At Fillmore East

Like okay man I get it. Good for you but... I got stuff to do

The legendarily talented Allman Brothers meander their way through 80 minutes of directionless jamming, demonstrating to me that I enjoy a little (or a lot) more structure in my tunes. Gave it three listens out of respect and couldn't rise above a neutral rating. Still looking forward to the studio albums. 5/10

Look... live albums often feel like your friend showing you a video they took at a concert; but here is where context matters... The Allman brothers band is a jam band. Just like the Grateful Dead. Sure studio albums are fine if you want to hear the polished copy of their songs; but bands like these are important; because they are performing artists. Dead heads and hippies didn't travel with these bands because they really liked their 5 set songs and wanted to hear them performed over and over again. They followed these bands across the US and beyond; because each time these bands played a song, it was different, it was greater, it was grander, it was the spirit of blues and improvisation. That being said... I'm not really a fan of live albums. I am however a fan of blues. This album has some great solos 'on done somebody wrong' . You can feel that they are having a blast jamming together on stage.

Technically good but pointless

Ranking (in ascending order) of male vocalists who have had sex with Cher (allegedly): Sonny Bono Gregg Allman Gene Simmons Val Kilmer This album is just proof that Phish had much stronger weed.

Production: 4/20 Songwriting: 4/20 Innovation: 2/20 Bangers: 0/20 Emotional response: 2/20 =12 get teh fuck white man blues

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Found it irritating so turned it down and then forgot it was playing

Every track on this album crackles with energy. This is clearly a band that honed their craft and spent countless hours playing together. Everyone is on point through songs that wind upwards of 10 minutes. The songs wind expertly from rootsy blues of Stormy Monday to the frentic uptempo rock of You Don't Love Me Anymore. Its hard not to get caught up in the energy that this band channels into every second. Its fun to hear the band react to the music and yell at the band between songs. Theres nothing not to love here. The dueling guitars, the manic drum sets, the pumping bass, and Gregg Allman's piano and lyrics tying it altogether. The album isn't perfect but its imperfections are often an artifact of the fact that it is a live album and help make it better.

Now, this is an interesting mix of musical genres that I've never had the opportunity to hear before... Rock + Blues + Country + so much more. I enjoyed the whimsy of it all, swinging between the different styles, and weaving them into a single fabric, making you feel like you're listening not to one band, but to a strange one-time fusion event.. which I suspect it was? I may be wrong, and I will be happy if it wasn't... it means more music like this I can look forward to in the future! It's always a pleasure discovering new flavour combinations in food, and style combinations in music, and this was no exception. This was totally my jam, and probably my new favourite flavour of it (pun intended).

Live music that's so well recorded and performed that you can barely tell. Classic!

Superb raw blues with pockets of ambience amidst layers of quality musicianship. Every string reverberates into your soul, and if you close your eyes, you're in that dive bar and can almost taste the bourbon and smell the smoky air. This is awesome.

Not as onanistic as the worst blues wanks of the era but still guilty of viewing solo length as equivalent to generosity of feeling, which is something the blue masters they respectfully cover had in abundance. This is all pretense, guard, posture. When Elmore James strikes a cord it sounds like the truest thing you ever heard. These guys have to shroud theirs in fuzz, or turn the songs into arena rockers, to disguise the attenuated feelings beneath.

I like this. Bluesy. I had no idea. I thought they were country and Neil Young was more like ummm folk music or blue grassy. This is not what I expected. Traditional blues riffs everywhere. I had this cd in high school that was all backing blues stuff for you to do improvised solos over the top of it. I'm sorry...maybe they'd hate this...but this is what that sounded like. Also look how happy they look in this album cover but like you can tell....this group does drugs. Gregg Allman married Cher. What? Whipping Post is 23 minutes long. 23 minutes. How does that work? Like how did that song ever get exposure? In Memory of Elizabeth Reed is 13 minutes. How...did ....that ....ever ....work? Whipping Post is the best of the album. All 23 minutes. Wild man, wild. It stands out with it's opening. Blues can sound like the same song over and over and over...but Whipping Post is blues and then this unique heavy tripping triplet feeling bass-line. Fast moving base lines in general are memorable.

