Allman Brothers 50th Anniversary

I’m sure there’s some stuff

 

Sounds like you skipped right over the post with the big news in it...

 

I'm figuring Kevin Reeves will do the mastering.

 

Maybe we could eventually get a live 1975 set, or (pipe dream) a deluxe edition of Win, Lose or Draw, similar to the Brothers and Sisters set

 

Not a lot of set list changes in that era.

Wonder if all 3 shows were recorded and if there were any guests?

 

Yeah, they didn't have a whole of variety in their sets in those days.
ABB Fillmore West Jan '71 setlists:
Search for setlists: allman brothers | setlist.fm

or
Hittin' The Web with The Allman Brothers Band :: Where Music Plus Friends Equals Family

 

Now we have 3 threads discussing this. Makes me proud.

Allman Brothers 50th Anniversary

The 3rd is an album-by-album, where we veer off topic and it's okay.

 

Thanks Argus, yes I am a member of Hittin thd Web but it has slowly been dwindling after the band retired.

I read in the Summer 2002 issue of Hittin the Note Magazine in an article about the 12/13/70 American University vault release that they may have some additional Mike Callahan tapes from 1970/71 that Betts old guitar tech Larry Brantley found.

Also read an interview with Butch Trucks that they have some Duane era New Orleans Warehouse tapes he wanted to see released. I have several Warehouse shows on bootleg but it would be awesome if they released some officially as they are stellar shows IMO.

 

I've asked a Gort to merge this thread with another one just started about the new archival release.

 

I'm a bit surprised that the ABB organization is letting a new release be broadcast....especially if it is not being released for several months.

I suspect this will be out there and available shortly after it is broadcast.

 

After 50 years, it's a non-issue.

 

The Hittin the Note magazine article mentioned they have master tapes from 72, 73 and several from 1975 so hope your wish comes true.

 

I'm going to do a search to see how many times you've posted this, Mike. What would a DE of Win, Lose, Or Draw sound like I wonder ? Six individuals doing only their parts, because there were never more than 2 of them in the studio at the same time, according to Producer Johnny Sandlin.

 

So it is just going to be only part of one show?

 

Yeah, an expanded studio set wouldn’t be much, but I’d love a live comp from that era. Not their high point, but surely a nice set could be compiled picking and choosing from available 75-76 shows, similar to Play All Night a few years ago, as a sort of companion to Wipe the Windows. I’d enjoy it.

 

Any of the insiders here know the status of the 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival video tape that, last I heard, was in private hands. There was a clip Butch Trucks streamed years ago on his blog I believe that was amazing before he had to take it down.

Here is a snippet on YouTube

 

I can’t apologize for it, though I’ve a soft spot for the album. It could easily be a 3 cd set. It doesn’t have to be 4 discs. I’m sure there are a few interesting things from those sessions that remain unreleased. Butch once said they played High Falls so many times, until they got it perfect...sucking all of the life from it. I wonder if any of the earlier takes are more interesting. And, of course, there’s also live material.

 

Not since January 31st : 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival, new documentary coming.

 

Butch was being colorful again.
Read Johnny Sandlin's book, no more than two members at a time were ever in the studio together. I tend to believe Johnny over Butch. He had to piece the entire album together.

 

I’ve heard stuff from 1975 and they sounded pretty tight. By the time 1976 rolled around, it was clear they were a musical dumpster fire. There’s 2 1976 shows circulating, and it’s clear to anyone who cares to listen: Chuck, Lamar and Jaimoe were on the same page....while Gregg, Dickey and Butch were elsewhere. And Gregg’s voice sounds hoarse. I guess the breakup was bound to happen.

 

Oh, I can’t doubt any of it. Knowing how Capricorn operated, I’m sure they rolled a lot of tape. Look at the 1974 tour rehearsals...held and recorded in Capricorn studios. And all of the stuff on the Brothers and Sisters set...great stuff.

 

1975 was not the best time for me to be seeing them live for the first time.

 

That's why I think a compilation is the way to go. I'd also take more stuff from '73-'74 as well as part of it...but I don't need a ton of complete shows (aside from may a proper release of NYE '73?) from that era, but certainly there's 3-4 hours of A-grade stuff to be culled from the available tapes, and songs that weren't covered on Wipe The Windows or the '73 Winterland show.

Also would enjoy the same thing covering the '79-'81 era, even though I know it's not a high point. But lots of songs they'd never play again in later incarnations that would be interesting to hear.

 

In the very early 70s the band was known as " The Most Popular Band In The World"

We called them that for a good reason....they fn were!

I'm exclusively a Duane & Berry era cat , but still nice to see subsequent generations still enjoying the remnants of the once mighty ABB