The Allman Brothers Band - Bear's Sonic Journals: Fillmore East, February 1970

 

Supporting cancer patients' treatment and care, 10 titles reissued on pink vinyl!

Ten Bands reissue their albums on limited edition pink vinyl, all for one cause. This is the eighth year for the initiative that has raised more than $250,000 for Red Door Community, an organization that provides community support for both those diagnosed with cancer and their caretakers.

This year's set includes limited edition releases by The Hold Steady, Grandaddy, The Allman Brothers, Bush, Plain White T's, Less Than Jake, Primal Scream, Umphreys' McGee, Minus The Bear and Tom Tom Club.

Recorded over three nights in February 1970 when the Allman Brothers Band opened for the Grateful Dead for the first time, these shows were recorded by Owsley Stanley, the Dead's pioneering soundman, whose "Sonic Journal" recordings are sought after for their purity and uncanny ability to place the listener in the venue. This is essential listening for Allman Brothers Band fans, showcasing an early incarnation of the band with Duane Allman in full form and featuring the earliest known live concert recording of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," which had just been penned by Dickey Betts shortly before these shows. The tapes were recorded just one year before the band's landmark At Fillmore East album from the same venue.

Long out-of-print, this set was freshly restored and mastered from original tapes in Owsley Stanley's archives, and includes all new album art and liner notes. This is the second release in the award-winning "Bear's Sonic Journals" series and the first joint presentation by the Allman Brothers Band and the Owsley Stanley Foundation.

LP 1

1. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

2. Hoochie Coochie Man

3. Statesboro Blues

4. Trouble No More

5. Outskirts of Town

6. Whipping Post

LP 2

1. Mountain Jam

2. Mountain Jam

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