Rééditions 2012 (Sony Legacy)

Emi a écrit:Mais maintenant je pense à un truc... Les rééditions par Eagle dans quelques temps ... Elles vont valoir une fortune ! Vu qu'elles ont été éphémères! Non...?

JOEY a écrit:
LUDO

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Rory Gallagher has been described as Ireland's first rock star. This year marks the 40th anniversary of his solo career which began with the release of his first album in 1971. Rock critic Neil McCormick explains why Gallagher was inspirational to his generation.

Sony approached us saying they’d like to do something with the albums such as updating the artwork as the previous releases had been available for 10-12 years and they felt it could do with some freshening up. I thought if they were keen to do something with the records again that they should go back to the original mixes as I felt it would be unfair to the fans to encourage them to buy the same CDs but with a few more pictures etc. I also knew there’d been a few ‘issues’ from fans regarding the remixed releases so I felt going back to the originals would hopefully please everyone. (...)

These new re-issues with Sony are for the territories they have the license for such as Europe and Asia, where like I mentioned no work had been done on these albums for 12 years. So while all the press releases and reviews that fans may read come across as one thing, these are very separate releases for different countries or ‘markets’ as the labels like to call them.

The albums are new masters of the original Polydor era mixes. I took the original 1/4 inch tapes to two separate mastering engineers. One specifically for vinyl mastering the other for CD and digital. I understand your point about the previous releases being very loud and that is not the case on these at all, the mastering engineers made a point that these weren’t going to be pushed to extreme for volume.

I felt it was important that the correct track sequencing was in place, I’m not sure what had happened on the previous releases (I was still in school!) but my whole idea for these releases was that they should be as close as is possible to Rory’s intention when originally released.

Chino a écrit:Reste à savoir si Persuasion est bien titre enregistré lors des sessions de San Francisco en 1977 (comme le pense Garbage Man), ou une outtake de l'album Deuce, qui alors daterait de 1971. Cette énigme n'est pas encore totalement résolue!

Persuasion, when previously a bonus track, did come from the San Francisco Sessions, I think it was mixed without keyboards and less instrumentation to make it fit more with the Deuce three piece sound (...) Persuasion on Notes From San Francisco is how the song should be heard.

Garby a écrit:Donc j'avais raison au sujet de Persuasion !

The second set of classic Rory Gallagher albums to undergo the remastering treatment this year, covering the 1975 to 1982 era, couldn’t be timed better for fans, coinciding with the release of Marcus Connaughton’s Rory Gallagher: His Life and Times, the first comprehensive biography of the blues rock legend.

The albums released under the Sony Legacy Recordings/Capo Records project include Against the Grain (1975), Calling Card (1976), Photo Finish (1978), Top Priority (1979), and Jinx (1982), and pick up the Gallagher story following the seminal Irish Tour ’74 live album.

Calling Card is faring particularly well in the critical assessments, for its clean, unfussy production, strong songwriting (including the title track, Moonchild and Edged in Blue), and, of course, Gallagher’s exceptional guitar playing.

Available for a limited period in deluxe digipack format, the albums have been digitally remastered from the original quarter-inch tapes, and restore the originals’ vinyl album artwork.

RORY GALLAGHER
THE LAST SERIES OF CLASSIC ALBUMS
RE-MASTERED AND REISSUED

Includes Original Artwork, Bonus Tracks, Exclusive Booklet
CD (Digipack), Download & Vinyl
Released Monday 16th September 2013

Sony Legacy Recordings in association with Capo Records, is proud to announce the next series of Rory Gallagher’s classic albums re-mastered. The reissued series of classic albums continues with the following Rory Gallagher albums ‘Stage Struck’ (1980), ‘Defender’(1987), ‘Fresh Evidence’ (1990)

Each reissue has been digitally re-mastered to stunning effect from the original ¼ inch tapes and features digitally restored original vinyl release album artwork, new booklet content and bonus tracks. The albums will be released in the UK on September 16th for a limited period in deluxe digi-packaging.

Rory Gallagher was a musician like no other. He was, and still is, one of the world’s greatest guitarists, singers, song writers and live showmen. His music lives on through generations of guitarists including Slash, Joe Bonamassa, Brian May, Johnny Marr and The Edge; and also through his amazing catalogue including some of his finest works included in this collection of releases.

Each of the three albums are now re-released in digipack form, with restored artwork based on the original first release cover art. The audio has been re-mastered from the original ¼” inch tapes. Each album includes exclusive sleeve notes, album reviews and rare photographs.