13.01.2008.
Allman Brothers Band - Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas (1972-75) (@320)
Request of Zdenko Milos.
(Review from allmusic.com, wikipedia)
This double live album was released by Capricorn Records largely as a way of raising money in a hurry, but it fares surprisingly well musically. Released after the group had already dissolved in acrimony, the album did not attract much praise or even attention at the time. The band did not like the selections and the record also inevitably suffered by comparison to their classic 1971 At Fillmore East, generally considered one of the best live albums of all time.
The 1973-1974 Allman Brothers Band featured here is the one that most fans actually saw, since most listeners didn't discover them or get to their concerts until after the deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. Wipe the Windows isn't a landmark release like the Fillmore tapes -- a collection of rock's greatest guitar albums could be complete without it. But no Allman Brothers Band fan should pass up Wipe the Windows, which is a most solid live album, and, in particular, a better representation of the songs off of Brothers and Sisters and Win, Lose or Draw than the original studio versions. "Southbound," "Ramblin' Man," "Jessica," and, to a lesser degree, "Wasted Words" come off exceptionally well. This second-generation band, with Dickey Betts as the sole lead guitar and Gregg Allman and Chuck Leavell sharing the keyboards, also performs a preconceived version of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" -- they could never spark more fire than the version from the Fillmore, so they transform it into a moodier piece with more space for the keyboards to open up. Compiled from shows in New Orleans, San Francisco, Bakersfield, Oakland, and Watkins Glen (New York).
Line-up :
* Gregg Allman — lead vocals, organ, clavinet, guitar
* Richard Betts — lead vocals, lead guitar, slide guitar
* Chuck Leavell — piano, electric piano, background vocals
* Lamar Williams — electric bass
* Jaimoe — drums, percussion
* Butch Trucks — drums, percussion, tympani
Track List :
01. Introduction by Bill Graham – 1:05
02. Wasted Words (Allman) – 5:10
03. Southbound (Betts) – 6:03
04. Ramblin' Man (Betts) – 7:09
05. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Betts) – 17:19
06. Ain't Wastin' Time No More (Allman) – 5:41
07. Come and Go Blues (Allman) – 5:05
08. Can't Lose What You Never Had (Waters) – 6:43
09. Don't Want You No More (Davis, Hardin) – 2:48
10. It's Not My Cross to Bear (Allman) – 5:23
11. Jessica (Betts) – 9:05
Tracks 2-5 recorded at the Winterland, San Francisco, September 26, 1973.
Track 6 recorded at The Warehouse, New Orleans, December 31, 1972.
Track 7 recorded at the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, July 28, 1973.
Tracks 8-10 recorded at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium, Bakersfield, California, October 22, 1975.
Track 11 recorded the Oakland Coliseum, October 24, 1975.
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