The Allman Brothers Band [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Allman Brothers Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1969
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000003CM8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,065 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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  • #25 in Music > Classic Rock > Southern Rock

Editorial Reviews

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

82 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, But Don't Buy This!, July 12, 2003

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Dean Esmay (Westland, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Allman Brothers Band (Audio CD)

This is an album full of excellent music by the early Allman Brothers Band. However, for an additional [money] you can purchase their album BEGINNINGS, which contains all of this album plus all of their second album, Idlewilde South. Both albums are truly first rate, and you get them both on one CD if you just buy BEGINNINGS.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great debut by a great band., May 16, 2002

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Jim Toms (W. Frankfort, IL (USA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Allman Brothers Band (Audio CD)

There is nothing, I repeat, nothing weak about this album. From the beginning of the first track "Don't Want You No More", it takes only a nanosecond to be hooked by the genius that was the original Allman Brothers lineup. The only complaint that I could come close to making would be that the album is too short coming in at under thirty-five minutes. The same is true of the afformentioned opening track. At only 2:25, it always leaves me wanting more.

Obviously, Duane Allman is everywhere here. "Black Hearted Woman" has some real mean licks, as does "Every Hungry Woman". I disagree with an earlier reviewer that "Dreams" is a bit too long. At about seven minutes, it's just right. Hypnotic and slow grooving, there just isn't a better song on the album which brings me to "Whipping Post". This is a great tune that can't really be appreciaited unless you're attempting to blow your speakers by cranking them to 11. The opening bass and Duane's solo should be pretty recognizeable.

The first four albums by The Allman Brothers Band are all excellent, including this one. Each one doesn't quite sound like any other so enjoy this one early and often.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Record, May 7, 2007

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Vail Ryan "VailBass" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Allman Brothers Band (Audio CD)

Despite much great music with a variety of players up to this day, nothing can really top this first Allman Brothers release. The tunes are solid from beginning to end. It's no surprise that most of them have become standards.
It's also no surprise, that at the time of its release, the album was largely ignored. American blues-based rock was still not very popular, and these guys were Southerners to boot.

But other musicians took note; one of them was Eric Clapton. (Give a listen some time to Eric and Duane dueting on Mean Old World.)
Anyway, Idlewild South, as a whole was not up to this eponymous debut, and soon Duane would be gone. Eat A Peach was ambitious, but much dominated by Duane's playing on Mountain Jam. Then that wonderful and under-appreciated bassist Berry Oakley would be gone, too.

The ABB would have its ups and downs and be a breeding ground for great musicians and a continuing fount of great music, but nothing has yet topped the tight, focused, writing, playing, and sequencing of this first album. It is a perfect record.