"Player" special edition-e / maybe i will

- Japanese Mooks 2 -

# Gakki-no-Hon (1976)
# THE HANDBOOK (1977)
# Player SPECIAL2 Jan. 1978 special edition (1978)
# BRITISH ROCK GUITAR 2 (1978)
# THE GUITAR (1979)
# THE HANDBOOK 2 (1979)
# THE GUITAR 2 (1980)
# We Love Fenfer Guitars (1982)

Gakki-no-Hon 1976

1976 Gakki-no-Hon

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ANDWAY OF MUSICAL LIFE
Gakki-no-Hon 1976

+ Published : 30 June 1976
+ Player Corpolation
+ 1300yen

This is an encyclopedia about musical instruments. Guitars, drums, keyboards, microphones...etc.
Especially about guitars, there are many guitar maker's page. It's a kind of "guitar catalog 76".

There are a couple of Rory pictures (Fender story page and "The Rock Guitarists" colum).

At the page of "Steve (Steven) Rosen's pick collection", Rory's pick appears too.

Rory Gallagher
He is the nicest player whom I ever met. Rory gave it to me with pleasure.

YMM Player special edition "THE HAND BOOK" (1977)

The Young Mates Music Player special edition
THE HANDBOOK

- 1 Nov. 1977
- Player Corpolation
- 480yen
- photo & text by Toshi Yajima

a Japanese mook about musical instruments, published in 1977.
It's included reports about Rory Gallagher and Ronnie Lane, interview with Jackson Brown and so on.

4 pages about Rory. The reporter (Toshi Yajima / a music writer and photographer, lived in London at that time) visited Rory's home in Cork (August or September, 1977).

** My Rory-friend Shinolez translated this report to English. .

Besides the Cork report there are two articles about Rory's Guitars.

Player Special 2 (Jan 1978)

Player Special 2 , Jan. 1978

Vol.118 1978

- 25 Jan. 1978
- Player Corpolaton
- 1000yen

3 pictures on an article "Fender vs Gibson"

YYM Player special edition "BRITISH ROCK GUITAR .1" (1978)

YYM Player special edition "BRITISH ROCK GUITAR .1"

- 30 Apr. 1978
- Player Corpolation
- 1200yen

+ interview / from "Guitar Player" / 19 pages
. . -->>> "Rory On !!" (article # 9 )

+ many black and white photos

+ Score : "Tattoo'd Lady" (from "Tattoo")
. . "A Million Miles Away" (from "Irish Tour")

# Jeff Beck :You Know What I Mean / Scatterbrain / Definitely Maybe
# Peter Frampton : Show Me The Way / I'm in You
# Rory Gallagher : Tattoo'd Lady / A Million Miles Away
# Robin Trower : Daydream
# Alvin Lee : Love Like A Man
# Stave Hackett : Fifth of Fifth

+ Discography
. . very interesting note ....

. . .

pre-Photo-Finish album's line up?
(This mook was published in March or April, 1978)

(-->> "Notes From San Francisco" 2011)

THE GUITAR (1979)

Player special edition "THE GUITAR"

- 25 Jan. 1978
- Player Corpolation
- 1000yen

A special edition of "Player" magazine.
featured a lot of musicians' guitars.
4 pages for Rory Gallagher. Rory, Strat, Esquire and National.
These pictures were taken by Toshi Yajima.

Player special edition "The Hand Book Part.2" (1979)

Player special edition The Hand Book 1979 Part II

- 31 Oct. 1979

- Player Corpolation
- 560yen
- the USA : by Steven Rosen
- the UK : by Toshi Yajima

The book about sound effects. There wasn't any article about Rory, but there were two photos (color & monochrome).

Monochrome "jumping Rory" photo was taken by Simon Fowler. We can see this photo on several foreign magazines. Color photo was taken by Dieter Zill. With Roger Taylor (Queen). At open air festival's back stage?? *It was probably at the open air festival in Saarbrucken, Germany (Ludwigsparkstadion / 18th Aug. 1979)
	++ reference material ++ from Dutch magazine "Hitkrant" (20th Sep. 1979 issue), photo by Dieter Zill (thanks wim from Rory Gallagher & Taste!!)