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Taste was an Irish rock band .

history

Taste was founded in Cork in August 1966 as a trio consisting of Rory Gallagher (guitar and vocals), Eric Kitteringham on bass and Norman Damery on drums. The band toured Ireland and also performed in Hamburg before getting a permanent job at the Maritime Hotel, an R&B club in Belfast .

After Taste began appearing more and more in Great Britain in 1968, the original line-up broke up with the exception of Gallagher. Richard McCracken on bass and John Wilson on drums were added. This formation signed a record deal with Polydor in London . Then Taste toured the United States and Canada with the British supergroup Blind Faith . In 1969 the band recorded the studio albums Taste and On the Boards . The second album contains clear jazz influences, so Gallagher played some passages on the saxophone. In November 1969 the band opened the " Cream’s Farewell" concerts together with Yes .

On August 28, 1970, Taste performed at the Isle of Wight Festival , along with bands such as Chicago and Procol Harum . This concert was very well received by the audience and the band was called out to give five encores. The band then toured Europe and gave a show in Belfast on New Year's Eve 1970. After that, Taste broke up as front man Rory Gallagher wanted to focus on a solo career. McCracken and Wilson then formed the band Stud with other musicians .

At the end of 2006 John Wilson gave a few concerts under the name Taste. He was complemented by Nick Scott on bass and Sam Davidson on guitar. Eric Kitteringham, the bass player of the original line-up, died on May 7, 2013 in Cork at the age of 66.

occupation

August 1966 to May 1968

  • Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals, saxophone, harmonica
  • Eric Kitteringham - bass
  • Norman Damery - drums

May 1968 to October 1970

  • Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals, saxophone, harmonica
  • Richard McCracken - bass
  • John Wilson - drums

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IE IE DE DE UK UK US US
1969 button - - - US133 (9 weeks)
US
1970 On the boards - DE33 (2 weeks)
DE 		UK18 (11 weeks)
UK 		-
1971 Live button - DE38 (2 weeks)
DE 		UK14 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
1972 Taste - Live at the Isle of Wight - - UK41 (1 week)
UK 		-
2015 I'll remember IE41 (1 week)
IE 		DE39 (1 week)
DE 		- -
4 CD box
What's Going On - Live at the Isle of Wight - DE37 (2 weeks)
DE 		- -

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

  • 1972: Taste First ( BASF , recorded July 1967)
  • 1974: In the Beginning, an Early Taste of Rory Gallagher (Emerald)
  • 1974: Take It Easy Baby (demo recording)

Singles

  • 1968: Blister on the Moon / Born on the Wrong Side of Time (Major Minor, Edited for Polydor Records in 1969)
  • 1969: Wrong Side of Time / Same Old Story (Polydor)
  • 1969: What's Going On / Wrong Side of Time & Blister on the Moon (Polydor)
  • 1972: Wee Wee Baby / You've Got to Play (BASF, only in Germany)
  • What's Going On / Railway & Gun (Polydor)
  • 1982: Blister on the Moon & Sugar Mama / Catfish & On the Boards (Polydor)
  • Born on the Wrong Side of Time / Same Old Story (Polydor, only in Italy and Japan)
  • If I Don't Sing I'll Cry / I'll Remember (Polydor, only in Spain)

Video albums

  • 1995: Message to Love ( Isle of Wight Festival : Recordings of Sinner Boy and Gamblin 'Blues )
  • 2015: What's Going On: Live At The Isle Of Wight

literature

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  1. ↑ The death has occurred of Eric KITTERINGHAM of Fitzgerald's Place, Fermoy and Victoria Road, Cork City, Cork  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 12, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rip.ie  
  2. ↑ Taste bassist Kitteringham dead at 66 ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 12, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.classicrockmagazine.com
  3. ↑ Chart sources: IE (from 2000) DE UK
  4. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

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