Live At Fillmore East is a great example of The Allman Brothers Band's intention to fuse Blues and Jazz in a soulful way with a country rock vibe. Although I very much respect traditional blues and dig them live, I am often not drawn to listen away from the stage. However, The Allmans' style has always helped bridge that gap for me and cause me to appreciate the genre more and awaken me to their influence on many artists that I know and love. After the first 3 more traditional blues tunes, for me the album just gets cookin' 4 songs into the album with You Don't Love Me. This epic 19 min. blues rock saga gets all cylinders hummin'. Cool jams Hot 'Lanta and In Memory Of Elizabeth really keep it rollin' to the pinnacle of the whole set, Whipping Post. Damn, it's so good! **I would love to see My Morning Jacket cover You Don't Love Me at Red Rocks someday!!! (eyes bugged)

It's crazy that this is the first album this generator gave me. It's one I've listened to at least a dozen times already, and a hard one to write about because of how connected it is to my dad. My dad died last year, and he was maybe the biggest music lover I've ever known. When he was dying of cancer I did two really important things that made his last few weeks on Earth more enjoyable. I bought him Bluetooth earbuds so that he could listen to music without bothering my mom, and she could watch TV that he didn't really want to watch. And I bought him edibles. Truly, a match made in heaven. Anyway, The Allman Brothers Band was probably my dad's favorite band, and one of the bands that we really connected over. We weren't always the most aligned on musical tastes, but did bond over a strong love for blues and blues rock, and this album is maybe the most blues rock rock has ever been bluesed. Easy 5/5 or 10/10 or whatever the rating system on this infernal contraption is. Fuck Ya Life, Knicks in 5, Knicks vs Hicks but the Hicks wish they were Knicks Wu Tang Forever Ya Mother

GOAT love album. Guitars don’t get much better than this

I'm not a big fan of the "jam band" thing, but this is pretty good. Some incredible guitar work in the midst of some long, pointless jamming. Must have been amazing to see them live. 3 stars.

Live albums are bad albums

At Fillmore East is the first live album by the Allman Brothers Band, originally released in 1971. Probably the best live album ever? Here the Allmans are perfectly captured in what is their best era (in my opinion). The dueling guitars and duel drummers really make their sound so heavy. I couldn't imagine having the privilege of seeing them live in this era. The band is tight and firing on all cylinders. Those who don't like jam bands probably won't dig this record but I find it is an easier live album for the average music fan to digest rather than something like Live Dead. The jams are structured for the most part and are rocking. A highlight on here for me is "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", which was sure to get the crowd out of their seats.

I've been aware of the Allman Brothers all my life, apparently in name only. What a great album and an instant classic to be sure.

I don't have the musical sense to understand why this is good. I'm sure that to many people, this is an objective masterpiece -- otherwise it wouldn't be on this list. But I don't really have the patience for twenty minute-long jam band sessions. At best, I'd put it on as background study music.

It’s soooooo long… meandering, self indulgent… watch as the band congratulate one another for the thirteenth solo in the same track! There is no denying the talent and skill of the musicians is first rate, but it’s a hard one to enjoy.

Despite the apparent iconic nature of this album, I don’t think I’ve ever listened to it before. Unfortunately I can see why. There’s a few tracks that really get going, in that driving, bluesy, rock way, but then there’s a whole load of noodley wanking off that just turns me right off. Not for me.

These kind of blues jams are very much not my thing. Couldn't make it through most tracks. I find this kind of stuff utterly boring and tedious. Can't even imagine trying to make it through the deluxe edition .

Sometimes I felt like I was personally there, at the concert, over half a century ago. That's how mesmerizing this record is.

Legendary live album by a legendary live, jamming band. Exquisit record.

A classic. 6 songs over 2 records. The genesis of jam band records?

Love the jamming. Never cared much for their studio albums, these live versions are great though.

This is one of my favorite albums! I remember hearing "Hot 'Lanta" for the first time and I was immediately taken aback by the musicianship of the group. It's still one of my faves by them! After hearing the live versions of their music, their studio albums just don't do it for me, haha.

Wow! This was a fun listen. From the first minute to the last this was an exploration journey. Some of the tracks feel like they're an album on their own. Going in the library and will listen again. Get's a solid 5*

Very good live band and a pity that Duane (and Berry) died so young.

Super long songs but mostly a jam set. Really good stuff in there but it is a mood. Good background jam sesh.

Yes yes yes yes yes. Total perfection. This performance of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is one of my absolute favorite pieces of music ever recorded. One of the more important albums of my lifetime. 5/5

Love. Perfect for a day riding around New Orleans!

