Dreams (The Allman Brothers Band album)

Last updated
Dreams
AllmansDreamsCover.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedJune 20, 1989
Recorded1966–1988
VenueVarious
Genre Southern rock
Length299:09
Label Mercury Records
Producer Various
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
Brothers of the Road
(1982)
Dreams
(1989)
Live at Ludlow Garage: 1970
(1990)

Dreams is a compilation album by the Allman Brothers Band. Packaged as a box set of four CDs or six LPs, it was released on June 20, 1989.

Contents

Dreams is a collection of recordings taken from not only the Allman Brothers Band, but also from throughout the musical careers of the Allmans and the band's other members prior to and following its formation. The set was compiled by Bill Levenson (who had put together the Eric Clapton box set Crossroads the year before) and released to coincide with the band's 1989 reformation.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg link
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg link
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Track listing

Disc One

  1. "Shapes of Things" - The Allman Joys (Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, Jim McCarty) - 2:48
  2. "Spoonful" - The Allman Joys (Willie Dixon) - 3:40
  3. "Crossroads" - The Allman Joys (Robert Johnson) - 3:33
  4. "Cast Off All My Fears" - The Hour Glass (Jackson Browne) - 3:25
  5. "Down in Texas" – The Hour Glass (Eddie Hinton, Marlin Greene) - 3:07
  6. "Ain't No Good to Cry" – The Hour Glass (Al Anderson, Wildweeds) - 3:06
  7. "B.B. King Medley": "Sweet Little Angel"/"It's My Own Fault"/"How Blue Can You Get" - The Hour Glass (B.B. King, Jules Taub/John Lee Hooker/Mel London) - 7:06
  8. "Morning Dew" - The 31st Of February (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) - 3:46
  9. "God Rest His Soul" – The 31st Of February (Steve Alaimo [nb 1] ) - 3:56
  10. "I Feel Free" - The Second Coming (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) - 3:31
  11. "She Has Funny Cars" – The Second Coming (Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin) - 4:48
  12. "Goin' Down Slow" - Duane Allman (Jimmy Oden) - 8:47
  13. "Dreams" (Demo) (Gregg Allman) - 4:55
  14. "Don't Want You No More" (Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin) - 2:25
  15. "It's Not My Cross to Bear" (Gregg Allman) - 4:56
  16. "Trouble No More" (McKinley Morganfield aka Muddy Waters) - 3:48
  17. "Dreams" (Gregg Allman) - 7:15

Disc Two

  1. "Statesboro Blues" (Blind Willie McTell) - 4:06
  2. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) - 4:57
  3. "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) - 2:58
  4. "Dimples" (Live) (John Lee Hooker, James Bracken) - 5:02
  5. "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (Live) (William Weldon) - 9:23
  6. "Revival" (Dickey Betts) - 4:04
  7. "One More Ride" (Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts) - 2:41
  8. "Whipping Post" (Live) (Gregg Allman) - 22:53
  9. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Live) (Dickey Betts) - 12:58
  10. "Drunken Hearted Boy" (Live) (Elvin Bishop) - 6:54

Disc Three

  1. "You Don't Love Me"/"Soul Serenade" (Live) (Willie Cobbs/Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon) - 19:28
  2. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) - 5:10
  3. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) - 2:13
  4. "Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) - 4:02
  5. "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Live) (Gregg Allman) - 4:46
  6. "Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) - 4:21
  7. "Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) - 4:48
  8. "Southbound" (Dickey Betts) - 5:10
  9. "Jessica" (Dickey Betts) - 7:30
  10. "Midnight Rider" - Gregg Allman (Gregg Allman) - 4:26
  11. "One Way Out" (Live) (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II) - 7:59
  12. "Long Time Gone" - Dickey Betts (Dickey Betts) - 4:30

