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Few bands shaped the sound of what came to be known as southern rock quite like The Allman Brothers Band. As part of the celebrations surrounding their 50th anniversary, Allman Brothers Recording Company and The Orchard have announced a new four-CD collection of unreleased live material called Fillmore West '71, due for release on September 6.
Recorded just two months before their legendary New York City live album At Fillmore East, the Fillmore West '71 set collects all the recordings from a weekend run at San Francisco's Fillmore West in January of 1971, sourced from the original reel-to-reel soundboard masters. It presents the band in their prime with Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jaimoe, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks firing on all cylinders with sets that were equal parts loose and intense.The tracks within include fiery and often lengthy versions of some of their most beloved material: from "Statesboro Blues," and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," to "Midnight Rider," and a typically incendiary "Whipping Post," the band delivers the goods across all three nights.
While each night was special, the January 31 show (spread across Discs 2 and 3) was particularly intense, with churning takes on "Hoochie Coochie Man" and a newer jam called "Hot 'Lanta." The January 31 show closes with "Whipping Post," but the label has offered up a thrilling bonus track: a 45-minute workout on "Mountain Jam" recorded at The Warehouse in New Orleans on March 13, 1970. The press release notes that this particular version has never been released before.
As for configurations, Fillmore West '71 will be available as a standard 4-CD or as a music/T-shirt bundle exclusive to The Allmans' Online Shop. You can check out "Trouble No More," the preview track debuted by Rolling Stone, below and keep scrolling for a complete track listing and pre-order links!
The Allman Brothers Band, Fillmore West '71 (Allman Brothers Recording Company/Orchard, 2019)
Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Music and t-shirt bundle: The Allman Brothers' Online Shop
Disc 1 - 1/29/1971:
- Statesboro Blues
- Trouble No More
- Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
- In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
- Midnight Rider
- Dreams
- You Don't Love Me
- Whipping Post
Disc 2 - 1/30/1971:
- Statesboro Blues
- Trouble No More
- Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
- In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
- Stormy Monday
- You Don't Love Me
- Whipping Post
Disc 3 - 1/31/1971, Part 1:
- Statesboro Blues
- Trouble No More
- Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
- In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
- Midnight Rider
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- Dreams
- You Don't Love Me
Disc 4 - 1/31/1971 Part 2:
- Hot 'Lanta
- Whipping Post
- Mountain Jam (Live At The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 3/13/1970) (bonus track, first release of this version)
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The early-70s Allmans sure didn't vary their setlists much.
Why would they?
Look how long it has taken for such developments to drop in our laps (over the last 50 years). You may notice the live dates growing closer together between available live performances. Like any Grateful Dead collector knows, every live show shines in new ways from one to the other. The CD market is now becoming flooded with high quality rarely heard live radio shows. All you have to do is search around and watch what pops up on your computer screen. Have fun people. It's getting a little overwhelming.
You are the man!!
No, not a lot. They didn’t have a large repertoire back then, but it doesn’t mean each sounded the same. Far from it! That original band, with Duane, was magical.
Not unlike the Dead, they weren’t just playing the exact same thing every night. They went places other bands, with bigger catalogues, weren’t.
How would you know???
How would I know what??
The Dead and ABB were going places musically, onstage, that other bands with more songs in their repertoire, weren’t. You can hear that on the live recordings. They were the two bands that basically created the “jam band” sound and scene.
There’s the famous Bill Graham quote about the Dead: “They aren’t the best at what they do... They’re the ONLY ONES who do what they do.”
Well, ABB came along a little later, and while they did a similar thing, and the two bands shared stages together a number of times, it was a bit different. But their musical stylings were much alike.
So, yeah, that’s just obvious to anyone who’s listened. But what the hell are YOU going on about?
Duane Allman and Berry Oakley as well as the rest of the band did something that will live forever in the hearts of other human beings God bless them
Agreed.
Oh, but Michael wants to know “how would you know?”