Second-best live album in history. Wore out the grooves on this one.

Yep you got me with this album. Love the endless jam feel - the gift of feeling right on stage in on immersive almost Binaural recording of extraordinary clarity and quality given the 1971 vintage. Even the drum kit is in stereo. This introduced me to whole new dual lead guitars playing in synch and replying. A rule breaking band mixing jazz blues rock and country blender. A wonderful indulgence. My tips. #1 DEFINITELY headphones. it's like being in stage with them, almost Binaural. #2 read the Wikipedia entry. The cover art story alone is gold. #3 find something to do while listening to this. It's gonna be long.

Guitar w*#nkery at it’s finest!

Pour que vous compreniez ce que j'ai ressenti pendant l'écoute de cet album, je vais vous partager une anecdote. Vous savez que j'ai pour habitude de manger régulièrement dans des restaurants japonais proposant une formule de sushis à volonté (l'un d'eux est évoqué dans ma critique de l'album Led Zeppelin). Dans celui que je fréquente le plus souvent, une annonce est faite pour chaque client qui souhaiterait choisir la formule dite "All you can eat" : "ne commandez que ce que vous pouvez manger, tout gâchis sera facturé". Un certain vendredi, je décidai de m'y rendre accompagné de trois espagnoles, leur nombre ayant été choisi par mes soins. Après nous être installés, nous commençâmes à commander les tant attendus sushis. Seulement voilà : chaque tournée de sushis apportée à notre table me semblait incomplète. Je décidai donc de commander de nouveaux sushis pour compenser ce qui me semblait être un oubli de la part de la serveuse. C'est alors que les problèmes commencèrent. Alors que je n'avais bientôt presque plus faim, les tournées de sushis oubliés nous furent servies. D'immenses plateaux de se succédèrent dès lors, me provoquant de fortes envies de vomir. Ce qui devait être un déjeuner sympathique se transforma en cauchemar. Je calculai bientôt combien de sushis j'avais la capacité d'ingurgiter et répartis le reste entre les espagnoles. Gobage après gobage, envie de vomir après envie de vomir, nous arrivâmes à bout de notre commande, laissant trois pauvres makis au tofu sur le côté d'une assiette. La morale de cette histoire est qu'il faut savoir doser les bonnes choses, et elle ferait bien d'être entendue par l'Allman Brother Band. Leur album de quatre heures a réussi à me faire dégobiller plus d'une fois, c'est la raison pour laquelle ils obtiennent de ma part la note de deux sur cinq.

Cet album m'a permis d'établir une nouvelle règle faisant désormais loi: si un album comporte des chansons de plus de 10 minutes, c'est forcément un album de merde. En effet, proposer une chanson d'une durée supérieure à 10 minutes démontre un égo surdimensionné, l'artiste pensant pouvoir nous captiver sur une durée aussi longue. C'est d'ailleurs pour ça que l'ignoble Frank Zappa s'évertue à proposer des horribles morceaux interminables. Cet album n'échappe pas à la règle, et vient récolter un 2/5 bien mérité.

Hot 'Lanta: Questa è stata divertente. In conclusione: Non c'ho molto da dire, sapevo cosa aspettarmi perché nel mio periodo chitarristico da 15 anni un po' me li so sentiti insieme ad altri gruppi come loro. Diciamo che considerando che è un album live è più tosta perché sti gruppi fondamentalmente suonano solo per questioni masturbatorie dei chitarristi che li ascoltano e quindi live la situazione diventa ancora meno compositiva e più circense. Ce so stati rari momenti in cui magari mi sono un po' fomentato ma in 1 ora e passa de cazzeggio almeno un momento in cui suonavano tutti insieme statisticamente capiterà. Gli vorrei dà più di due ma meno di tre.

Too bloated, self indulgent and long. Sounded like a band rehearsing.

Good album southern blues

Reggae

Classic album. Full of great jams.

"ah, o de hoje é rapidin-" 23 minutos de musica rockzinho anos 50-60 purinho, bem gostoso in memory of elizabeth reed x água viva !

Heard of the group - don't know any of their songs.

Some may think this album might have Done Somebody Wrong, but I think they were just having a Stormy Monday in Hot ‘Lanta.

Album 527 of 1001 The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East Rating : 5 / 5 Awesome album. One of the few live albums I really enjoy. As another reviewer shared, "The album isn't perfect but its imperfections are often an artifact of the fact that it is a live album and help make it better.". I couldn't agree more.

