BMG To Reissue Four Classic Gary Moore Albums On CD And Vinyl In 2026

BMG have announced a major set of reissues from the catalogue of guitar legend Gary Moore, with four key titles due back in print on CD and double vinyl during the first half of 2026. The campaign revisits a vital period in Moore’s blues driven career, bringing three studio sets and one live release to a new audience.

The studio run starts with Old New Ballads Blues, originally released in 2006 as Moore’s fifteenth solo album. The record sees him digging deep into the blues he loved, mixing his own songs with material by greats such as Otis Rush and Willie Dixon, and featuring Don Airey on keyboards. It is a collection that underlines how naturally Moore could shift between tender ballads, slow burning blues and tougher, more modern arrangements.

One year later came Close As You Get. For this album Moore stripped things back and moved even closer to traditional blues, reuniting with his former Thin Lizzy bandmate Brian Downey, who plays drums across the record. The songs lean into raw grooves and spacious arrangements, letting Moore’s tone, phrasing and vocal fire carry the emotion.

The final studio album in the run is 2008’s Bad For You Baby, Moore’s seventeenth solo set and the last studio release issued during his lifetime. Here he pushes a harder, more rock edged take on the blues, including covers of two tracks strongly associated with Muddy Waters and standout collaborations with Cassie Taylor and Otis Taylor. The album shows that, even this late into his career, Moore was still finding new ways to balance power and feel.

Completing the reissue programme is the live collection Live At Bush Hall. Recorded in 2007 at an intimate, invitation only show promoting Close As You Get, the set pairs Moore once again with Brian Downey for a 13 song performance that moves from originals to classics.

Thin Lizzy’s Don’t Believe A Word is the only Lizzy song included, but the show also captures rarer live cuts such as Chuck Berry’s 30 Days, Moore’s own Trouble At Home and Sonny Boy Williamson’s Eyesight To The Blind.

Across his career Gary Moore left a deep mark on both blues and rock, from his evocative solo hits Parisienne Walkways and Still Got The Blues to his stints with Thin Lizzy and collaborations with names like George Harrison, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Greg Lake, B.B. King, Albert King and Albert Collins.

He moved up through the rock ranks in the 1980s before turning away from the flashier side of Heavy Metal to concentrate on the blues, where he would score some of his biggest successes in the 1990s and 2000s.

Moore died on 6 February 2011, but his influence is still felt in the playing of countless guitarists and he remains widely regarded as one of the most important Irish musicians of all time. These new editions of Old New Ballads Blues, Close As You Get, Bad For You Baby and Live At Bush Hall give fans and collectors another chance to hear a master at work on record, whether on CD or spread across heavyweight vinyl.

All four titles are due on CD on 27 February, with the double vinyl editions following on 24 April. Pre orders are available now through the official Gary Moore store or via gary-moore.lnk.to/releases.

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