The Allman Brothers Band - Live From A&R Studios New York August 26 1971 (2016) [email protected] Beolab1700
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The Allman Brothers Band - Live From A&R Studios: New York, August 26 1971 (2016)
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Artist...............: The Allman Brothers Band
Album................: Live From A&R Studios: New York, August 26 1971 (2016)
Genre................: Southern Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2016
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.99
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........:
Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 4/24/2016
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Tracklisting
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1. Statesboro Blues [04:29]
2. Trouble No More [04:03]
3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’ [03:38]
4. Done Somebody Wrong [03:42]
5. One Way Out [04:47]
6. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed [11:22]
7. Stormy Monday [08:47]
8. Medley_ You Don’t Love Me _ Soul Serenade[19:31]
9. Hot ‘Lanta [06:45]
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2016 live archive release from the southern rockers The Allman Brothers Band, Live From A&R Studios: New York, August 26, 1971 was initially a radio broadcast that originally aired on WPLJ.
This set features the band steamrolling through a set of songs including “Statesboro Blues, ” “Trouble No More, ” “One Way Out, ” “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” and “Hot ‘lanta.”
The recording was widely bootlegged, but has been remixed from the original multi-track recording. The quality, dynamic performance and ambience encompassed herein all at once make for a quite staggering sonic experience, one that fans of this legendary act in it’s original line-up will relish alongside the groups other essential releases. As those who already own this heavily bootlegged concert, recorded in front of a small audience at the titular studio can attest, the sextet was on fire this evening. And even though there were few surprises in the songs played, the group charged through the material like they had everything to prove. The Fillmore East live album had only been released the previous month and hadn’t yet made the act the superstars they were to become. The group’s interactive abilities were even more fine-tuned than on the Fillmore recording, and since the members were arranged in a circle where each could see the other (an unusual configuration that only occurred in the confines of a studio), the energy exchanged was heightened. Gregg’s soulful singing is even more passionate than usual, and Duane’s improvisational abilities were in rare form making songs they had played dozens of times such as “Statesboro Blues” sound fresh and inspired.
Look no further than the previously released, nearly 20 minute version of “You Don’t Love Me” that morphs into an unrehearsed “Soul Serenade” (a tribute to Allman friend, saxist King Curtis who had just been murdered) to hear how synergistic the group was on this particular night. Remixed from the 8 track session tapes, the sound is crisp and immediate. In fact, some performances, like an emotional take on the slow blues “Stormy Monday,” here without harmonica, are as good, if not better, than their Fillmore counterparts.
Moderate Brothers admirers can stick with the already released versions, but for those digging deeper into Duane’s sadly limited well of professionally recorded work with the band, this is absolutely essential listening. It’s made more attractive by four pages of detailed liner notes that place this gig into perspective (it was just eight weeks before Duane’s death) and help the disc fall just behind the Fillmore shows as a highlight of the live original Allman Brothers Band catalog.
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