Classical classic rock.

Nothing short of brilliant. The guitar alone merits a five.

Nice live blues music

даже не читая отзывов критиков и вообще не зная об этом альбоме ничего я сразу понял, что это шедевр. великолепные произведения, дополненные взрывающими голову гитарными соло, если говорить совсем кратко. достойно прослушивания каждого, даже если вы не любите тяжелый блюз.

Soulful blues on one of the best live albums I’ve heard!

Rock, Soul, Blues Feels classic Dad likes this band I think

76/1001 :: Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 8 Listen before you die: Yes Fav Songs: Statesboro Blues, Trouble No More, One Way Out, Whipping Post Seriously live blues albums don’t get much better than this. Gregg Allman is arguably the greatest blues singer of all time and it’s all on display here. Coupled with the dueling guitars of Dickey Betts and Duane Allman they’re out here doing gods work. The 2nd disc is a little slow but Whipping Post makes up for it. Good lord this is great

I think if you walked into a random bar and these guys were playing you'd have the time of your life. Great bluesy rock, and the whole hour of it felt pretty pure and not indulgent.

I typically don’t go in for jam band or jam band adjacent music like this, but these dudes cooked and their drummer hated the Grateful Dead, so they’re cool with me.

No lo termine de escuchar, ya lo había oído y en este momento no tuve el interés

This album taught me I don’t have the attention span for 20 minute long songs. You’ve got to respect the talent here but a little too much “jamming” going on for this to be something I’d regularly listen to.

Questo è un 3.5 perché devo dire che l’ho ascoltato divertendomi e sentendomi coinvolto. Non mi ha emozionato particolarmente e a tratti capisco essere progressive ma la tirano un po’ per le lunghe.

Mad props to this generator for giving me a 80-ish minutes live album on one of my busier days of the week. Extra thanks for it being a jam band live album, so I get submitted to a meandering experience that threatens to persist until the heat death of the universe. There are some good parts to this album (lost probably somewhere in the solos), but jam band concerts are perhaps better experienced in person. Not on record. Favorite track: Hot ‘Lanta Other hits: Everyone other song that is not more than 10 minutes.

One thing I've learned from this project is that I don't like jam bands. I imagine this is what prog music sounds like to people that don't like prog.

I bought this years ago on the recommendation of a close family member who thinks it's fire. Having the same childhood grounding in blue rock, I can understand why and enjoy this as wallpaper, but the long hair on the cover belies the band's deadening formality: members dutifully queue up for their exhibitions before stepping gracefully aside, everything tasteful and in place, listen it's the organist's turn, the crowd cheers and my ears droop. Pretty moments intrude - the last 90 seconds of "You Don't Love Me" - but otherwise this is faithful to its aspiration to be all about musicians chatting to each other in accepted modes; it's a little like a circle of Star Trek nerds quoting their favourite Star Trek quotes to each other in character. Heartfelt and of limited interest to this audience. There is a place for lounge jam, but I live in no lounge and like salt with my bread.

well that certainly was 76 minutes of music

That combo of undeniably good but totally uninteresting to me

Forgettable jam band nonsense

“I guess the appeal here is the inevitability of it all.”

Quality recording and playing, it just didn't sound very interesting.

No me convence eso de recomendar un disco en directo como imprescindible de un grupo. Creo que los directos son un complemento a los discos de estudio pero no lo principal. Aunque también es cierto que muchos grupos tienen discos "meh" y luego brillan en directo. Después de este rollo vamos a hablar de este disco. Este disco me da igual, no es malo pero no es algo que escucharía ni recomendaría. Le doy 2 estrellas y ya.

This had some hostage vibes

*sigh*

Live albums can fuck all the way off. Seriously, though, listening to a live album is a lot like watching someone’s concert footage. Like, good for you? I guess you had to have been there. That said, I really don’t like jam bandy noodling. It does less than nothing for me and quite irritates me. I do like some Allman Brothers studio work, but this ain’t it.

