Customer Ratings & Reviews

Rory Gallagher was an amazing guitar player, singer and songwriter. This album packs all of his skills into the songs.

Veteran's Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa, 1982. Gallagher opened for Rush. Rory came out and with his shear energy and frenzied performance brought the house down!!! The day after the show I could hardly wait to get to a, (yeah, I show my age), record store and find those amazing songs: "Shin Kicker", "Brute Force and Ignorance", "Cloak and Dagger", " Mississippi Sheiks" and please don't forget, "Shadow Play". Those songs stuck out like a gold vein in the side of a mountain. Simply some of the greatest rock songs I've EVER heard!!! I bought the album and couldn't wait for the CD. Frankly, I could do without the extra tunes on any of the Rory Gallagher reissues. The extended liner notes are great but you can't improve, on what I believe to be, one of the best collections of guitar rockers committed to disk-whether it be vinyl or plastic!!! Do yourself a favor and purchase this disk of doozies. I wish this Irish-rocker was still around to blow Rush off the stage again. (Hey, I like old Rush so don't hate me too bad.) Sadly, we lost this wonderful gentleman of Rock `n' Roll back in 1995.