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Post by hotrats63 on Aug 25, 2022 9:52:59 GMT
I was listening to Notes From San Francisco last night and realised that neither version of Wheels Within Wheels on there is the same as the version on the WWW album.
I dug out the WWW album and the liner notes refer to scrapping what became NFSF, moving to Germany and rerecording much of it for Photo-Finish.
So I presumed that the version of WWW on the WWW album came from these German sessions, and it just wasn't selected for Photo-Finish.
However the musicians are Michael Ridout on bass and Paul Bevis on drums. The liner notes on NFSF say that he only kept Gerry on bass (and he is on Photo-Finish along with Ted McKenna on drums), so who are these musicians and when was this recording session? Could there be more from it?
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Post by shadowplay jayjay on Aug 25, 2022 10:23:57 GMT
I was listening to Notes From San Francisco last night and realised that neither version of Wheels Within Wheels on there is the same as the version on the WWW album. I dug out the WWW album and the liner notes refer to scrapping what became NFSF, moving to Germany and rerecording much of it for Photo-Finish. So I presumed that the version of WWW on the WWW album came from these German sessions, and it just wasn't selected for Photo-Finish. However the musicians are Michael Ridout on bass and Paul Bevis on drums. The liner notes on NFSF say that he only kept Gerry on bass (and he is on Photo-Finish along with Ted McKenna on drums), so who are these musicians and when was this recording session? Could there be more from it? Hi hotrats63 and a very warm welcome to Rory's forum. This is very interesting question you pose here I'll try and find out for you the answer from Daniel Gallagher who is responsible and deals with all of Rory Gallagher's recordings now. Rock On for Rory Slainte Jay Jay
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Post by hotrats63 on Aug 25, 2022 10:41:01 GMT
Many thanks.
I know the WWW album was before Daniel’s time but hopefully he’s aware of the details!
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Post by shadowplay jayjay on Aug 25, 2022 10:49:59 GMT
Many thanks. I know the WWW album was before Daniel’s time but hopefully he’s aware of the details! If Daniel doesn't know the answer I'm sure he'll ask his father Donal Gallagher who was the producer of the Wheels Within Wheels album
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Post by shadowplay jayjay on Aug 25, 2022 16:07:55 GMT
Many thanks. I know the WWW album was before Daniel’s time but hopefully he’s aware of the details! Daniel Gallagher is in complete control now of all things to do with Rory Gallagher recordings and all things to do with Rory's great legacy. hotrats63 you are quite right he knows all the details to the recordings and with the track " Wheels Within Wheels " and he has kindly and promptly answered your question here... Daniel... " On the WWW track, it is the same take as the acoustic version on the NFSF album but it was mixed differently and the engineer at the time (Tony Arnold) had two guest musicians overdub parts, those musicians being Michael Ridout on bass and Paul Bevis on drums".
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Post by hotrats63 on Aug 25, 2022 19:11:33 GMT
Excellent! Many thanks for that.
It’s been a while since I played the WWW album version but I don’t recall the more recent overdubs standing out, so it must have been done well.
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Post by shadowplay jayjay on Aug 26, 2022 10:41:56 GMT
When you think about it also hotrats63 this wonderful RG song / title track from Wheels Within Wheels album. It could not have been recorded in Germany with the Photo Finish album as Lou Martin playing beautifully on piano on this WWW track had left the band. Rory reverted back to a 3 piece band after the Notes from San Francisco album.
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