The Allman Brothers Band-The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East (1971)


 

Artist: The Allman Brothers Band

Title: The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East

Label: Capricorn

Format: 2XLP

Cat #: SD-2-802

Year of Release: 1971

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1971

Listed Condition G+/G+

Sell Date: 5/9/23

Sell Price:$7.31

Discogs Last Sold: 4/19/24 VG+/VG $25.00

Low: $5.00 G+/F

Median: $24.91

Average: $36.86

High: $161.28 NM/NM

Current low price: $10.00

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18

Have/Want: 538/365

Where Sold: Saline, MI

Time it took to sell: 9 years

Where and When Bought: Worcester, MA That's Entertainment $1.49

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: No

Since we had a recording from Fillmore West yesterday, I might as well tackle the sale of recordings from the Fillmore East today (from a completely separate buyer).  Makes you wonder if there was some Bill Graham in the news.  I took a quick news glance and didn't see anything.  His birthday was in January.  I have no idea why the stars aligned this way.

The band had a recent passing of their estranged but esteemed guitarist Dickey Betts, who I saw with his solo band around 10 years ago at the New York Society For Ethical Culture, a nice theatre in the 60's near Central Park.  Somehow I never saw the Allmans in their Beacon gazillion-show-taking-mantle-from-Dead era or any other time.  I did see Gregg's solo band opening for BB King in Worcester at the Worcester Auditorium when "I'm No Angel" was a new radio hit around 1987.  Long before any of that, I got this double album in the dollar bin for $1.49.  We are talking around 1981 or so.  This is one of the first 50 or so used records I ever bought in large due to it's cheapness that now grades as G+ all around.  It plays well still, with not an overbearing amount of surface noise, no major cover flaws and no skips even though the "Whipping Post" side looks worse than it sounds.  Let's put it this way--I played this record over the years and didn't feel a hard need to upgrade even in the CD era.

This is widely considered the Allman's greatest recording and maybe it is.  I might prefer the tightened up studio "Whipping Post" which is my favorite song by the band.  Yet, I have no problem with the song taking up the whole 4th side.  My favorite of this album (I recently listened a couple weeks ago before this sale after Dickey died and a couple more times last night) as of this writing-is "Hot 'Lanta."  Every band member gets a credit on it at a quick glance.   The first two sides (my now sold copy has 1 backed with 4 and 2 backed with 3) are Blues covers: "Statesboro Blues" by Blind Willie McTell,  Elmore James "Done Somebody Wrong" and "Call It Stormy Monday" by T. Bone Walker which the Allman's just called "Stormy Monday.  T. Bone had a "Stormy Monday Blues" as well.  Then the Allman's stretch Willie Cobbs 1961 track "You Don't Love Me" from a 2:55 single side to a side long track taking 19:06.

Over the years this double album has been reissued, repackaged and expanded beyond it's original concept to become an archival release versus a lengthy double album.  There is even footage of the performances you can watch.  It's quite a bit to absorb.

The original is just fine for me.


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