Allman Brothers Live Fox Theatre 2004* Box set

Allman Brothers Band To Release 8-CD Set "The Fox Box" with Oteil Burbridge

 

Yep, saw this on Facebook about 12 hours ago. Saw Oteil in Being There last night too. His only acting job, according to IMDB.
Don't know if I'll buy this one or not, I've already tied up so much $$$ in 48 years of ABB. The Peach Crate of albums I already had, was my latest big expenditure on them. Albums have no real sonic improvement, just gave me a place to store all the vinyl, past and present.
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Great line up. I am big fan of Haynes. Just hope it sounds better than some of his other releases.

 

why is it "with Oteil"?

i got these when they originally came out on Instant Live. nothing spectacular about these shows. lots and lots of extended crowd noise though

 

Because it's a bass player's magazine.

 

It's the ABB so I'm in.

 

If the new release has lots of extended crowd noise, I may pass. There was mention that may be addressed in new release.

 

It sounds like there was editing done on this one to shorten up the time between songs. Maybe something was done about the crowd noise too.

 

I'll bet the sound is still very compressed and peak-limited, though

 

This is what drives me nuts with Warren Haynes CDs, and (until recently) Gov't Mule. Loud and compressed production on some of the best contemporary blues guitar out there.

 

There are sound samples on iTunes (each night is being sold separately). It's tough to judge the quality - sounds like the Instant Live level of quality. I may buy a show to test it out. Is the performance of the Fox run well regarded?

 

I found the instant lives of this run awful SQ wise and I'm not as picky as many folks here!

 

Having never bought any of the instant lives over the years I'm very much looking forward to this.

 

Not interested in this era.

 

With all the he technology in the world at their disposal the Allman Brothers live recordings have mostly sounded terrible in the era between 1990-2016
In particular a live album called Peakin' At The Beacon must be the worst ever sounding commercial modern recorded album. Their DVDs for some reason always sound crap as well.
They probably use the same sound man throughout. At least the performance is usually great!
I'll probably pass on this set despite owning virtualy their entire catalogue on CD

 

Gonna disagree slightly here because these two I think sound great........


and also I think the sound of this DVD is fine...........



Plus and maybe I'm not reading your post right, but you have the Blu-Ray of the Fillmore, A&R Studio and Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival which all have very good sound quality.

 

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Yes, I also read on the ABB site that these shows are "tightened" up, editing a lot of crowd noise. This was a great run of shows. No repeats other than Dreams all three nights.

 

I have the original instant live fox box and these 3 shows are amazing. The sonics are wonderful (imho) and if they aren't up to folks' standards, so what, it's the ABB damn it!

 

Really looking forward to the release of The Fox Box. Dreams is the only repeat with Jack, Warren and Derek taking the lead on different nights. It was a great run of shows...hoping the upgrade does it justice. And yes, it is the Allman Brothers....lol

 

I will be watching the reviews here on this one. The only one of the ABB Live series that I own is the 40th anniversary Beacon (3/20/09). I will have to re-listen. I don't recall being disappointed in the sound or re crowd noise. But some of these comments have me wary. Figured it would be about $100.

 

$71.63 @ Import CDs : The Allman Brothers Band The Fox Box Boxed Set, Slipsleeve Packaging, 8PC on ImportCDs

$78.97 @ Bull Moose w/Free Samples : Allman Brothers Band - Fox Box
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On this day the ABB played together for the first time. Gregg had just got into town from California and guys were at Oakley ' s house playing when Gregg joined in.

 

That's my situation too, I'm in.

 

I wasn't discussing any live Allman Brothers live recordings pre 1989
The DVD mentioned above has had some bad reviews about the sound. I believe it could have been a lot better
I agree the 1st & 2nd set live albums don't sound that bad.