Apologies for any confusion caused, I had originally thought that the new release might have been from Dallas, possibly with Rahsaan Roland Kirk sitting in, but I was wrong.
A friend of mine (sadly now deceased) had what he thought was a recording of the 9/27/71 Dallas show and he said that he believed you could hear Rahsaan Roland Kirk doing the twin sax thing on Liz Reed. He said it was a soundboard recording. I never heard the recording myself, but he did give me the set list which is identical to the set list for this new show being released. It therefore brought into question whether the new release was actually the Austin show from 9/28 with Juicy Carter or whether it was the Dallas show from 9/27, possibly with RRK?
Thanks very much to "crosseyedcat" for finding the documentary evidence below which undoubtedly proves the new release to be Austin 9/28/71 with Juicy Carter sitting in.
From The Rag, Volume 5, issue 41, 10/4/1971
What this does mean is that the partial recording that has been traded for years as the 9/28 Austin show must be from another date, as there are clear differences between the two recordings. I guess we will never know where / when that old partial recording is from now.
Good question. If the sound of each show is decent, it may be selections from both shows.
Those two shows were next day shows.
Maybe Ernest Tubb is sitting in and gets to sing "Waltz Across Texas With Me".
You would think an official release would have accurate date and venue but I would never doubt this trading community's knowledge.
They couldn't get the dates correct on the Fillmore West box.
"Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?"
Good question. If the sound of each show is decent, it may be selections from both shows.
Those two shows were next day shows.
Maybe Ernest Tubb is sitting in and gets to sing "Waltz Across Texas With Me".
According to my information, the 9/28 Austin recording currently in circulation is an audience recording of a few tracks from the show whereas the 9/27 Dallas recording is a soundboard recording of the whole show.
Thanks to "crosseyedcat" for the link to this review of the 9/28/71 Austin show published in "The Rag, Volume 5, issue 41, 10/4/1971"
ALLMAN BROTHERS by John Spence
Ragphoto: Dana Mardaga
Joe said he was going to be gone for a while, but he'd be back for the Allman Bros. He said he would not miss them for anything. When I asked him why, he simply replied, "Because those guys have never let me down!" It sounded like Joe knew what he was talking about, so I got my ticket early. When the concert night came I was puzzled to find such a scarce turnout. Could Joe have steered me wrong? "He better not have," a friend said, "I took off work tonight for this." Cowboy, the warmup group, did alright, considering they had only played together a couple of times before. Then the hour of reckoning came. Excitement grew not only in me but in those around me. The Allman Bros, started playing some of their well-known blues numbers only to stop to announce that the fire marshals were going to stop the show if everyone didn't return to their seats and stop crowding the aisles. Duane Allman asked if we knew who the fire marshals were - they're the guys who tried to be cops but couldn't make it! Then the band continued with a fantastic jam based on "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," Dickie Betts' song, and Betts played long, sinuous lead lines. The band had a horn player with them, who didn't do much except on a couple of numbers when he played some Coltrane - like lines that fitted in perfectly with the piercing guitars and the thundering drums. When the Allmans were finished their audience wasn't. A massive ovation continued for about 10 minutes until our heroes returned for one last song, a rousing version of "People can you feel it, Love is everywhere," with the audience singing along. If it hadn't been for the crowd, they wouldn't have done that second encore, but as one of the drummers said, "after all that yelling, they deserve it." The only minor disappointment was that they didn't do "Whipping Post." After it was over I ran into Joe in the parking lot where he confirmed once again that "those guys never let me down." I agreed.
