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Music CD - The Allman Brothers Band: The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East
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Music CD: The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East
Artist: The Allman Brothers Band
List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $7.51
Your Save: $ 6.47 ( 46% )
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Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
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Tracks:
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1. Statesboro Blues
2. Done Somebody Wrong
3. Storm Monday
4. You Don't Love Me
5. Hot 'Lanta
6. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
7. Whipping Post
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731453126022
Format: Live
Label: Island / Mercury
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Island / Mercury
Release Date: 1997-10-14
Studio: Island / Mercury
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: blue and rambling rock
Comment: First of all, since I'm primarily a jazz (and only partly blues) fan, I'm probably not the most relieble judge for all the rock fans that praise this album (that's why I gave it one more star than I personally would).
But, at the time I was already infected by the jazz bug, I accidentally stumbled upon the first three songs from this album on a blues show on a Croatian radio station...
I liked "Statesboro Blues", "Done Somebody Wrong" (an Elmore James song) and "Stormy Monday (Blues)" (T-Bone Walker song) then and I like these songs now; they're definitely rock, but also they have a fine blues feeling, among the best rock-blues performances I've heard (according to my tastes).
But, the rest of the album is hardly on the same level; I'd give first three songs five stars, but, unfortunately, there are also "You Don' Love Me" (clocking at more than 19 minutes), "In Memory of Elizabeth Read" (13 minutes) and "Whipping Post" (are you kidding me? 23 minutes?!). These are terribly rumbling, overblown, pompose... And some of the extended guitar solos are, well, BAD, at times even terribly amateurish...
Don't get me wrong - I've heard some extended "Deep Purple" performances that actually kept my attention with no difficulty whatsoever so, I guess, I have quite a different taste than most of the reviewers.
But, since I liked compact performances of the first three songs (even the nearly 9 minutes long "Stormy Monday" doesn't ramble), and since I don't want to spoil the rock party, I give THE ALLMAN BROTHERS AT FILLMORE EAST 4 stars...
My advice is - buy the MP3 version of first two or three songs and then decide whether you want the whole album or not.
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Summary: Great Music
Comment: This CD is of the Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East in NY. In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine and Bill Graham (owner of Fillmore East and West) they asked him what were some of the best concerts he ever put on and he replied: Allman Brothers live at Fillmore east.And this CD can back up that quote!
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Summary: Perfect music forever
Comment: I listen mainly to indie rock/pop, but this is probably one of my top 20 favorite albums ever, and probably one of my top 5 favorite live albums ever. The guitar playing is beyond beautiful. The first time I heard this version of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", I nearly cried. This album contains some of the most expressive, sincere, and moving guitar playing I have ever heard. This album is definitely more of an "experience" than most live albums you've heard.
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Summary: don't believe the hype.
Comment: if it's been said once, it's been said thousands of times: this is rock and roll's greatest live recording, it's the band at the peak of its powers, etc., etc., plus tax. well, here's one person who never got suckered into that hype. whipping post is a terrible enough song in its original version, but to de dragged out for 22 unmercifully long minutes on here is a test in endurance. if i were at this gig, i would have demanded bill graham give me a refund. unneccessary jamming doesn't equal great music, and too much of this album is taken up by the former, with little or none of the latter. if you must buy a live allmans cd, get wipe the windows, check the gas, dollar oil from 76.
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Summary: I'm in love with You Don't Love Me!
Comment: I have been listening this song almost every day for quite a while this year and I just can't get tired of it. I think it's the strongest live jam I have ever heard. I love when talented musicians deconstruct old tunes and put them back together with their own interpretations. And the version of "You Don't Love Me" on this record is the greatest example of this I've come across. Joy to the world, the Allman Brothers play on!
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Editorial Reviews:
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There has never been a better showcase for improvisational rock than this 1971 concert recording, and few (if any) live rock albums are in its rank. With only two studio albums (and plenty of touring) under their belt, the Georgia sextet tore into the Fillmore East with road-tested buoyancy. Titanic guitarist Duane Allman was at the peak of his powers, pushing his foil, Dickey Betts, to unsurpassed peaks. Vocalist-keyboardist Gregg Allman would have been a star in any other setting; here he's merely one more component in a brilliant ensemble. Duane Allman died shortly after At Fillmore East shipped, and the Brothers haven't scaled such heights since. But, then, neither has anyone else. --Steven Stolder
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