Rory Gallagher
The Colonial Tavern
Toronto
Mar. 19 1973 - first night

analog audience recording
taper : M

lineage : master cassette>CDR>WAV>Soundforge>FLAC level 8 (w/verify & align)

Track List :

Disc 1 (46:11) - set one

101 Messin' With The Kid
102 Hands Off
103 Should've Learned My Lesson
104 Laundromat
105 Walk On Hot Coals
106 Pistol-Slapper Blues
107 Seventh Son (cut - fades out)

Disc 2 (45:16) - set two

201 Could've Had Religion
202 Tore Down
203 Used To Be
204 Gypsy Woman
205 In Your Town


The first night of Rory's 6-night stand at the old Colonial (now long-gone) & a pretty darn
good recording considering it was made 33 years ago .... I received this show directly
from the taper & did nothing but tracking & a few fade in/outs - no equalization or noise
reduction at all ....

A Few Notes -

- I talked to M about this series of shows & he remembers him & a bunch of friends going
to all of them , also , they collectively taped all of them as well ..... where the other nights
are , well , M's not sure he still has copies of them but you never know - he might find
them someday .... we hope.

- I've seen only 2 of these Colonial shows in trade lists - the 19th & the 24th . These lists
put the running time of either of these nights at approx. 130 mins. which I find puzzling.
Why? Well , M mentioned that the last song on side 1 of the tape was cut due to the tape running out (he only could afford to buy 1 blank cassette at the time) BUT he sure never
mentioned anything about approx. 40 mins. missing (lack of tape or no) ! Since this is my
first time EVER hearing this gig , I couldn't begin to say how much more (besides the rest
of Seventh Son) could be missing .... Any clarification by people who have heard other
versions of Mar.19th would be gratifying - I hate to think I've uploaded a show that's
missing almost 1/4 of the music played !

However incomplete this might be , at the very least , this is no doubt the best-sounding
version of THIS source we're probably ever likely to hear & I highly recommend Rory
fans go for it ....

Thanx to M for his generosity & to Keef who made this all possible ......as usual

This one's for our resident Gallagher Guru - Jeff James ..... a very patient man , who
hardly bugged me at all for this . Sorry for the wait bro ...... hope it was worth it !

peace ,

kev