Thanks Rowland!  Precious stuff!

Nice pics. Thanks for posting Rowland. This was one of my first trades on cassette. 

Other confirmation of this date as per my "Duane Era Recordings" thread in the Duane Allman section ...

01/26/70 @ University Of California, Riverside  (1 disc)  [aka 01/20/70]

There are only three genuine tracks from this date – “Blues Jam”, “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” & “Oh Pretty Woman” – but most versions also have “Dreams” as a filler track, which is actually from the 02/01/71 Whiskey A Go-Go show.

Whilst this show had previously been traded as 01/20/70, the correct date has been ascertained to be 01/26/70.

The ABB database has them listed as playing the Whiskey A-Go-Go in Los Angeles from Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th inclusive, so with Riverside being a suburb of LA it would make sense that the free gig was during this time.  However, the ABB database also has them listed as playing the Fillmore West in San Francisco from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th inclusive, so as they were on the west coast for that entire period then either date could potentially be true.

The first piece of evidence doubting the 01/20 date was the following extract from the UCR (University of California – Riverside) timeline database:

"Jan. 24, 1970 -- The Allman Brothers Band spend the afternoon playing soulful rock on the grassy knoll near the bell tower. Crowd size varies all day."

However, this date is also in doubt due to the following information provided by a friend of the taper who was in attendance, "tonewoods", who wrote the following:

"OK, if I had to bet the farm on a date, I would go with the 26th…

I'm probably the source for the 20th date, based on who-knows-what 35 years ago, this was way before I had access to the Whisky dates, the internet, etc. etc...

It was a guess, and in retrospect, a pretty good one...

I used to trade tapes heavily back in the day (including this one), and that's how the date got written into the record...

OK, here's what I do know...

Duane told me that they had just come from the Whiskey the previous evening, and I got the impression they were just killing time on a beautiful January day in the California desert on their way to the next gig...

They had a Winnebago, and an equipment truck...

I'd say this gig took place on a weekday. I remember cutting classes, and Craig (the taper) was on his way to class w/tape recorder in hand, by chance...

What circulates is probably my tape transfer (especially if your copy has the Whiskey "Dreams" tacked onto it)...

For you folks who haven't had a listen to the tape, Duane's solo on "Oh Pretty Woman" is worth the price of admission...

It smokes, and really stands the test of time, and just hints at what the band sounded like that day..."

"tonewoods" goes on to say:

"They just played the Whiskey the night before, and were not in any hurry to get anywhere, much less hustle back into LA, set up again, and resume their Whiskey engagement..."

As the final gig at the Whiskey was Sunday 25th, then this seems like a pretty convincing argument for Monday 26th being the correct date.

Confirmation of this date was finally provided from another UCR student who was also in attendance at the gig, Bruce Harvie, who on 26th January 2020 posted the following on the "Duane Allman ~ Skydog Fan Page" on Facebook:

"Two weeks ago I happened to be passing by the campus and decided to take a few pics of the Mall.  While there, I went to the library and looked up the student newspaper to see if I could nail down a date.  Score!  Joel Selvin - the well-known rock critic - was also a student at UCR (and I'm pretty sure had a hand in getting the band to play at UCR in the first place) and had written an article in the Highlander about that day."

Bruce posted a photo of the article which was dated Jan 30th 1970 and refers to the Allman Brothers having played at the campus the previous Monday, the 26th. 

Awesome pics! Jaimoe doesn't even look like Jaimoe in these. Thanks for posting Rowland!

These are terrific and illicit so many emotions and questions for me:

* what must've an audience member experienced happening upon this band for the first time to a scene like that? 

* they see malnourished, half-naked, hairy hippies with one really sharp dressed goldilocks ( look at the boots on Gregg )

* they hear black music but there's only one black guy 

* they hear them speak in deep southern accents 

* they hear them go off into the ethers on a long jam and re-wonder what type of music this is anyway

* they first hear the vocals - do they assume it's the black drummer only to learn its coming from goldilocks?

* Who the eff ARE these guys?

* Speaking of half-naked, it must've been extra hot to Barry --- does going from the wife beater to shirtless REALLY make that much of a difference? I assume Duane did the same thing at some point

Man, what I wouldn't give to have been there, if only to just observe the audience's reaction!

Thanks for sharing!

Looks like a good gust of wind could topple that skyscraper 

cool, Butch & Jaimoe switched kits in that one pic (4th one down on left)

beautiful photos - tshirt weather in January in sunny Calif.

cranking the Brothers all wknd

Marion Sindorf contributed so much in the early days of the site - he is missed, take care & know that you are loved, brother

Wow!  Beautiful pics and so appreciated!  Thanks, Rowland, for passing these along.