Live at Montreux (Rory Gallagher album)

Live at Montreux is a posthumous live album released by Irish blues guitarist Rory Gallagher in 2006. It is a live collection recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1985. The CD contains the 12 highlights from those shows.[1]

Live at Montreux
Live album by
Released31 July 2006
Recorded1975, 1977, 1979, 1985
VenueMontreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
GenreBlues rock
Length1:15:58
LabelEagle
ProducerRory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher chronology
Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory Gallagher
(2005)
Live at Montreux
(2006)
The Essential
(2008)

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Rory Gallagher; except where indicated

  1. "Laundromat" (1975) [from Rory Gallagher] – 7:49
  2. "Toredown" (Sonny Thompson) (1975) – 4:53
  3. "I Take What I Want" (1977) [from Against the Grain] – 5:59
  4. "Bought and Sold" (1977) [from Against the Grain] – 5:47
  5. "Do You Read Me" (1977) [from Calling Card] – 5:48
  6. "The Last of the Independents" (1979) [from Photo-Finish] – 5:59
  7. "Off The Handle" (1979) [from Top Priority] – 8:27
  8. "The Mississippi Sheiks" (1979) [from Photo-Finish] – 5:30
  9. "Out On The Western Plain" (Huddie Ledbetter) (1979) [from Against the Grain] – 5:23
  10. "Too Much Alcohol" (J.B. Hutto) (1979) – 5:02
  11. "Shin Kicker" (1985) [from Photo-Finish] – 7:05
  12. "Philby" (1985) [from Top Priority] – 8:16

Personnel

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  • Rory Gallagher – guitars, vocals
  • Gerry McAvoy – bass guitar
  • Lou Martin – keyboards (1–5)
  • Rod de'Ath – drums, percussion (1–5)
  • Ted McKenna – drums (6–10)
  • Brendan O'Neill – drums, percussion (11–12)

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[2] Gold 7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Rory Gallagher: Live At Montreux 1975–94 (CD + 2DVD) (The Definitive Collection) (CD) – jpc". jpc.de (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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