Rory Gallagher - Stage Struck (Live) (Remastered 2017) (1980/2018)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 394 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 132 MB | 00:56:25
Blues Rock | Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Guitarist Gallagher's third officially released live album (during his lifetime) captures him on a grinding world tour in 1979 and 1980, pumping out blues-rockers with requisite aggression, yet none of the charm and subtlety that made his previous concert recordings so essential. The song selection is weak as it concentrates on lesser tracks from his late-'70s collections, but more problematically, the Irishman sounds like he's rushing the tunes and generally playing too loud. The arrangements bludgeon the songs behind a Wall of Sound, as Rory spits, rather than sings the lyrics, shouting above the crashing fray.