(Personal Vinyl Collection) The Allman Brothers Band - Millions of Peaches, Peaches for Me.

The Allman Brothers Band - S/T (Capricorn Records/ATCO 1969)

Side One:
1. Don't Want You No More
2. It's Not My Cross to Bear
3. Black Hearted Woman
4. Trouble No More

Side Two:
1. Every Hungry Woman
2. Dreams
3. Whipping Post

Oft hailed as the greatest debut album of all time, this record set the pace for everything that was to follow in the realm of Classic Rock, Blues, Hard R&B, Rural Psychedelia and Jam. Great sound, classic gatefold record sleeve with iconic photo of the boys skinny dipping inside. One powerhouse track after another featuring the quintessential, original lineup of Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickie Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jai "Jaimoe" Johanny Johanson

The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (Capricorn Records/ATCO 1971)

Side One:
1. Statesboro Blues
2. Done Somebody Wrong
3. Stormy Monday

Side Two:
1. You Don't Love Me

Side Three:
1. Hot 'Lanta
2. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Side Four:
1. Whipping Post

Again with original lineup, Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickie Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jai "Jaimoe" Johanny Johanson, "Fillmore" solidified the Bros. as the top live act of the era as well as garnering the reputation as the "Southern Grateful Dead". This is one of the best sounding live albums to ever grace a turntable. Essential.

The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach (Capricorn Records/ATCO 1972)

Side One:
1. Ain't Wastin' Time No More
2. Les Brers In A Minor
3. Melissa

Side Two:
1. Mountain Jam

Side Three:
1. One Way Out
2. Trouble No More
3. Stand Back
4. Blue Sky
5. Little Martha

Side Four:
1. Mountain Jam Con't


Released just a few months after Brother Duane's untimely death, "Eat a Peach" is the swan song last release featuring original Brothers, Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickie Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Jai "Jaimoe" Johanny Johanson. It is also considered to be the band's greatest and most important work. This album has been such an enormous part of my life - all of my life. As a little kid in the 70's I experienced this record as the ultimate "head" party record and as an adult it has played the same roll. My personal copy has been used as a rolling tray in every decade since it's release 40 years ago. The iconic cover art and intensely trippy gatefold interior artwork shaped my idea of not only what an album cover was supposed to be but what artistic freedom was all about. Because Duane passed away during the recording of the record, the album is half studio record and half live jam thereby making it the most fully realized snapshot of the band ever committed to tape. This is also one of my wife's top favorite records (and bands) and if Mama Shelly says it's great, there's no arguing the fact. If you were to purchase only one Allman Brothers record, "Eat A Peach" is the decision to make - hands down.

The Allman Brothers Band - Wipe The Windows, Check The Oil, Dollar Gas (Capricorn Records/ATCO 1976)

Side One:
1. Wasted Words
2. Southbound
3. Ramblin' Man

Side Two:
1. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Side Three:
1. Ain't Wastin' Time No More
2. Come and Go Blues
3. Can't Lose What You Never Had

Side Four:
1. Don't Want You No More
2. It's Not My Cross to Bear
3. Jessica

A live compilation of the band's mid 70's, post-Duane live shows. A great sounding record that, though well played and excellently engineered, falls short of the original lineup's unfuckwithable fire. Features Gregg Allman, Dickie Betts, Jai "Jaimoe" Johanny Johanson, Butch Trucks, Chuck Leavell and Lamar Williams.