FOUR FROM THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
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Feb 21, 2010
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FOUR FROM
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
Beginnings (2 record set), Brothers and Sisters,
Eat A Peach (2 record set) &
The Road Goes On Forever (2 record set)
Beginnings 1973 Original 2-LP vinyl set, a repackaging of 'The Allman Brothers Band' & 'Idlewild South' albums, presented in unique gatefold picture sleeve The sleeve shows few signs of age and the vinyl is in very good condition.
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 was extraordinarily successful. Five urgent notes kick off Spencer Davis's "Don't Want You No More," and by the time that searing instrumental morphs into Gregg Allman's superb slow blues "It's Not My Cross to Bear," it's clear these Georgians mean business. Everyone talks of the Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon covers, the furious twin leads of Duane and Dickey Betts, Gregg's soulful voice and formidable organ, the percussion attack of Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, but what about the songwriting skills? Just start with "Cross to Bear," "Whipping Post," "Dreams," "Revival," "Elizabeth Reed"--are you kidding? These two records blend gritty blues, Southern soul, and psychedelic rock into an exciting creation, and they serve notice: the Allmans will contend for the title of best American rock & roll band.
Brothers and Sisters Original 1973 US Capricorn label 7-track vinyl LP, housed in an internal pasted gatefold picture sleeve complete with credits insert. The sleeve shows only a little light wear and the vinyl looks barely played. Their first full studio
album without guitarist Duane, 1973's Brothers and Sisters doesn't match what came before it but would probably be considered a masterpiece if it came from most other bands. The Allman(s) move away from their rougher blues rock toward a groovier Southern rock, a shift that reflects the increased influence of Dickey Betts and new pianist Chuck Leavell. Betts contributes chestnuts such as "Ramblin' Man," "Southbound," and the classic instrumental "Jessica," plus the acoustic finale "Pony Boy," which showcases his work on Dobro. Gregg's impact is not nearly what it once was, although his "Come and Go Blues" and "Jelly Jelly" hit the mark. Original bassist Berry Oakley passed away during these sessions and is heard on just two cuts.Eat A Peach 1972 Original 2-LP set of the album, housed in a textured gatefold picture sleeve with matching track listing and lyric insert. The sleeve shows few signs of age and the vinyl is in very good condition. Having firmly established themselves as "The Grateful Dead of the South" via their enormously successful 1971 Live at the Fillmore East double album, the Allman Brothers had just begun work on a new studio collection when slide guitarist Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident. Undaunted, the group rallied together and completed Eat a Peach, which, via inclusion of the 34-minute-plus "Mountain Jam," blossomed into a double LP. While keyboardist-singer Gregg Allman shone on tracks like Sonny Boy Williamson's "One Way Out" and his own "Melissa," it was second guitarist Dickey Betts who came out from under the departed Allman's shadow with his lead vocal on "Blue Sky" and his incendiary playing throughout.
The Road Goes On Forever 1975 Original Capricorn label 17-track compilation double vinyl LP, featuring a collection of their greatest recordings including Whipping Post & Jessica, gatefold picture sleeve. Both the sleeve sh & the vinyl are in excellent condition. Coming of age during the late-'60s supergroup boom, the Allman Brothers Band initially found fame by dosing their deceptively authentic taste for American blues and jazz with some U.K.-bred guitar heroics, then taking to the road with ferocious abandon. As originally released in 1975, this anthology charted the high points of the Allman Brothers' initial five albums, highlighted by the fiery live recordings of At Fillmore East and Eat a Peach. Now doubled in both size and scope, it effectively documents the full arc of the band's career during the '70s. Guitarist Dickey Betts's creative emergence neatly coincided with the decade's musical mellowing and country-rock affectations. Just as Eric Clapton seemed to become a Saxonized Don Williams as the '70s wore on, the Allmans became something more akin to Little Feat-lite in the wake of Betts's "Rambling Man" and Gregg Allman's solo successes--and unlikely also-rans to Lynyrd Skynyrd in the rebel rock sweepstakes. This is a compelling overview of a band often shortchanged by classic rock's inherent myopia.
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