The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Review from All Music Guide:
This might be the best debut album ever delivered by an American blues band, a bold, powerful, hard-edged, soulful essay in electric blues with a native Southern ambience. Some lingering elements of the psychedelic era then drawing to a close can be found in "Dreams," along with the template for the group's on-stage workouts with "Whipping Post," and a solid cover of Muddy Waters' "Trouble No More." There isn't a bad song here, and only the fact that the group did even better the next time out keeps this from getting the highest possible rating.
Tracklist:
All songs by Gregg Allman except as noted
1. "Don't Want You No More" (Spencer Davis/Eddie Hardin) – 2:29
2. "It's Not My Cross to Bear" – 4:48
3. "Black Hearted Woman" – 5:20
4. "Trouble No More" (Muddy Waters) – 3:47
5. "Every Hungry Woman" – 4:16
6. "Dreams" – 7:19
7. "Whipping Post" – 5:19
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971)
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
At Fillmore East
{MFSL Gold}
Label: MFSL
Catalog Number: UDCD 2-558
Country Of Origin: USA
Original Release Date: 1971
Release Date Of This Disc: 1992
Tracklist:
DISC 01
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01 Statesboro Blues
02 Done Somebody Wrong
03 Stormy Monday
04 You Don't Love Me
DISC 02
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01 Hot 'Lanta
02 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
03 Whipping Post
The Allman Brothers Band - Beginnings (1973)
Released: 1973
Styles: Blues, Blues-Rock
CD: Capricorn 531 259-2
This is where the group's CD release history gets complicated. Beginnings was originally put together by Atco as a double-LP to encourage new fans who'd missed them to buy the group's first two albums, and proved so successful that it was kept in print on CD by Polydor when it acquired the group's catalog. Polydor's single-CD version of this double-LP, however, was substandard in audio quality, digitized from an LP production master, and their individual CDs of The Allman Brothers Band and Idlewild South were far superior. But when Capricorn got the library back in 1997, they remastered Beginnings along with the rest of the library, and the Capricorn version of this CD is one of the better bargains going. - Review by Bruce Eder, AMG.
Duane Allman - Guitar, Slide Guitar • Gregg Allman - Organ, Piano, Vocals • Dickey Betts - Guitar • Thom Doucette - Harmonica, Percussion • Jai Johanny Johanson - Percussion, Conga, Drums, Timbales • Berry Oakley - Bass, Vocals • Butch Trucks - Drums, Tympani
Tracklist:
1. Don't Want You No More - 2:25 • 2. It's Not My Cross to Bear - 5:02 • 3. Black Hearted Woman - 5:08 • 4. Trouble No More - 3:45 • 5. Every Hungry Woman - 4:13 • 6. Dreams - 7:18 • 7. Whipping Post - 5:17 • 8. Revival Betts - 4:04 • 9. Don't Keep Me Wonderin' - 3:40 • 10. Midnight Rider - 3:00 • 11. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - 6:54 • 12. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - 4:54 • 13. Please Call Home - 4:00 • 14. Leave My Blues at Home - 4:15
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers And Sisters (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers And Sisters (1973) {MFSL UDCD 617}
Tracklist:
01. Wasted Words
02. Ramblin' Man
03. Come And go Blues
04. Jelly Jelly
05. Southbound
06. Jessica
07. Pony Boy
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1970)
Tracklist:
1. Revival 4:05
2. Don't Keep Me Wonderin' 3:31
3. Midnight Rider 2:59
4. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 6:56
5. Hoochie Coochie Man 4:57
6. Please Call Home 4:02
7. Leave My Blues At Home 4:17
The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band - Live At Ludlow Garage 1970 (1990)
The Allman Brothers Band - Live at Ludlow Garage 1970 (2CD Polydor 1990)
CD1
01. Dreams
02. Statesboro Blues
03. Trouble No More
04. Dimples
05. Every Hungry Woman
06. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
07. Hoochie Coochie Man
CD2
01. Mountain Jam
Total time: 91m09s
The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band - Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970)
Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Introduction 1:04
2. Statesboro Blues 6:05
3. Trouble No More 4:04
4. Don't Keep Me Wonderin' 3:48
5. Dreams 9:48
6. Every Hungry Woman 4:31
7. Hoochie Coochie Man 5:29
8. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 11:34
9. Whipping Post 14:46
10. Mountain Jam Part I 10:35
11. Rain delay 1:14
12. Mountain Jam Part II 6:51
Disc 2:
1. Introduction 1:10
2. Don't Keep Me Wonderin' 4:04
3. Statesboro Blues 4:25
4. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 13:13
5. Stormy Monday 9:03
6. Whipping Post 14:23
7. Mountain Jam 28:20
The Allman Brothers Band - Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970)
Epic 2dc
AMG Review:
For the first time anywhere -- officially or not -- two (mostly) complete performances by the Allman Brothers at the Atlanta International Pop Festival over the Fourth of July weekend (they were the bookends of the fest) in 1970 have been issued with stellar sound, complete annotation and cool liner notes. The festival took place while the Allmans were in the process of recording their second album, Idlewild South, when they appeared on July 3 as the hometown openers of the entire festival and proceeded to blow the minds of over 100,000 people -- for their last set on July 5 at 3:50 a.m. they performed in front of as many as 500,000. Musically, other than a somewhat stiff version of "Statesboro Blues," the July 3 set is magical. There is a stunning version of "Dreams" lasting almost ten minutes with beautiful Hammond/guitar interplay between Gregg and Dickey. Long and ferocious versions of "Whipping Post" and "Mountain Jam" are here, but the track on the July 3 set is Berry Oakley's feral vocal read of Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man." " A short (5:49) version of this song, it has a rock & roll immediacy that is strained out of the longer versions to gain the improvisational edge. Disc one also restores Gregg Allman's "Every Hungry Woman," to its rightful place -- previously only having been available on an anthology. Harp player Thom Doucette, no stranger to ABB fans, is here aplenty, adding his righteous, stinging harp lines to many tracks on both nights. The way Gregg's organ playing is recorded here offers a new view of just how integral an anchor he was for both guitarists to play off. He is a monster musician and, even at this early date, was showing off his improvisational and rhythmic skills.
