC Radio
One – Live from the Paris Theatre 1970***
12: Eat My Words ( 8:17 )BBC
Radio One – Live from the Paris Theatre 1970***
13: Catfish ( 5:32 ) BBC Radio
One – Live from the Paris Theatre 1970***
*** Off air recordings
Disc
Four – Taste Mark I – Belfast Sessions and Demos / 7” single and Live at
Woburn
Abbey Festival 1968
01: Wee Wee Baby ( 2:45 ) – Major
Minor demo
02: How Many More Years (
3:24 ) – Major Minor demo
03: Take It Easy Baby ( 7:09
) Major Minor demo
04: Pardon me Mister ( 2:41
) Major Minor demo
05: You’ve Got To
Pay ( 2:42 ) – Major Minor demo
06: Norman Invasion ( 3:01 )
– Major Minor demo
07: Worried Man ( 2:30 ) – Major
Minor demo
08: Blister On The Moon – A side of
the Major Minor 7” single
09: Born On The Wrong Side
of Time – B Side of the Major Minor 7” single
10: Summertime (
Instrumental ) ( 1:31 ) Live at Woburn Abbey Festival 1968
11: Blister On The Moon (
3:38 ) Live at Woburn Abbey Festival 1968
12: I Got My Brand On You (
7:23 ) Live at Woburn Abbey Festival 1968
13: Medley – Rock Me,
Baby / Bye Bye Bird / Baby Please Don’t Go /
You Shook Me, Baby (10:59 ) Live at Woburn Abbey Festival 1968
**
Further quotes from guitarist about Rory Gallagher…
The
Edge “A pal gave me the Taste album, with the track ‘Blister
On the Moon’, I loved it
and played it over and over
all the time.”
The
Edge “A beautiful man and an amazing guitar player. He was a
very sensitive man and
a great musician.”
Bono
“One of the top ten guitar players of all time, but more
importantly, one of the top ten
good guys. Taste was my first
experience of a real rock band.”
Bono
“Taste were astonishing, Rory Gallagher was a gifted and
extraordinary performer.”
Jimmy
Page “Rory’s death really upset me. I
heard about it just before we went on stage,
and it put a damper on the
evening. I can’t say I knew him that well, but I remember meeting
him in our offices once, and
we spent an hour talking. He was such a nice guy and a great
player.”
Van
Morrison “
Rory’s death is a tragic loss of a great musician and a very
good friend.”
Vivian
Campbell “He was my first guitar hero”
Shooter
Jennings “One of the best guitarist, best songwriters and best
performers that ever
was”
Slash
“Rory Gallagher is badass”
Johnny
Marr “He was the shit!”
Ritchie
Blackmore “Rory was probably the most natural player I’ve ever
seen. In all the gigs
we did together I don’t think I
ever heard him play the same thing twice... He was the
ultimate performer.”
Peter
Frampton “When I was with Humble Pie and we were all just beginning
to feel like we
were getting it together,
Rory was the one to measure yourself against. To be able to play
like that with such
intensity was awesome and really the only other guitarist that had that
ability was Hendrix. I could
never get a sound like that from my Strat no matter how hard I
tried. He was a real credit
to music and pushed it to another level altogether.”
Joe
Satriani “Really an amazing player, very spirited... he had a
particular sound using that
Stratocaster and he really
got it because of the brute force in the way that he played, he just
had such a passion about it.”
Steven
Tyler “I remember standing at the side of the stage with Joe
(Perry) and Brad
(Whitfield) and thinking
that we better come up with something special, going on after Rory.
Boy, was he hot in those
days!... Rory’s playing was so natural that the guitar just seemed to
be a part of his hands.”
Joe
Perry “I remember the only time that we were blown off (stage)
fair and square in true
rockandroll
style. That night Rory
Gallagher was just too good to stop."
Tom
Guerra “Rory is probably the single guitarist who meant the most
to me.”
Cameron
Crowe “It was all about him playing the guitar, it got into your
soul.”
Ed
Sheeran "A Million Miles Away was the first song I learned on guitar.
The story goes that
when Jimi Hendrix was asked
how it felt to be the greatest guitarist in the world, he
answered, "I don't
know. Go ask Rory Gallagher.”
Glen
Tipton (Judas Priest) “Without a shadow of a doubt,
the person who inspired me to
become a musician, and who I
thought was unbelievable and magical was Rory Gallagher”
Ace
Frehley (Kiss) "Rory Gallagher he was a great player. I've seen him
perform several
times he just used to use a
little Fender amp and that beatup
old Strat, but boy, he could
make that guitar talk. He
was another guitar player who never got the credit he deserved, it's
incredible.”
Martin
Carthy "Words like fire, passion, friendliness, openness; these
are all the words
which apply. He was an open
book. But one word and one word only can apply, it seems, to
the person who makes life
worthwhile by example. Who loves his trade and the people who
also ply it and one who
tells them so. Who makes his peers feel good by simple presence.
Rory Gallagher graced music
as he graced humanity. The word is grace.”
Joe
Bonamassa “As soon as I heard Cradle Rock, I was hooked. I thought, ‘This is
what I
want to be when I grow up.’”
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