[2019-09-06] The Allman Brothers Band "Fillmore West '71" 4CD set (Allman Brothers Band)

Mr Fuse · 01 Dec 2006

Description
As part of the ongoing celebration of their 50th anniversary, on August 16 the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Recording Company – caretakers of the original band’s unreleased catalog – in conjunction with distributor The Orchard will release a four-CD set titled Fillmore West ’71, culled from an epic weekend of live music recorded at the legendary San Francisco venue. The Grammy-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band (formed in March 1969) were in great form on this weekend, where they were the middle act playing between headliners Hot Tuna and the 24-piece opener Trinidad Tripoli Street Band. This will be the debut release of these recordings. The packaging contains a front cover photo of Duane Allman from Jim Marshall Photography (taken at these shows) that has rarely been seen before.

Compiled from reel-to-reel soundboard masters, the January 29 show that kicks off this collection reads like an Allman Brothers Band greatest hits, from opener “Statesboro Blues” through the set-wrapping “Whipping Post.” On the next night, the standard sequence of “Statesboro Blues,” Trouble No More,” “Don’t Keep Me Wonderin'” and “Elizabeth Reed” was typically riveting, and then the blues-soaked “Stormy Monday” was worked in, replacing “Midnight Rider.” Gregg’s vocals were visceral and honest, while Duane and Dickey added down and dirty licks. “You Don’t Love Me” showcased some run-and-gun guitar work, and a frenzied “Whipping Post” closed out another solid night. The band – Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jaimoe, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks – were loose and talkative and you can hear them really dialing their sound in at what would be a final tune-up for the seminal At Fillmore East album, recorded less than two months later. At Fillmore East would cement the band’s place in rock history and Rolling Stone would eventually call it the second-best live album ever released.

Always acclaimed for their explosive live shows, the ABB really ratcheted up the intensity and focus on January 31 st. After hammering tightly through the reliable first four, the ABB placed “Midnight Rider” back into the rotation, and then Berry Oakley stepped up to the mic for a wicked and nasty take on “Hoochie Coochie Man” with Jaimoe and Butch churning full-bore behind him. After an extensive workout on “You Don’t Love Me” the group worked a relatively new song into the set, “Hot Lanta”.

Conceived out of a loose jam at the Big House in Macon, GA, the band’s home base currently an ABB museum, this group composition was cutting-edge fusion, displaying the delightful musical diversity of the Allman Brothers Band. A superior “Whipping Post” concludes the Fillmore West material, but Disc Four goes on to include a wonderful bonus track: a March, 1970 version of “Mountain Jam” from the Warehouse in New Orleans which-at 45 minutes long!-showcases a band that loved to improvise and let the music take on a life of its own.

Kirk West – who served as the “Tour Mystic” and official archivist for the Allman Brothers Band for over 20 years – played a pivotal role in re-acquiring the original live performance two-track, reel-to-reel tapes used for this release from legendary band crew members Twiggs Lyndon, Joe Dan Petty and Mike Callahan, who were the original care takers of these recordings. The tapes had been stored in closets and attics for many years, necessitating careful transfers and several successive attempts at restoration, as technology continued to improve. Interestingly in 1971, however, Kirk was a 20-year-old counterculture entrepreneur who found himself at the Fillmore West during the last four days of January. “I was living in Palo Alto with a bunch of hippie kids who, by and large, were Dead Heads. I had moved to California from Chicago, and I already was a big Allman Brothers fan,” recalls West. “I was insisting that everyone in the house go up to the Fillmore that weekend – ‘Let’s go, let’s go – the Brothers are in town, playing with Hot effin’ Tuna.”