Disc two is graced by the original live mixes of "Statesboro Blues" and "Whipping Post" that were released on First Great Rock Festivals of the Seventies and these are stunning for their intensity and focus, as well as clarity. "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" is as tough a set opener as there is with the ringing slide guitars attacking one another and going for broke to kick things off. The long versions of "Stormy Monday" and "'Liz Reed" are among the most intimate and groundbreaking the band ever recorded, while "Whipping Post" transmutes itself into a jazz tune for a few minutes and changes everything. The nearly half-hour "Mountain Jam" is deepened here by the addition of a third guitarist: Johnny Winter sits in with the ABB and Doucette for the definitive version of this classic -- you can forget the one on Eat a Peach after this. While it won't replace Live at the Fillmore East as the greatest live record ever made, this is an essential purchase for ABB fans, one that gives us the treat of a dignified rendering of a very important and defining moment in the band's early career. It also provides an excellent, even mind-blowing introduction to a band that was at the peak of its power.
The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Allman Brothers Band
Track Listing:
1. Trouble No More (1969) (McKinley Morganfield) 3:48
2. Done Somebody Wrong [live] (Elmore James) 4:17
3. Stormy Monday [live] (Aaron Thibideau Walker) 8:51
4. Can't Lose What You Never Had (1989) (McKinley Morganfield) 5:52
5. Statesboro Blues [live] (William McTell) 4:14
6. One Way Out [live] (Aleck Ford Miller) 4:58
7. Hoochie Coochie Man (1970) (Willie Dixon) 4:57
8. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town (live) (1970) (William Weldon / Ray Jacobs) 9:19
9. Dimples [live] (John Lee Hooker) 4:59
10. Need Your Love So Bad (1971) (William Edgar John) 4:04
As any fan knows — heck, as anyone who's listened to the radio since 1970 knows — there was much more to the Allman Brothers Band than blues. Blues-rock, however, was a foundation of their music, and that's what you'll hear on this compilation, which is part of the Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues CD series, issued in conjunction with the television documentary series The Blues. As is proper, almost all of this is from the band's early years; all but two of the songs were recorded between September 1969 and June 1971, and none of them postdate 1979. So the accent falls very heavily on their Southern rockified covers of blues songs by Elmore James, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Blind Willie McTell, and Sonny Boy Williamson, including tunes that were among the group's most popular, among them "Trouble No More," "Statesboro Blues," "One Way Out," "You Don't Love Me," and "Dimples." That means there's no room for the considerable chunk of their repertoire that also mixed in pop, straight-ahead hard rock, jazz, and country, like "Dreams," "Ramblin' Man," "Whipping Post," and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." But if you are in the mood for the blues and the blues only, this is certainly a good (and long, running 74 minutes) sampler of the sounds that made them the most esteemed American blues-rock interpreters.
1. Trouble No More (Waters) - 3:47
2. Done Somebody Wrong [live] (James) - 4:16
3. Stormy Monday (Walker) - 8:50
4. Can't Lose What You Never Had (Morganfield) - 5:51
5. Statesboro Blues [live] (McTell) - 4:13
6. One Way Out [live] (James/Sehorn/Williamson) - 4:57
7. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (Dixon) - 4:57
8. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town [live] (Jordan/Weldon) - 9:19
9. Dimples [live] (Bracken/Hooker) - 4:59
10. Need Your Love So Bad (Mertis) - 4:04
11. You Don't Love Me [live] (Cobbs) - 19:17