Rory Gallagher [50th Anniversary Edition]

This 1999 reissue contains two bonus tracks.Personnel: Rory Gallagher (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, alto saxophone); Vincent Crane (piano); Gerry McAvoy (bass); Wilgar Campbell (drums, percussion).Recorded at Advision Studios, London, England. Originally released on Atlantic (33368). Includes liner notes by Donal Gallagher.Digitally remastered by Tony Arnold (Courthouse Facilities, Dorset, England).This is part of Buddha Records' Original Masters series.Rory Gallagher's solo debut picks up where On The Boards left off - it's a solid, but significantly less raucous, blues rock outing with ten original tunes that were far more than skeletons for his incisive Strat picking. "Laundromat," "Hands Up," and "Sinner Boy"'s distinctive riffs were early concert favorites, but the album's ballads were some of Gallagher's strongest. "For the Last Time," "Just the Smile" and the acoustic "I'm Not Surprised" mixed strains of Delta blues with strong melodic sensibilities into songs of rare po