Rory Gallagher
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
April 15, 1973
Barry Goldstein Master Series Vol. 10 via JEMS

Recording Gear: Sony TC-55 portable cassette recorder

JEMS 2023 Transfer: Barry Goldstein Master Cassette > Nakamichi RX-505 azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 3.1 capture > iZotope RX > iZotope RX9 Advanced and Ozone 9 > MBIT+ resample to 16/44.1 > Audacity > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Introduction And Tuning
02 Messin' With The Kid
03 Hands Up
04 Band Introductions
05 Should've Learnt My Lesson
06 Laundromat
07 Bullfrog Blues

Known Faults:
-Laundromat: start slightly cut

Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals
Gerry McAvoy - bass
Lou Martin - keyboards
Rod de'Ath - drums

JEMS is proud to continue our partnership with longtime Southern California taper Barry Goldstein. Barry began taping in the early '70s and has been active ever since, though his later work focused more on video than audio. In his heyday, Barry was a dual threat, recording the shows he attended and photographing, too, with impressive results.

His master tapes circa 1973-83 include several previously uncirculated shows and recordings of David Bowie, Genesis, Roxy Music, Fleetwood Mac, Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton, Supertramp, The Who and others.

Beyond his own captures, Barry was a close friend of the late, great Mike "The Mike" Millard, attending many concerts with him as well as recording nights and concerts Mike didn't cover. Like Jim R, Barry shared Mike the Mike tapes with JEMS that are not in general circulation for our continuing Lost and Found series.

Vol. Ten in our series of Goldstein masters goes back to the same amazing triple bill at the Long Beach Arena on April 15, 1973. Rory Gallagher was the opening act, playing before Fleetwood Mac (released as Vol. Six) and Deep Purple (forthcoming).

Gallagher is on tour ostensibly supporting his 1972 album Live In Europe, three songs from which feature here, along with "Should've Learnt My Lesson" from 1971's Deuce and "Hands Up" from his debut. There's plenty of jamming throughout and solos are taken liberally during the closing number, "Bullfrog Blues."

As we wrote in Vol. Six, Goldstein is again positioned close to the stage. While his Sony TC-55 gets a little overwhelmed when the PA is at its loudest (resulting in a modest loss of clarity), the quality of this 51 year old recording is to our ears quite remarkable, offering sharp, clear fidelity and punchy sonics that more than hold their own. Samples provided.

A downstream copy of this show sourced from a JEMS reel has been in circulation before, but Goldstein's master tape is superior. Any fan of early Gallagher should give this one a listen. Fun to hear the MC introduce him to the stage as well as prep the audience for Fleetwood Mac after the set.

JEMS thanks Barry for trusting us with his incredible audio, video and photographic archive, and for deciding now was the time to share that material widely with fans. Please let him know how much you appreciate it in the comments.

Of course, these shows would all be stuck on hard drives if it wasn't for the contributions of mjk5510. We couldn't do it without him. Thanks as well to Professor Goody for fine tuning the pitch.

We look forward to sharing more of Barry's master recordings in 2024.

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