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Artist: Duane Allman
Title: An Anthology
Label: Polydor
LP Release Date: 1972
CD Release Date: 1990
Format: MP3 @ 320 K
Review:
Duane Allman's greatness was apparent on his recordings with the Allman Brothers, yet there was another side to the superb guitarist. For many years, he was a highly respected session musician, playing on cuts by Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Boz Scaggs, Delaney & Bonnie, and Clarence Carter, among others. By including those session cuts, as well as a sampling of his brief sojourn in Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominoes and a few rare solo tracks, along with a number of representative Allman Brothers songs, the double-album Anthology winds up drawing a complete portrait of Allman. He may have recorded plenty of other material worth hearing, but this has the bare essentials for an excellent introduction and retrospective.~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Recording information:
Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY 04/1968-10/1971
Capricorn Sound Studios, Macon 04/1968-10/1971
Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL 04/1968-10/1971
Decca Studios, NY 04/1968-10/1971
Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL 04/1968-10/1971
Fillmore East, NY 04/1968-10/1971
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals 04/1968-10/1971
Track List Disc 1:
01. B.B. King Medley (The Hourglass) - a) Sweet Little Angel b) It's My Own Fault c) How Blue Can You Get?
02. Hey Jude - (with Wilson Pickett)
03. Road of Love, The - (with Clarence Carter)
04. Goin' Down Slow
05. The Weight - (with Aretha Franklin)
06. Games People Play - (with King Curtis)
07. Shake For Me - (with John Hammond)
08. Loan Me a Dime - (with Boz Scaggs)
09. Rollin' Stone - (with Johnny Jenkins)
Track List Disc 2:
01. Livin' on the Open Road - (with Delaney & Bonnie)
02. Down Along the Cove - (with Johnny Jenkins)
03. Please Be With Me - (with Cowboy)
04. Mean Old World - (with Eric Clapton)
05. Layla - (with Derek & The Dominos)
06. Statesboro Blues - (with The Allman Brothers Band)
07. Don't Keep Me Wondering - (with The Allman Brothers Band)
08. Standback - (with The Allman Brothers Band)
09. Dreams - (with The Allman Brothers Band)
10. Little Martha - (with The Allman Brothers Band)
Personnel:
Duane Allman - vocals, guitar, slide guitar, dobro, electric sitar
Scott Boyer - vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar
Eric Clapton - vocals, guitar, slide guitar
Clarence Carter, Boz Scaggs - vocals, guitar
Johnny Jenkins - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Gregg Allman - vocals, piano, electric piano, organ
Aretha Franklin, Bobby Whitlock - vocals, piano
Delaney Bramlett, John F. Hammond, John Hammond, Jr., Wilson Pickett, Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
Dickey Betts - guitar, acoustic guitar, dobro
Pete Carr - guitar, acoustic guitar
Albert Lowe, Ben Benay - guitar
Thom Doucette - harmonica
Floyd Newman - saxophone, baritone saxophone
King Curtis - saxophone, horns
Jerry Jumonville - alto saxophone
Joe Arnold, Frank Mayes, Aaron Varnell - tenor saxophone
James J. Mitchell, James Mitchell - baritone saxophone
Darrell Leonard - trumpet, trombone
Gene Miller - trumpet
The Memphis Horns - horns
Paul Hornsby - piano, electric piano, organ
Jim Gordon - piano, organ, drums
Jim Gordon, Barry Beckett - piano, organ
Marvell Thomas, Spooner Oldham - organ
Jaimoe Johnson - drums, congas, timbales
Butch Trucks - drums, tambourine
Chuck Morgan, Johnny Sandlin, Roger Hawkins, Charlie Morgan - drums
Peter Kowalke, Tommy Talton - background vocals
Artist: Duane Allman
Title: An Anthology Vol II
Label: Polydor
LP Release Date: 1974
CD Release Date: 1990
Format: MP3 @ 320 K
Review:
The session work with other players here isn't quite as good as the material on the first anthology, but An Anthology, Vol. 2 does feature a live cut by Delaney & Bonnie, plus a pair of what were then previously unissued Allman Brothers Band live tracks (among them "Midnight Rider" from the Fillmore East in June 1971). There's another good Duane Allman solo number and a good Hour Glass track ("Been Gone Too Long"), more session work with Aretha Franklin and King Curtis, Ronnie Hawkins ("Matchbox"), Wilson Pickett ("Born to Be Wild"), Johnny Jenkins, Boz Scaggs, Sam Samudio, and Otis Rush. The annotation here isn't as thorough as it was on the first volume, but anyone who owns the first double-CD set will almost certainly have to own this one as well, and for a mid-priced set there's a lot of very good music. ~ Bruce Eder
Recorded between 1969 & 1971.
Track List Disc 1:
01. Happily Married Man
02. It Ain't Fair
03. The Weight
04. You Reap What You Sow
05. Matchbox
06. Born to Be Wild
07. No Money Down
08. Been Gone Too Long
09. Stuff You Gotta Watch
10. Dirty Old Man
11. Push Push
Disc 2
01. Walk on Gilded Splinters
02. Waiting for a Train
03. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
04. Goin' Upstairs
05. Come on in My Kitchen
06. Dimples
07. Going Up the Country
08. Done Somebody Wrong
09. Leave My Blues at Home
10. Midnight Rider
Personnel:
Duane Allman - vocals, guitar, acoustic & electric slide guitars, dobro
Delaney Bramlett - vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Samudio - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Otis Rush, Johnny Jenkins - vocals, guitar
Aretha Franklin - vocals, piano
Wilson Pickett, Boz Scaggs, Lulu, Ronnie Hawkins, Bonnie Bramlett, Arthur Conley - vocals
Herbie Mann - flute
King Curtis - saxophone
The Allman Brothers Band
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