Almost nine months have passed since ABB's last concert on 10-28-14. For a few months I've been kind of bummed out, but just recently, I've just picked up The Fever again. Mind you, I've been an ABB fan since the early '70's and for the last 25 years, I've acquired many Duane era shows, both audience and soundboard. A few months back, I decided to put almost all of these recordings onto my thumbdrive, but keep the commercially released CDs on the shelves. For the shows that are on my thumbdrive, I decided that I would one day decide to sort them out and determine which shows have the best sound (I am hard of hearing). Some audience shows are fine, others are not. I could never enjoy listening to a real garbled audience show and sometimes I'm tempted to just discard them - until recently. The last time I traded an ABB show was several years back and I stopped due to life's circumstances. Now that I got The Fever, I started going back to what I really love to do - collect good sound quality ABB bootlegs. I was looking through this website and I found that there were many Duane era shows that were remastered by Capt Skipper (God rest him!) and I only have a few, so I'm curious. I'd like to start acquiring these shows, but I have to determine which shows that I already have which are not remasterd. ? I want to start slowly. Secondly, the 5 man band (1972), the only shows I have is the commercially released one, I think, February 1972. I'd like to have some 1972 era shows too.
Any one of you out there that can give me a hand in acquiring these shows? I'd very much appreciate it!
Fred Evans
fhevans58@verizon.net
Fred,
You need to have a list of what you have so people know what you are not looking for. There are a few early ABB Capt. Skipper Duane shows in the vines section now which are at the top of the list.
For 1972 here is what I have if you need something let me know (copied and pasted text files from the shows, not my own words):
1) A smoking show with the 5 man band from March of 72. This one is really a tribute to brother Berry Oakley. Him and Dickey really Hit the Note on this show.
Just to hear Berry on Trouble No More is worth signing up. Crank up the stereo and be amazed! 1 CD in wav.
The Allman Brothers Band
3/23/72
Price Hall
Jackson, AL
Source: FM
1. Statesboro Blues
2. Done Somebody Wrong
3. Ain't Wastin' Time No More
4. One Way Out
5. Trouble No More
6. Stormy Monday
7. You Don't Love Me
8. Les Brers In A Minor
9. Whipping Post
2) First and foremost, a big thanks and shout out to Orlando for making this music possible:
Well here is it is, (for those of us who still either don't or can't download) the newly newly discovered Brothers trax from the Mar Y Sol festival in 1972. For an Audience recording, the quality is very good, especially one using the technology of the 70's at a live show. "Statesboro Blues" is inc. and Orlando very thoughtfully included "Ain't Wastin' Time No More"...which is somewhat of a special treat for me because I had not heard it in decades....This represents the most complete collection of this show.....Since there are so few recordings of the 5 man band in circulation, I wanted to get this out asap. I am sending out the original Disc on the vine, so please be careful...
"The Collazo/ Mandry Tapes" form Mar Y Sol.
4-1-72 Puerto Rico
1) One way out
2) Stormy Monday
3) Statesboro Blues
4) Done Somebody Wrong
5) Ain't Wastin' time
3) And I have 12-31-72, 2 discs, but no supporting text or linage history. Can't tell you if it is a remastered copy, but sound is very good perhaps FM source (?)
[Edited on 7/7/2015 by nebish]