Tracklist
[CD1: 1/29/1971]
1. Statesboro Blues
2. Trouble No More
3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
4. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
5. Midnight Rider
6. Dreams
7. You Don’t Love Me
8. Whipping Post

[CD2: 1/30/1971]
1. Statesboro Blues
2. Trouble No More
3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
4. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
5. Stormy Monday
6. You Don’t Love Me
7. Whipping Post

[CD3: 1/31/1971 Part I]
1. Statesboro Blues
2. Trouble No More
3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
4. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
5. Midnight Rider
6. Hoochie Coochie Man
7. Dreams
8. You Don’t Love Me

[CD4: 1/31/1971 Part II]
1. Hot ‘Lanta
2. Whipping Post
Bonus Track:
3. Mountain Jam Live At The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 3/13/1970 (first release of this version)

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Mr Fuse · 01 Dec 2006

Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 26) marks the 50th anniversary of The Allman Brothers Band’s birth. SiriusXM’s Jam On channel will celebrate the occasion by premiering the forthcoming live archival release The Allman Brothers Band: Fillmore West.

Jam On’s Stef Scamardo will co-host the premiere with her husband and longtime ABB guitarist Warren Haynes. The first airing will come at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday afternoon. Additional broadcasts are scheduled for Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET, Thursday at 6 p.m. ET, Friday at 8 a.m. ET, Saturday at 3 p.m. ET and Sunday at 12 p.m. ET. Jam On is available on Channel 29.

The Allman Brothers Band: Fillmore West is due out later this year. ABB manager Bert Holman spoke about a potential Fillmore West release with Billboard in the days after Gregg Allman’s death in 2017. Holman described the set as, “a package featuring multiple shows by the original Allmans lineup at the Fillmore West in San Francisco.” The original lineup featured guitarists Duane Allman and Dickey Betts, bassist Berry Oakley, keyboardist Gregg Allman and drummers Butch Trucks and Jaimoe.

As per the band’s website, The Allman Brothers Band played the iconic Fillmore West on January 28, 29 and 31 in 1971. While the setlists for the 28th and 31st are similar there are a few changes between the two. The full setlist for January 29, 1971 is unknown. Stay tuned for more details on the first “new” live archival release of a public show from The Allman Brothers Band’s original lineup since Boston Common, 8/17/71 in 2007 outside of the uncirculated bits from Owsley’s Fillmore East recordings.

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

I'm in!

Smiff · 10 Aug 2006

Me too!

stanner · **Joined:** 26 Aug 2014 **Posts:** 119

This is welcome news. I wonder why they stopped releasing live shows for over a decade?

Smiff · 10 Aug 2006

I sure would like to hear a show from 1969.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

Smiff wrote:

I sure would like to hear a show from 1969.

The fact they haven't issued one makes me wonder if either any tapes exist and if they do exist, how good do they sound?

Smiff · 10 Aug 2006

Dr. Chris Evil wrote:

Smiff wrote:

I sure would like to hear a show from 1969.

The fact they haven't issued one makes me wonder if either any tapes exist and if they do exist, how good do they sound?

I once had a boot from 69, but I don't remember it being great quality. I'll have to see if I can find it.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

After the amazing Fillmore East complete box set a few years ago, it's hard to get excited about this.

Just more songs from the same year.

Mr Fuse · 01 Dec 2006

I think some of these shows were available on Wolfgangs Vault at one time.

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1320

Day 1 purchase for me.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:13 pm

This is finally going to be coming out in September of this year. Larry brought us the release details, which I've moved up into the first post. The 4CD set will be a general release; there's a (more) deluxe version that can be ordered from the Allmans' webstore which comes packaged with a t-shirt, but if you can live without that, it will surely end up less expensive to get it from Amazon.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

This must be the project Bill Levinson has been working on it. I believe when JohnG and Jimbo visited him that may have been a discussion of this. When JohnG returns from vacation he might recall if anything was discussed. Bill may have sworn them to privacy back then, will see......

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1320

Unlike Fillmore East, We get 2 versions of “Dreams” here. Can’t wait!

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Aug 09, 2019 6:38 am

The USA pre-order price has dropped by more than $7, down to $42.74:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T2GN9MH/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Aug 15, 2019 5:46 pm

A couple of samples:

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:33 am

Linda wrote:

The USA pre-order price has dropped by more than $7, down to $42.74:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T2GN9MH/?tag=imwan-20

Further reduced to $37.66.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Aug 28, 2019 11:19 pm

Another sample:

[2019-09-06] The Allman Brothers Band "Fillmore West '71" 4CD set (Allman Brothers Band)

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