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Live At Ludlow Garage 1970

Live, 2CD

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Dreams
2 Statesboro Blues
3 Trouble No More
4 Dimples
5 Every Hungry Woman
6 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
7 Hoochie Coochie Man

Disc: 2

1 Mountain Jam

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This 2 CD set is the original 1990 Polydor release. Catalog 843-260-2. There is a drill hole through the UPC.

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This two-CD set won't cause you to throw out your copy of Fillmore East, but it is at very least a worthy companion to that 1971 classic. Recorded the previous year at the famed Cincinnati venue (but not released until 1991), Ludlow catches the band in the moments just before their peak. Some of the material will be familiar to fans, but this collection adds gems such as John Lee Hooker's "Dimples" and the blues classic "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" to their recorded repertoire. And if you thought the 33-minute "Mountain Jam" on Eat a Peach was extensive, you need to hear Ludlow's 44-minute version, which comprises the entire second CD. --Marc Greilsamer

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.88 x 5.63 x 1.02 inches; 5.86 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Mercury
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2002367
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1990
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Mercury
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000001FWM
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
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Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2016
The track list Vinyl Edition (since Amazon is incomplete)

Side One
Dreams 10:28
Statesboro Blues 8:38

Side Two
Trouble No More 4:52
Dimples 5:47
Every Hungary Woman 4:22

Side Three
I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of town 9:16
Hoochie Coochie Man 5:32

Side Four
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 15:03

Side Five
Mountain Jam 22:24

Side Six
Mountain Jam 23:00

So there you have it - 9 songs total Average song length is just shy of 12 minutes. You are in for some long songs here. This is really what Duane envisioned the band to be - playing at length and improvisational. Maybe that's why his solo at the end of Stateboro yawns on longer than almost any other version.

What you are getting here is a testament to the early early brothers. This is a raw and unrefined document of a band trying to find themselves. It does not have the production polish of "Fillmore East". You are going to hear feedback, mumbling between songs, maybe even an error from the musicians. It's up to you if you can tolerate the authenticity, and hear the magic within.

You can tell by now I'm smitten with this version of the set. I always loved the CD, but the vinyl adds a special something that can't be categorized. I hear the boogie underlying the solos in "Statesboro " more. Outskirts rambles on so slowly, you can almost hear Butch and Jaimoe scratching their heads trying to keep the beat rolling. Outskirts is so achingly slow, its a wonder they finish at all. There are moments where you'd swear it was almost ended - but the band keeps it going. "Liz Reed" is previously unreleased, and its a gem of a version. Its longer than the studio version, and Duane's solo in particular just seems to stretch on and on. Just when you think he is done, he comes back around. They play it with the usual resounding swagger and confidence it would from here forward.

The four short songs seem the least interesting. I mean the ones less than 6 minutes. "Dimples" and "Every Hungary Women" end abruptly, and "Trouble no More" and "Hooochie Coochie" don't seem to radiate with the same vibrancy they do on Fillmore East. Dreams, Statesboro, and Outskirts are all standouts (sung by Gregg). The instrumentals are staggering. The length of Mountain Jam means it has its high and low moments. But let us remember a unique time in music history, where a brand new unproven band could range on for 45 minutes.

Hold the three heavy 180 gram vinyl records in your hands, we never had this music on vinyl before. Inhale the smell of the records, the music is all there to be enjoyed. However, The packaging is poor. The three records are "jammed" into a single side jacket, with no additional photos or artwork from the CD. There is a pullout with an essay by Ben Sandmel. He is from CIncinnati which apparently gives him credo to write an essay. It's poor. It has some good, but typically generic quotes from Gregg and Dickey. However, he can offer only a little social history of the club (not really painting a sense of place). He also prattles on about the lack of Dickey's country influence on the album, and has to throw in the cliched "Ramblin Man" and "Southern Rock" mentions. BORING! It's not the Brothers and Sisters era. Who edited this? He only goes into minor detail about the actual MUSIC that you hear on these three incredible records. Maybe a few sentences, thats all.

