At Fillmore East

Bin ja eigentlich kein Fan von Live-Alben, aber hier ist es ja fast gar nicht aufgefallen.
Macht das Album und die Musik aber auch nicht unbedingt wertvoller. Technisch wirklich spitze, aber so lange Gitarrensoli und so geben mir nicht viel

I do like the Allman Brothers, but to be honest the only album of theirs I really listen to regularly is Eat a Peach, which feels more magical than this one.

Live albums can be difficult to pull off, but the Allmans style of music works well for the format. It is kind of amazing that they could just... keep going forever if they wanted to.

Solid jam, blues rock, not really my style, not really my song lenghts

80 minute jam sesh

This was a good mix of genres and just amazing instrument play. Sounds really inviting

This may well be "one of the best live rock albums in history", since I don't like any other live rock albums, either, but I sure don't like this one, too. Very southern guitary rock. I have heard of the Allman Brothers (Band?) before, so I know they're popular, but I have never heard their music before and I am now mentally sorting it along with ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, and other Zzz-inducing artists.

Relative Highlight: 'In Memory of Elizabeth Reed'

I've got the opposite problem to some. I wish this was more 'self indulgent' and they did more of the jazzy noodly stuff. When they play that bog standard blues rock stuff I have the same feeling I always do. I'm sat there thinking to myself wondering why aren't I just listening to Howlin' Wolf rather than this tribute act.

Pretty excellent live recording. Not really my favorite sub genre but worth a spin every now and then. Funny to think about this thing kicking around in my car on a homemade cassette tape back in the day. Kind of a staple of the hippie-ish set, since Phish hadn't really come on the scene yet.

I won’t argue against this being some pretty basic blues rock, but sometimes I get an appetite for some good electric guitar solos, and this has some good electric guitar solos. However, there were a LOT of them, and for every instance of really good playing, there seemed to be a 1:1 of lackluster noodling. This can become tiresome when they jam for 20 minutes.

I’m not mad at all that I listened. This must have been a very fun series of concerts to go to. All in all, I think it evens out to a solid 3.

The first half or so I was enjoying. I'm not a massive fan of live album, but you couldn't really tell it was one so it didn't make much of a difference.

It just dragged on and on and on. Cut it down by at least 20 minutes and it's a miles better album

This had some hostage vibes

December 1, 2024

how 'bout we cool it with the long live albums this week (this comes hot on the tail of ELP and MC5)

No thanks. This is just 80minutes of guitar wank. Really, really did not get into this.

Reading about this album, I'm really glad the producers decided to cut down longer songs into more manageable jam sessions. I think it really helps the entire album overall. This is very good and only gets lost in itself once in a while.

I really didnt get on with this at all. 1/5

You know what makes me feel like I’m dying? 22 fucking minutes of the Whipping Post.

The Good: great classic rock!
The Bad: too many jam songs.
The Ugly: no weed no joy...

Of I were interested in listening to a jam band, I'd go and see them live...

3* just because, but I don't believe I will be listening to this album again soon, and I love rock, and blues...

I've been aware of the Allman Brothers all my life, apparently in name only. What a great album and an instant classic to be sure.

very good

Yes yes yes yes yes. Total perfection. This performance of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is one of my absolute favorite pieces of music ever recorded. One of the more important albums of my lifetime.

5/5