Blueprint [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Rory Gallagher | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: Buddha
• ASIN: B00004KD1D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,379 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dont bother,,,,, March 3, 2004

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Dave Dodson (Chandler, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blueprint (Audio CD)

,,bother reading each and every review to choose your first Rory album,as all of his recordings are excellent. Each with its own personality, but with some common threads, such as his blues based great guitar work. Its amazing how such a back to basic,mostly power trio can have so much variety with so many albums. I must say, if your tastes come from classic power rock, I'd start with something like 'Calling Card','Top Prioity', Photo Finish, or even this one, but no matter,,pick anyone,,you cant go wrong.

I must give a huge 'thank you' to Rory's brother Donal who keeps putting out unreleased/lost recordings.
Keep it up Donal, I and every other Rory fan will keep buying them up.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Lost Gem, June 10, 2002

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Charles A Galupi "music snob" (Euless, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blueprint (Audio CD)

Rory Gallagher may be the best unknown guitarist of the 70s (apologies to Johhny Winter and Roy Buchannon, but it's true) and THE best slide guitar player after Duane Allman died. And this [along with Tattoo and Irish Tour '74] is another example of Gallagher at his prime.

Leading off with the firey "Walk on Hot Coals" and it's tale of a lowdown gambler, Rory and his... band [Rod D'Arth on drums, Gerry McAvoy on bass and the recently added and incredible Lou Martin on keyboards] grab the listener by the throat and don't let up. "Daughter of the Everglades" the next track is more subdued and pretty, but the band, especially Martin's organ/electric piano fills add to the swirling carnivalesque feel [see"Tattoo'd Lady" on Tattoo]. "Banker's Blues" is Rory on acoustic [probably National steel ala Johnny Winter] and harmonica and Martin on blues piano doing their best Leadbelly. Then it's back to straight ahead rockers for "Hands Off" with more great by Martin again on piano. This and "Race the Breeze" may be the best examples of how adding the keyboards opened Rory and the band up from the restrictions of playing as a trio. "If I had a Reason" is a nice honky tonk feeling waltz with some nice quiet slide, almost approaching the sound of a pedal steel.

The Bonus tracks on this one are a studio take of "(Back on My) Stompin' Ground", a track as far as I know only found on the Irish Tour album. It's a nice little blues rocker, reminiscent of something Peter Green might have done with Fleetwood Mac in the early years of that band [see the BBC Sessions of Fleetwood Mac]. "Treat Her Right" is, according to the liner notes, something Rory had been playing for years, and something I know I have heard, but just can't place. It's a speeded up version of an oldie with the band laying down a wall of sound [ala Jimi Hendrix's version of Howlin Wolf's "Killing Floor" on the Radio One Sessions] and Rory throwing down a couple really good solos down. Truly a nice find.

If you're just finding out about Rory, this is another good starting point.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Captures Mr. Gallagher in his typical fine form, September 30, 2004

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loce_the_wizard "loce_the_wizard" (Lilburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blueprint (Audio CD)

It's hard not to just sit and shake your head and wonder why the late Rory Gallagher never achieved the acclaim he merited and what might have been were Rory still among us.

This remastering of his 1973 release "Blueprint" captures Mr. Gallagher in his typical fine form, whether finessing the slide, breaking off some acoustic blues, or flat-out blistering the frets. And as is the blueprint for any Rory Gallagher recording, there is plenty of variety in his song selection. His band, now a foursome augmented by Lou Martin on keyboards and extra guitar, hang with Rory and frame his guitar wizardry with deft, solid support.

"Blueprint" serves as a fine entry point for those just discovering Rory Gallagher and a welcome addition for those rounding out their collection of his recordings.