ALBUMS: Rory Gallagher 40th Anniversary The First Six Solo Albums Re-Issued and Re-Mastered

Sony Music in association with Capo Records and Legacy are proud to re-issue the first six original Rory Gallagher albums in chronological release date order – “Rory Gallagher” (1971), “Deuce” (1971), “Live! In Europe” (1972), “Blueprint” (1973), “Tattoo” (1973) and “Irish Tour ’74” (1974). These six seminal re-issued albums celebrate 40 years since the birth of Rory’s solo career.

Read the official press announcement here – http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/sonymusic/rorygallagher.htm


Rory Gallagher was a musician like no other. He was, and still is, one of the world’s greatest guitarists, singer/songwriters and live showmen. His guitar playing is an inspiration to some of today’s hottest guitarists including Slash, Joe Bonamassa, Brian May, Johnny Marr, and The Edge.

“The man who changed my musical life was Rory Gallagher, I picked up a guitar because of him.” – Johnny Marr

Each of the six milestone albums were released during Rory’s most prolific years (1971-74), when he recorded and produced them in the short space of three years. The albums are re-released in digipack form, with newly restored original cover art. The audio has been re-mastered from the original ¼” inch tapes, true to how Rory intended it to sound. Each album includes exclusive sleeve notes personally written by Rory’s brother and former tour manager “Donal Gallagher”, journalist “Roy Hollingworth”, and legendary rock photographer “Mick Rock”.

and here’s Mr Gallagher playing the classic ‘Tattoo’d Lady’:

CHECK IT OUT: Martin Miller Fusion Series 1 now available from jamtrackcentral.com

The talented Martin Miller’s Fusion Series 1 package is now available from jamtrackcentral.com:

Martin Miller is one of the most exciting young fusion players around at the moment. With this in mind, we are proud to have him join the JTC artist roster and we can now announce his debut package has officially arrived.
This package contains three outstanding rock/fusion tracks and comes with shortened solo tracks, extended jam tracks, full length hi-res videos of each track being played by Martin and, of course, completely accurate TAB.

Have you noticed our new slogan…’the no.1 in guitar improvisation’? Well, Martin really sums this up. He tackles these three original jam tracks with mind blowing improvised runs and he has included some notes to help you improvise over these great jam tracks too.

3 Full Hi Quality Videos in MP4
3 Solo Tracks in MP3
3 Extended Jam Tracks in MP3
Completely Accurate TAB in PDF and Powertab Format
Hints and Tips From Martin

Here’s a taster of what is on offer:

MasterThatRiff! 76 – Judas Priest “Painkiller”

First MasterThatRiff of 2012 looking at the classic “Painkiller” by Judas Priest

TAB available here.

CHECK IT OUT: Guthrie Govan and Dave Kilminster, Erotic Cakes live in Italy photo album

Been meaning to blog about this for a while, check out these fantastic shots from the Erotic Cakes gig at The Black Stuff pub in Udine,Italy:

GEAR: Guthrie Govan signature Suhr amp in the works?

Spotted this little snippet of info on the Suhr forum from John Suhr himself:

Due to the intense move we have just completed in to the new 30K sq ft building the New PT will not be at our NAMM release. I’m still finishing getting my workspace/ office together.

Pete and I have been flip flopping on which one to do first. At this moment Pete is pushing more towards the 4 channel amp. Either way it is the top priority after the show. We are still bouncing it around but the dirt channel is there and Pete is using it. Once we decide the final layout it will be a quick process. I hope to have the Kelley ready for orders and a working prototype, the Trem pedal will be done and is VERY cool programmable analog, also working on a Guthrie amp and we have the new SSCII which we can put in all our guitars including the Standards.

Guthrie will be here during NAMM and we will be working on it. Basically though it will be small and light, 2 channel.

Intriguing!

VIDEO: Van Halen new Album, Tour and intimate gig at Cafe Wha?

Well it’s all official now, the mighty Van Halen will be releasing a new album this year as well as touring the US after months of “will they, won’t they”?

The new album, A Different Kind Of Truth, will be released in the US on February 7th with the first single from the album, “Tattoo“, and its video debuting simultaneously on January 10th.

Last night they played an intimate gig at the infamous Cafe Wha? in New York. Playing some classics as well as the new song ‘She’s The Woman’.

Cafe Wha? Setlist

You Really Got Me
Runnin With THhe Devil
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Everybody Wants Some
She’s The Woman
Dance The Night Away
Panama
Hot For Teacher
Ice Cream Man
Ain’t Talkin Bout Love
Jump

Beautiful Girls
Unchained

Already some footage is appearing on the inter webs, check out these vids of Diamond Dave talking about Lady Ga Ga, footage of the new song ‘She’s The Woman’ and a little snippet of DLR on acoustic playing ‘Ice Cream Man’:

NAMM 2012: Orange Amps Launches Signature 4 Jim Root Terror Head and Cab

Orange Amplification is proud to announce the Signature #4 Jim Root Terror Head and cab, developed in association with the famed guitarist.

Jim Root has the incredible honour of showcasing his skilful playing with two of today’s best in American hard rock– the multi-Grammy nominated Stone Sour and the Grammy winning Slipknot. He has a wide range of playing styles, which come together to create a unique, uncompromising sound and tone.

The Signature #4 Jim Root Terror Head is modelled after the dirty channel on the same amp that Jim Root plays in the studio and on the road: the Orange Rockerverb 100. This all-tube, 15-watt amp is capable of far more than high gain rock and metal though. With a full 3-band EQ players will find it easy to dial in everything from vintage rock, blues and beyond. The addition of a tube-driven FX loop allows the user to take the tone in any direction they want.

His new Signature #4 Jim Root PPC212 cab has been developed alongside the head to bring you Jim’s full tone! The new cab is finished in black vinyl with a specially developed black version of the Orange basket grill cloth and proudly features the signature #4 plate on the front. With a closed back design, the cab has a tight bottom end and delivers Jim’s signature Orange tone.

Said Jim of the name on the signature head, “With this amp, simply giving it the number I use in Slipknot seemed logical. I’ve not been to apt to splash either band logo or artwork all over things, but this will be the beginning of the end of that…maybe”

To complement Jim’s own style and image, the Signature #4 Terror Head is formidable and attention grabbing, featuring the vintage ‘Pics Only’ logo in white on a black chassis. The rear of the amp has both the Slipknot and Stone Sour logos.

Specifications

Volume, Gain, Bass, Mid and Treble Controls
12AT7-Driven FX Loop
1 x 16 Ohm and 2 x 8 Ohm Outputs
Switchable Between 15/7 Watts

This is a simply essential tool for any guitarist from any playing background. Quality built for the huge sound, lush tones and high gain necessary for rock and metal music, but versatile enough to be useful in any situation!

Jim Root will be personally launching his signature #4 products on the Orange Booth #4890 Hall C at NAMM at 2pm on Saturday 21st January.