At Fillmore East
| At Fillmore East | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Album by Allman Brothers Band | ||
| Released | July, 1971 | |
| Recorded | March 13 1971, at Fillmore East | |
| Genre | Southern rock | |
| Length | 76 min 26 s | |
| Record label | Capricorn Records | |
| Producer | Tom Dowd | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Rolling Stone | 5 stars out of 5 | August 2002 (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=28690&cf=) |
| Q | 4 stars out of 5 | July 1998 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=133024&resource=133024&fixture_artist=144817) |
| Allmusic.com | 5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70402211144452833&sql=A9ikxlf3e5cqo) |
| Allman Brothers Band Chronology | ||
| Idlewild South (1970) | At Fillmore East (1971) | Eat a Peach (1972) |
At Fillmore East is a Southern rock album by Allman Brothers Band, released in July of 1971 (see 1971 in music). Their breakthrough success, At Fillmore East remains one of the top-selling albums in the band's catalogue, is one of the critical heights of their career, and "is generally accepted as the greatest live recording in the history of rock music", in the opinion of Popmatters.com's Chuck Hicks [1] (http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/allmanbrothersband-road.html). It was recorded at the Fillmore East music club in New York City.
The album was produced by Tom Dowd, who condensed the running time of various songs, even merging more than one performance onto one track. At Fillmore East peaked at #13 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
Several songs recorded during the same set of shows, including "One Way Out", "Trouble No More", and the memorable "Mountain Jam", were later released on Eat a Peach, the latter spanning two sides of the double album. "Mountain Jam" is based on Donovan's "First There Is A Mountain" and features all of the band's members in extensive solos. This song clearly shows the band playing at its best.
Those songs were later included in their entirety, along with un-cut versions of some, re-edited versions of others, and some previously un-included tracks, on a new release of the Fillmore material entitled The Fillmore Concerts. "Stormy Monday" gained back a harmonica solo, and "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" and "Drunken Hearted Boy" were now included as well.
In 2003 the TV network VH1 named At Fillimore East the 59th greatest album of all time.
Track listings
Track listing - At Fillmore East
- "Statesboro Blues" (McTell) - 4:17
- "Done Somebody Wrong" (James/Levy/Lewis) - 4:33
- "Stormy Monday" (Walker) - 8:44
- "You Don't Love Me" (Cobbs) - 19:15
- "Hot 'Lanta" (Berry/Butch/Dicky/Duane/Gregg/Jai Johanny) - 5:17
- "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Betts) - 13:04
- "Whipping Post" (Allman) - 22:56
Track listing - The Fillmore Concerts
- "Statesboro Blues" (McTell) - 4:15
- "Trouble No More" (Morganfield) - 3:46
- "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" - 3:20
- "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Betts) - 12:59
- "One Way Out" (Schorn/Williamson/James) - 4:55
- "Done Somebody Wrong" (Lewis/James/Levy) - 4:11
- "Stormy Monday" (Walker) - 10:19
- "You Don't Love Me" (Cobbs) - 19:24
- "Hot 'Lanta" (D.Allman/G.Allman/Betts/Oakley/Johanson/Trucks) - 5:11
- "Whipping Post" (G.Allman) - 22:37
- "Mountain Jam" (Leitch/D.Allman/G.Allman/Betts/Oakley/Johanson/Trucks) - 33:47
- "Drunken Hearted Boy" (Bishop) - 7:33
Personnel
- Duane Allman - Guitar, Slide Guitar
- Gregg Allman - Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
- Dickey Betts - Guitar, Vocals
- Berry Oakley - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
- Jai Johanny Johanson - Percussion, Conga, Drums, Timbales
- Butch Trucks - Percussion, Drums, Tympani [Timpani]
Personnel - Special Guests
- Thom Doucette - Harmonica ("Don't Keep Me Wonderin'", "Done Somebody Wrong", "Stormy Monday" and "You Don't Love Me")
- Randolph "Juicy" Carter - Saxophone ("Hot 'Lanta")
- Bobby Caldwell - Percussion ("Drunken Hearted Boy")
- Elvin Bishop - Vocals ("Drunken Hearted Boy")
- Steve Miller - Piano ("Drunken Hearted Boy")
Personnel - Production (At Fillmore East)
- Tom Dowd - Producer, Liner Notes
- Aaron Baron - Engineer
- Larry Dahlstrom - Engineer
- Dennis M. Drake - Mastering
- Jim Marshall - Photography
External links
- Collected reviews (http://www.superseventies.com/allmanbrothers.html)
- BBC review (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/classicpop/reviews/allmanbrothers_fillmore.shtml)