No interesting ideas in sound

1001 Albums Vol. 0002: At Fillmore East ============================================================ Introduction: I didn't mention this in my first review. If I believe an album to be a number such as a nine, seven or five, the score that I provide will be rounded up. For example, if I give an album a 7/10, that score will be rounded up to an 8/10 or 4/5 because of how this site's rating system works. Yes, this does mean that the only way for an album to get a 1/10 is for me to literally rate it a 1/10. There may be some cases in which I round a score down if I feel that it doesn't deserve to be rounded up, however. That's the end of this stupid little explanation section. Yet another band I have barely heard of and another album I've literally never heard of. From my few minutes of research, I'v deduced that this is a live album (obviously) recorded all the way back in 1971. It served as this band's third overall release and utilized songs from the band's first two albums. I have not and likely will not listen to the original studio releases of these songs, but I have deduced that the versions of the songs present on this album are extremely extended versions of those present on their first two albums. This fact alone somewhat elevates my view of this album already. The fact that there was true time and effort put into extending these songs to such extreme lengths for a live show should really show how much the artist truly cared about their fan base and making the best show possible. One could argue that this is something that almost every artist does. This statement does hold truth to it. Many artists will rewrite sections of their songs to give the performer a chance to speak to/hype up the audience in some way. Some songs will even be rewritten in an attempt to include the audience in the song. One such example of the latter is the bridge section of Creeping Death by Metallica. With that said, the length that the Allman Brothers extended/rewrote these songs are actually crazy. Whipping Post's studio version clocked in at barely over five minutes while this live performance of the same song clocks in at over twenty-three minutes. Nearly twenty minutes of performance was added just to this one song. These extreme extensions are seen throughout many of the album's songs too. Again, this should show just how much care the Allman Brothers gave to making their performance as great as they possibly could. This amount of care brings me hope that this will truly be an incredible live performance to hear in audio form. I likely won't appreciate these songs as much as I would if I were to listen to the studio versions beforehand, yet that wasn't the task given to me. Anyway, with that lengthy introduction out of the way, let's get into this album. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 1: Statesboro Blues - Well, I wouldn't necessarily consider myself to be much of a fan of Southern Rock or Country Rock at all, yet I still found myself interested in this song. Firstly, for a live show recorded back in 1971, this sounds absolutely amazing. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if someone were to have absolutely no idea what they were listening to and mistook this for a studio recording of some random song. That's how good the recording quality is. The song itself is pretty interesting as well. I am especially a fan of the guitar present throughout almost the entirety of the song. I especially like the guitar solo segments as well. Other small elements such as the keyboard moving its way in and out with the melody help elevate this song's enjoyability as well. The song is very simplistic, yet the simplistic nature of this song's melodies helps one focus on the depressing lyrics of personal hardships as well. I have done a bit of research into this song, and it's lyrics are meant to be a reflection of one of the band member's lives growing up in Statesboro, Georgia. This personal reflection of this particular member helps to add to the amount of insight that this song gives. Overall, while this song has a very simplistic nature that likely wouldn't be seen in our modern world, I still consider it to be an enjoyable and unique song at the time of its making. It managed to blend classic rock with blues in a way that worked and was likely original at the time of this album's release. Statesboro Blues Score: 8/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 2: Done Somebody Wrong - This may be somewhat of a controversial statement, yet I believe that I like this song even more than the first. The production level is the exact same, the guitar work on this song is even better than on the first in my opinion, the vocals work and mix well with the melody, the harmonica on this song was genuinely amazing as well, and so on. This song uses another very simplistic and repetitive melody, yet the length of the harmonica and guitar solo sections help disguise this while listening to the full song. The faster pace helps this song feel more energetic, which is something that is very important when artists are performing live. From what I've gathered, the Allman Brothers reserved this song to be exclusively played during live shows. I am unable to find a studio recording of this song. To me, this fact adds some value to this song. Like I said in the intro, something that makes live shows genuinely great to listen to is the amount of care put into the performance. Reserving a song that is genuinely not bad to a live show helps boost that feeling of care about the overall show. The lyrics themselves are much more simplistic than the last song, the song seemingly referring to someone who has ruined their relationship with someone, yet the fact remains that there was genuine care put into a song that many fans of the band would not ever hear. Overall, I find this song to be genuinely enjoyable while reflecting what makes a live show meaningful at the same time. Done Somebody Wrong Score: 9/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 3: Stormy Monday - This is probably my favorite track on the album so far. This song doesn't bring the same high-energy guitar playing throughout its entire length, yet the blues atmosphere more than manages to make up for that. The two guitar and one keyboard solos are a highlight in this song as well. The lyrics seem to speak of the sadness/slog of the weekdays. This is a concept that I myself can relate too along with pretty much everyone else in the entire world. My only real critique about this song is it's length. Most of the song uses the exact same melody throughout. This can obviously get a bit monotonous with a length of over eight minutes. That being said, this one critique doesn't stain my appreciation for this song all too much. I lost my previous description of this track and don't feel like writing anything too in-depth again, so I'm going to leave this song at that. Stormy Monday Score: 9/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 4: You Don't Love Me - This entire album just keeps getting better and better. This is the first super-extension song on the album. It clocks in at over nineteen minutes long. That being said, most of what is presented in this song is absolutely not filler. We start out with that I would assume to be the studio version of the song being played before breaking out into around twelve minutes of nonstop guitar solos and methodical instrumentation. There are even segments present in this song of just guitar. These sections are probably the weakest of the entire song, yet the amazing execution of said guitar still make them extremely entertaining to listen too. That being said, some of these segments extend a bit too long. It does take a bit for a complex melody to pick back up after the initial version of the song has ended, yet it feels so