So don't read the essay. Turn your lava lamps on, and groove like its 1970 all over. Everything that makes the Allman Brothers our favorite band is presented in a pure and energetic form here. It's simply a wonder to behold such talent so early in their career. We are blessed to receive this vinyl edition of an unpopular CD.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2023
Absolutely Fantastic Condition.
Shipment was excellent and on time. Would Highly Recommend.
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2009
ok. i'm on a huge allman brother kick right now, just saw them live last month and been listening to their entire career. didn't know this cd existed till trolling around amazon right here! last week. the cd arrived friday and i've been playing it a lot.

the sounds is not perfect, but still pretty good. sounds like a board mix, so not much reverb. easy therefore to hear what duane, dickie, gregg and berry are doing. dicky was having some amp buzz/humm problems that night (he's panned hard right so it's easy to tell it's him.)

anyow. the playing is tight, solid, relaxed and like a steamroller on hi-test.

liner notes say the allmans played at this venue a lot and felt comfy and at home there. it sounds like it.

right from the start with a 10 minute version of dreams it's clear they're there to play, not to impress anyone. the solos are long. the band is tight and patient.

this was recorded after the first album and before idlewild south.

ok. mountain jam. 44 minutes. i think this version is more alive than the main versions i've heard on filmore east or eat a peach (i forget which one, but i'm sure you know.)

the solos. really great. duane takes a fresh, extended solo. then dickie. solid solo. then dual solo interplay. sounds like they touched on ideas that would someday become blue sky. just incredible.

drum solos. actually more aggressive and interesting than i expected. they were definitely on fire.

then the bass solo. berry tears into it, much more aggresively than the "fillmore" solo.

then they just keep taking if further and further with new sections. my guess is by the time they got to the fillmore (a year or so later) they'd tuned it in and actually cut the jam down to under 30 minutes. (maybe cause they wanted to fit it on two sides of an lp.)

anyhow. a great cd for collectors and fans.

the two tracks i've never heard before don't kill me, but i've only been listening for a couple of days.

absolutely recommended. an incredible and very satisfying document of a hugely influential band before they were hugely influential.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2006
Recorded nearly a year before AT FILLMORE EAST, LUDLOW GARAGE captures the original Allman Brothers Band in its early days - if a career of just over two years could be considered thus divisible - exploring a relatively straightforward rock and blues mode which frequently hints at the transcendent heights they would soon achieve onstage.

Fans will recognize most or all of the tunes here, of course; but as always the songs themselves are simply launch pads for the Brothers' boundless flights, which even at this stage were quite possibly the greatest jams rock music had to offer. The signature "Statesboro Blues" here gains a lengthy slide guitar coda by Duane Allman which I've never heard elsewhere; and "Mountain Jam," while not nearly as astounding as the version on EAT A PEACH, nevertheless impresses with its sheer mass, clocking in at a remarkable forty-four non-stop minutes. Other treats are the rather rare "Dreams" and "Every Hungry Woman," two songs from the band's eponymous debut album, the former featuring eerily beautiful slide work from Duane and the latter a tight, rocking ensemble performance. A churning "Hoochie Coochie Man" lets the drum team of Butch Trucks and J. Johanny Johannson cook up some thunder, while "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town," another seldom-heard blues cover, spotlights Brother Gregg's fine vocals.

While the sound quality on LUDLOW isn't equal to that of most official live releases, it's strongly recommended for anyone who's gotten into the music of this phenomenal and sadly underrecorded group of musicians. The Fillmore shows (and the recordings made from them) were undoubtedly superior, but there's plenty here you can't get there.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rápida entrega
Reviewed in Spain on October 18, 2020
Sin duda es un disco que hacía falta, ya que estaba dividido en partes como “bonus tracks” en otros discos. Fenomenal edicion.
Cletus
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2016
This is a great set, records are flat and quiet. Sounds great on my system
mr roman demkowski
5.0 out of 5 stars Great band
Reviewed in Australia on August 12, 2020
The music is great.
ELWOOD
5.0 out of 5 stars Concerto Storico
Reviewed in Italy on September 21, 2016
Da tempo desideravo questo cd. L'ho finalmente trovato ad un giusto costo e devo dire che l'acquisto è azzeccato.
Che dire degli Allmann bros? Semplicemente straordinari.
Per i cultori del South rock/blues.
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Whatsisname
5.0 out of 5 stars This band just nailed it...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2013
I only got into the ABB (Duane Allman version) about a year ago and with only 2 and a bit studio albums to go at you gotta turn to the live stuff. i'm not always a big fan of live albums (dodgy versions of much-loved songs, overlong drum solos, stuff thats great when you're there aint so great at home stuff etc y'know, audience participation)... anyhow, I bought this cos I wanted to hear more Duane Allman stuff that wasnt on all the other live albums: Dimples, Dreams, I'm gonna move to the outskirts... They just don't let you down. This band is awesome. I have the Fillmore East, and A&R Studios 26/08/1970 (for me, the latter the better of the two) live albums and this needs to be alongside them. I worried from previous reviews that the sound might be duff (drums not right etc) but there isn't any funny stuff here... it just has that primitive, blues/rock sound of 1970 and it just generates that atmosphere.
I really do recommend this album. now to check out the Atlanta one!
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