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2006 live album by Rory Gallagher
Live at Montreux
Live album by Rory Gallagher
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)

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.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rory Gallagher; except where indicated

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

Personnel

  • 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

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) Gold 7,500

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  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.

External links

Rory Gallagher
Studio albums
Live albums
Posthumous albums
Compilations
Box sets
Videos
  • What's Going on – Taste Live at the Isle of Wight
  • Ghost Blues – The Story of Rory Gallagher
  • Live at Montreux
  • Live at Rockpalast
  • Live in Cork
  • Irish Tour '74
Taste albums
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