good when it does. The payoff from hearing an energetic melody pick back up just felt so unexplainably good to listen too. This feeling is also present by the oddly peaceful melody present at the end of the song. It feels so unusual to hear something like this when I have heard nothing but Southern Rock so far, yet I like it a lot. If this were simply a live version of the studio recording, I likely would have given this song around an eight, yet the jam present propels this song much higher. Before I move on, I will mention the lyrical meaning of this song despite it not being the highlight at all. The song's meaning is pretty simple, it seems to be about a man who's woman doesn't love him anymore. He's going to cry to his mom and dad about it while telling everyone about what girls do to you as well. It's pretty simple yet it doesn't really matter. Overall, I genuinely find this song to be the first masterpiece I have heard on this album. The guitar playing is perfect, the amount of care put into this performance is amazing, and so on. This song scores just shy of a ten; however, due to the fact that it can get somewhat boring around its middle. Other than that, I have absolutely nothing but feelings of appreciation for this song. You Don't Love Me Score: 9/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 5: Hot 'Lanta - This is the first instrumental track found on this album. Right away I will say that this track is the weakest I have heard off this album so far. It's not bad at all, yet it doesn't manage to live up to the greatness of its predecessors. The entire jam has a very wacky tone to it that fits very well with what we have heard off the album so far. There are many different elements that the band uses in this jam that make the song still feel fresh after its five minute runtime is up. The keyboard, drum, and guitar solos present here are incredible like always and work well with the main melody. The release-like section at the end of the song is something I especially am a fan of as well. Overall, there isn't much to say about this song that what I have said above. This is hopefully the closest to filler that we will get on this album. Hot 'Lanta Score: 8/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 6: In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - If I had to describe this song in a single sentence, I would write the following: "This song is a thirteen minute instrumental that consists of guitar, keyboard, and drum work that will make make you think "My God" all the way through." This song is the best on the entire album so far. It is also the second extended song on the album. Like I said above, the instrumentation work on this song is absolutely amazing. The slow and groggy melody in the beginning building up to the fast-paced, non-stop solos is absolutely incredible, not to mention the solos themselves are the best we've heard on the entire album so far. The guitar work here is especially incredible. The final few minutes of fast-paced stringing genuinely impressed me to the point where a small look of awe came across my face. I had heard that this song was incredible, yet I wasn't expecting it to be this incredible. The progression of free impression solos with the melodies is extremely impressive as well. Overall, this song is incredible. I can't think of a single thing I would change about it to make it better. This song takes my second ten I've ever given on this site. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed Score: 10/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 7: Whipping Post - I was genuinely in awe for almost the entirety of this song. This song's is the pinnacle of the entire album. The guitar work is at it's peak, the lyrics are at their peak, the vocals are at their peak. This genuinely felt as if it were meant to be a finale to a genuinely great album. I'd say the guitar work here manages to top even the last track's as well. This song is the last on the album. It's also an extended track as well. It clocks in at over twenty-three minutes in length, yet none of that time is filler. From the crazy, fast-paced guitar work during the first ten minutes and the last few before the final section, to the more mundane, slow-paced sections of this track, to the near-minute in length crescendo of almost every instrument heard throughout this album at the end of the track, everything about this track is perfect. I am especially a fan of the buildup section that exits the first mundane portion of this track. These mundane sections are not boring either unlike in You Don't Love Me. The first one has enough going on with the great guitar to keep me entertained all the way through. The second feels like it was made to be an outro to the entire album as a whole. These sections both work very well unlike in the previous song. As I said above, this track is lyrically great as well. It follows someone who has been squeezed by his partner for all he has. It uses a metaphor of being tied to a whipping post to emphasize how this person feels. This lyrical complexity combines well with the way the chorus is delivered by the singer, his voice beginning to roll with a hint of anger as he delivers it. This song literally feels as close to perfection as one could possibly get with this same level of production and same overall feel that this album goes for. I genuinely can't think of anything else that this album could do to make a song better than this and still have it feel like it belongs in this album. This song takes the first eleven I have given out on this site. Whipping Post Score: 11/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conclusion: This album is good, really good. I can see why this is generally considered to be one of the best live albums ever recorded. Like I said in the intro, it genuinely felt like the band cared about giving the best possible live performance they could. The songwriting varies a little in quality, yet it overall remains very strong in every song across the album. The style this album goes for feels very set while still exploring every possible avenue it could as well. Every song felt different and unique, all killer no filler. The fusion of blues themes with the extremely energetic rock atmosphere is something that works extremely well on this album as well. Lyrically, this album could use a bit of work. Most songs that contain lyrics feel a bit dated in the topics that they choose to cover. The things they have to say have been spoken time and time again in the decades that would follow this album's release. Even at this album's release there were many songwriters already covering similar topics as this band was. That being said, this is just a small issue that didn't really drawback the quality of this album all that much. What didn't drawback the quality at all was the production. The production on this album is absolutely amazing. The guitar, the keyboard, the drums all mix in such a good way. Like I said at some point above, I would not be surprised at all if someone believed they were listening to a studio recording if they had no idea what this album was. In fact, there were times where I actually forgot I was listening to a live album. That statement alone should speak volumes about how good this album's production and quality is. This quality in audio allows the guitar, drum, harmonica, and keyboard solos to sound absolutely amazing throughout each song. Overall, this album is great in pretty much every aspect. It isn't perfect in absolutely every aspect, yet the fact still remains that it is extremely influential, extremely well-produced, and extremely well-written. I am glad to have gotten something of this quality as my second album on this site. ============================================================ At Fillmore East Score: 9/10 Song Average: 9.1/10

