Duane Allman 7CD retrospective "Skydog"

http://www.thesoulsurvivors.com/pb/wp_43a1d845/wp_43a1d845.html

Found this piece of news about Duane box set. Unable to track down any other info on web though, anyone else heard anything.

 

If this was real, one would think that a press release would have surfaced by now. Apparently an expansive Duane set was planned in the mid-90s, but was shelved due to legal disputes with his estate. Would love to see this be a real set issued by Universal....

 

Bring it on !

No mention on the site that would know: http://www.allmanbrothersband.com/

 

Wow, that would be neat.

 

Dream come true?

 

I would kill for....

 

It's long overdue if anything comes of it. Can't imagine it being though a lot have folk have probably gone that were at the original sessions. It will be a legal mess getting rights to everything.
Does any people know of any unofficial stuff that's been released that is of good quality.
You can never really have enough Duane.

 

Would love it.

 

It would move to teh top of my shopping list thats for sure

 

Ooh. I want.

 

This would be a purchase for me as well, I suspect, but there do seem to be a few of these vapourware CD sets around ... no point getting excited until we see something more concrete.

 

I'm putting this in the `doubtful' category......if it
is coming, could it be one of those Australian Raven
releases....or maybe a grey-area set? There has
been no mention of this whatsoever in the Allman
community.

 

My personal rule from October 20th, 1977 to the present, has always been that I will buy any legitimate recording or recordings of Duane and Ronnie Van Zant, no matter the effect on my finances, NO exceptions.

Now that money is no longer a concern, I simply have to wait for such releases to be announced. To say I wish this were more of a reality than it seems to be is a gross understatement.

 

This info sounds sketchy at best. But even if it is a grey market release, I would consider buying it.

 

Sounds too good to be true. There would be some sort of official notice if this were indeed only a few weeks away.

 

Long overdue for the King of the Strings.

 

Too good to be true, say I.

 

That is probably the case.

 

I'd love for it to happen. I'll keep my fingers crossed. There's a side of me that really wants for this to be legit. The lack of mentioning Universal is wanting so far. Let's keep an eye on this one.

 

7 CDs = 3 Duane solos.


This comment is meant as a compliment. I love Duane's work.

 

Yes there has been good quality stuff that has been unofficialy released.

I bought a bootleg/counterfeit cd of Duane Allman Anthology Volume III about 15 years ago. It has nice cuts from his session work THAT hadn't been released on the other two Anthologies.

 

Tracklist please?

 

a boot i'm sure but here it is...

http://www.abbdiscography.com/cdranthology3.htm

 

Like I said I gout this about 15 years ago. Here the track list and a review that I got somewher on the way. Note it takes about a 4th volume, which I have neve been able to find.

DUANE ALLMAN - AN ANTHOLOGY VOLUME III
ORGAN GRINDERS RECORDS
STUDIO RECORDINGS 1969-71

DISC ONE:

1) Lulu – Mr. Bojangles
2) Lulu – Sweep Around My Back Door
3) Ronnie Hawkins – One More Night
4) Ronnie Hawkins – Who Do You Love
5) Johnny Jenkins – Bad News
6) Johnny Jenkins – Dimples
7) Delaney & Bonnie – Soulshake
8) John Hammond – Cryin’ For My Baby
9) John Hammond – I’m Leaving You
10) John Hammond – You’ll Be Mine
11) Aretha Franklin – When This Battle Is Over
12) Wilson Picket – Toe Hold
13) Wilson Pickett – My Own Style Of Loving
14) Arthur Conley – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
15) Arthur Conley – Speak Her Name
16) Arthur Conley – That Can’t Be My Baby
17) King Curtis – Hey Joe
18) King Curtis – Foot Pattin’
19) Boz Scaggs – I’m Easy
20) Boz Scaggs – Now You’re Gone
21) Boz Scaggs – Finding Her
22) Boz Scaggs – Look What I Got

Total Time 70:02

DISC TWO:

1) Duane Allman – No Money Down
2) Duane Allman – Steal Away
3) Duane Allman – Living Room Jam (1971)
4) Ronnie Hawkins – Sick & Tired
5) Ronnie Hawkins – Drinkin’ Wine
6) Ronnie Hawkins – Red Rooster
7) Ronnie Hawkins – Ooby Dooby
8) Ronnie Hawkins – Patricia
9) Ronnie Hawkins – Odessa
10) Herbie Mann – Spirit In The Dark
11) Delaney & Bonnie + King Curtis – 12 Bar Blues
12) Duane Allman WABC Interview 1970

Total Time 73:34

The title is self-explanatory – and a Volume IV is forthcoming, too – since pretty much any Allman Bros. fan knows of the first two, officially-issued Duane anthologies. Those, issued by Polydor in 1972 and 1974, were not so much to cash-in on the slide wizard’s death as they were thoughtful overviews of his studio work. In that regard, while there were some Allmans songs included (not to mention Derek & the Dominos), the most interesting material was culled from Duane’s late ‘60s/early ‘70s session work for other artists, in particular those who recorded at Alabama’s Muscle Shoals studios circa 1969-70. Most of the tunes on the two volumes had been previously released, but to have it all compiled together was revelatory, particularly if you were like me, a kid in love with the Allmans’ free-form psychedelic blues jams but not necessarily schooled in Southern soul.
So Volume III is a continuation, this time focusing exclusively on the non-Allman Brothers Band stuff, all recorded (I believe) at Muscle Shoals; the track listing above is also self-explanatory. The cuts from Ronnie Hawkins and Boz Scaggs in particular have aged well if you’re a rock fan, while the soul-oriented tracks from Arthur Conley and Johnny Jenkins are just plain killer. (Conley’s version of the Beatles tune is pretty bizarre, however!) Even the odd-gal-out, English pop singer Lulu, pulls off a credible roots move or two. The brace of Allman solo demos that open Disc 2 aren’t bad either, the “Living Room Jam” a loose, good-time blues workout that includes Robert Johnson’s “Come On In My Kitchen.” And the last track on Disc 2 is a 23-minute interview with Duane broadcast over WABC in 1970 (interviewer unknown).
There is a down side here, however: Organ Grinders, to date a pretty bare-bones operation in terms of artwork and packaging (no booklets, just a one-page color insert plus tray panel with track listings), has include no track annotations whatsoever. To a fan and a collector, that’s criminal. Oh sure, a little research, via the online version of the All Music Guide reveals, for example, the source of the two Lulu tracks, 1970’s New Routes, on Atlantic. Then there’s Boz Scaggs (1969’s Boz Scaggs, Atlantic); Johnny Jenkins (1970’s Ton-Ton Macoute, Capricorn); and Ronnie Hawkins (1970’s Ronnie Hawkins and 1971’s The Hawk, both on Cotillion). I wasn’t able to track down the source of all the Duane material; “No Money Down” was issued on 1979’s The Best Of Duane Allman, while the “Living Room Jam” appears to be Duane with Delaney & Bonnie, and the Robert Johnson portion of the track was issued on Anthology Volume II. But honestly, how much trouble would it have been for Organ Grinders to include this info, given that the label obviously had copies (pretty clean vinyl, I might add) of the respective albums when it was putting together this package. Omissions such as this neither endear a consumer to a bootleg label nor do they encourage one to seek out subsequent product.
A compromised effort, then, one that plays and sounds terrific just the same. -- OSWALD

 

thanks!