Allman Brothers 2 Lp "EAT A PEACH" Capricorn Gatefold 1972 First Press NM Vinyl

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ALLMAN BROTHERS SCARCE FIRST PRESS ORIGINAL DOUBLE ALBUM

FIRST PRESS MATRIX IN DEADWAX "-1/-1/-1/-1"

TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER WITH AMAZING ARTWORK

VISUALLY GRADED

VINYL:  S1: MINT-   S2: MINT    S3: MINT   S4:MINT

EXTREMELY WELL PRESERVED AND SUPER GLOSSY VINYL

COVER: SOLID VG++ with no seam splits, light edgewear, and faint ringwear (please see all pics)

Labels: NM Clean!

Next day shipping.  Professional and careful packing.  Vinyl separated from cover. Lp mailer used with additional cardboard insert for added protection.

International: $22.50    Canada: $14.50

Eat a Peach is a 1972 double album by the American Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band; it was the last to include founding member and lead slide-guiter player Duane Allman, who was killed in a motorcycle accident on October 29, 1971 while the album was being recorded.

This album came close on the heels of their breakthrough At Fillmore East (1971) set and featured live tracks that did not make it onto that album, including boogie classic "One Way Out" and two entire album sides devoted to "Mountain Jam", a 33-minute improvisation based around Donovan's song "There Is a Mountain."

The remainder of the album was recorded in-studio and served to cement the band's reputation as innovative Southern rockers. Only three studio tracks were recorded with Duane Allman, including his own acoustic composition, "Little Martha," the lilting "Blue Sky" (which became an album-oriented rock radio staple) and the Berry Oakley penned "Stand Back." Following their leader's death, the group re-recorded Gregg Allman's "Melissa," one of his brother's favorite songs. Betts composed "Les Brers in A Minor," while Gregg Allman's "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" served as both a quiet generational anthem and a personal statement of purpose by the band in the face of Duane's death.

The widespread story regarding the origin of the album's title, that the truck involved in Duane's fatal motorcycle accident was a peach truck, is not correct; the truck involved was a flatbed lumber truck. Rather the album name came from something Duane said in an interview shortly before he was killed. When asked what he was doing to help the revolution, Duane replied, "There ain't no revolution, it's evolution, but every time I'm in Georgia I eat a peach for peace." The album's name was originally slated to be The Kind We Grow in Dixie and the artwork for the album showed a peach. Band members were dissatisfied with the name and the image suggested Duane's quote instead.

The album art was selected by Rolling Stone magazine in 1991 as one of the 100 greatest album covers of all time. The album cover, including an elaborate gatefold mural featuring a fantasy landscape of mushroom and fairies, was by J. F. Holmes and D. Powell of Wonder Graphics.