The BBC Collection is an all-encompassing collection of the many recorded performances of Rory Gallagher at the BBC. These releases celebrate the importance of the artist Rory Gallagher, who was possibly the most recorded musician of the 1970s by the BBC. (Tore Down) That was the first song I ever heard playedIts a BBC recording of Rory Gallagher playing at the Paris Theatre in London in July 1972. And I was in the audience, aged 15, and those opening bars were enough to make me realise that this was something I wanted to do again and again Tore Down was my introduction to live, loud, amplified blues and when Gallagher had finished, my 15-year-old self could not contain his excitement. He ran down to the front to shake Rorys handWhen the BBC did eventually broadcast the concert, I taped it by leaning the microphone from my clunky cassette recorder against the speaker of our old transistor radio and I listened to that tape over and over again Nick Hornby, Author CD1 Cradle Rock – Live on BBC \”Sounds of The Seventies\” / 1973 Back on My Stompin\’ Ground – Live on BBC \”Sounds of The Seventies\” / 1974 I Wonder Who – Live on BBC \”Sounds of The Seventies\” / 1974 Continental Op – BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Blues Show / 1986 Tattoo\’d Lady – Live on BBC \”Sounds of The Seventies\” / 1973 Used to Be – Live on BBC \”Sounds of The Seventies\” / 1971 Bankers Blues – Live on BBC \”Sounds of The Seventies\” / 1973 Can\’t Be Satisfied (with Juan Martin) – BBC Radio 1 / 1984 I Could\’ve Had Religion – Live on BBC \”Sounds of The Seventies\” / 1972 Walk on Hot Coals – Live on BBC \”Sounds of The Seventies\” / 1973 Messin\’ with The Kid – Live on BBC \”Sounds of The Seventies\” / 1972 CD2 Shin kicker – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Last of The Independents – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Keychain – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Follow Me – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Bought and Sold – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Wayward Child – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Mississippi Sheiks – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Out on the Western Plain – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 As the Crow Flies – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Do You read Me? – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Philby – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Hellcat – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979 Cruise on Out – BBC In Concert / Live at The Venue, UK / 20 September 1979* (*previously released)