Best live album ever

Greatest live album of all time!!

Blues is nice

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this one, I didn't expect the Allman Brothers to be so bluesy

Brilliant live lp

I saw later line-ups of this band in concert and they were fantastic. But, the original group could not be touched. Great musicians and music.

Some of the finest people I've ever known love the Allman Brothers. I am not worthy to second guess them.

One of the best live albums

Wow took me 2 days to get through but it was a ride of just good jamming - nothing bad to say and it’s cool they recorded the album live

All-timer of a live album, solid playing all around and a decent mix

Wow

The deluxe version of this is over two hours long and I did not mind one bit.

Oh my god, what a favorite of childhood. Someday my dad will be gone and this whole album will make me cry and yearn for one more game of pool. It's unfair to rate my formative texts so highly, but here we are. Love this one.

Awesome

Duane packed several lifetimes of talent into 24 years

This was great. I kept wanting to add tracks to my playlist but they were like 20 minutes long. Super engaging and listenable. I think I'll be sticking this on another day to listen to.

Classic southern rock. Great live LP from a band, and a genre, I'm not that crazy about.

classic guitar rock

Top 5 all-time Jam Band. Top 5 all-time Live album. RIP Dickie Betts. Your music loves on.

Great all man brothers

Yes to the blues.

One of the best post Woodstock live albums by a great band

Greatest live album of all time. Also my Dad’s favorite band😊

Banger album. Love their live shows. Had know idea that they were a proper jam band until listening to their live recordings.

Do you enjoy listening to legendary Jam Bands?? If so, yeah, this is some good stuff. Do you like extended guitar riffs that just absolutely rock, occasionally lasting upwards of 10-20 minutes?? They may not be for everyone, but I know that I sure do. They even removed the very common and quite frankly annoying aspects of most other Live albums. The actual “Live” elements like fan noise and overtly long introductions are dialed back as much as they possibly can be. While you’re getting absolutely lost in the riffs, you’ll forget it’s a live album entirely with how well it’s been recorded here. Every song is unique, with plenty of identity and variation to make sure you’re never bored. My favorite songs on this album are the closers, “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” and “Whipping Post”. They just absolutely ended this set with the best, most extended bang possible. As far as Live performances go, this may be one of the best. Great inclusion to the list!!