Off: Allman Bros. Live

[Chris Warburton]

At 16:40 07/07/98 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Chris Warburton wrote:
>
>> >obCD: Allman Brothers Band, _Fillmore East, 1970_
>> >
>>
>> A classic - more twinges over my temporarily absent vinyl...
>
>Actually, I don't think this has ever been released on vinyl.  (It's a
>CD put out by Grateful Dead Merchandising; I bought it through their WWW
>site.)  You may be mistaking it for its more famous counterpart, _At
>Fillmore East_, recorded and released in 1971.
>
Righty-ho!  Vinyl withdrawal is obviously clouding my senses ;-{)>
>
>It also illustrates well the difference between a warts 'n' all live
>recording (a la _Fillmore East, 1970_), and a cleaned-up, selective,
>assembled "live recording" (a la _At Fillmore East_, or, worse, _The
>Fillmore Concerts_ [in which "live" tracks are digitally stitched
>together from different shows]).
>
I hadn't realised...I always thought it was a case of putting together the
original live double with "Mountain Jam" & the others off "Eat A Peach"
that came from the same  shows - I was always tantalised by those
fadeouts....

ChrisW
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