Disc Four

  1. "Can't Lose What You Never Had" (McKinley Morganfield aka Muddy Waters) - 5:52
  2. "Come and Go Blues" - Gregg Allman (Gregg Allman) - 4:46
  3. "Bougainvillea" - Dickey Betts & Great Southern (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) - 7:13
  4. "Can You Fool?" - Allman and Woman (Michael Smotherman) - 3:19
  5. "Good Time Feeling" - Dickey Betts & Great Southern (Dickey Betts) - 4:28
  6. "Crazy Love" (Dickey Betts) - 3:44
  7. "Can't Take It with You" (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) - 3:34
  8. "Just Ain't Easy" (Live) (Gregg Allman) - 5:01
  9. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Live) (Dickey Betts) - 10:52
  10. "Angeline" (Dickey Betts, Mike Lawler, Johnny Cobb) - 3:40
  11. "Things You Used to Do" (Gregg Allman, Keith England) - 3:42
  12. "Nancy" – Dickey Betts (Dickey Betts, Jim Goff) - 3:51
  13. "Rain" - Gregg Allman (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:03
  14. "I'm No Angel" - Gregg Allman (Tony Colton, Phil Palmer) - 3:41
  15. "Demons" – Gregg Allman (Gregg Allman, Dan Toler, David Toler) - 3:28
  16. "Duane's Tune" - Dickey Betts (Dickey Betts) - 5:51

All songs performed by The Allman Brothers Band, unless otherwise noted.

Live Songs

  • Disc 2, Tracks 4-5 recorded 4/11/1970 at the Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati, OH
  • Disc 2, Tracks 8 recorded 3/12/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY
  • Disc 2, Tracks 9-10 recorded 3/13/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY
  • Disc 3, Track 1 recorded 8/26/1971 at A&R Studios in New York, NY
  • Disc 3, Track 5 recorded 4/2/1972 at the Mar Y Sol Festival in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
  • Disc 3, Track 11 recorded 9/26/1973 at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA
  • Disc 4, Tracks 8-9 recorded 7/19/1979 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD

Notes

  1. In chapter 4 of his autobiography My Cross To Bear, Gregg Allman says that he wrote "God Rest His Soul" but he sold the songwriting credit to Steve Alaimo.

Personnel

Related Research Articles

<i>Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970</i> 2003 live album by The Allman Brothers Band

Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970 is a two-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It features their two performances at the 1970 Atlanta International Pop Festival, at the Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron, Georgia. It was released in 2003.

<i>Macon City Auditorium: 2/11/72</i> Live album by Allman Brothers Band

Macon City Auditorium: Macon, GA 2/11/72 is a two-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded at the Macon City Auditorium in Macon, Georgia on February 11, 1972. The third archival concert album from the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company, it was released in 2004.

<i>Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: 5/1/73</i> 2005 live album by The Allman Brothers Band

Nassau Coliseum: Uniondale, NY: 5/1/73 is a two-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on May 1, 1973. The fourth archival concert release from the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company, it features the 1972 to 1976 lineup of the band – Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Chuck Leavell (piano), Lamar Williams (bass), Jaimoe (drums), and Butch Trucks (drums). It was released in 2005.

<i>Seven Turns</i> 1990 studio album by The Allman Brothers Band

Seven Turns is the ninth studio album by the Allman Brothers Band, released in 1990. Their first studio album since Brothers of the Road in 1981, it was well-received, and peaked at #53. Hit singles were "Good Clean Fun" ; "Seven Turns" (#12) and "It Ain't Over Yet" (#26).

<i>Atlantas Burning Down</i> 1978 studio album by Dickey Betts

Atlanta's Burning Down is the third studio album by Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded with his band Great Southern in late 1977, and released in early 1978. The standout tracks are "Good Time Feeling" and "Atlanta's Burning Down". The title track is a sentimental narrative about a soldier's wife being in Atlanta during the burning of the city, while he was fighting in Virginia. The guest musicians are Bonnie Bramlett, Clydie King and Sherlie Matthews on background vocals.

<i>Shades of Two Worlds</i> 1991 studio album by The Allman Brothers Band

Shades of Two Worlds is the tenth studio album by the Allman Brothers Band. Among the tracks are several longer songs of varying genres: the rock song "Nobody Knows"; jazzy instrumental "Kind of Bird"; and the blues-rocker "Get On with Your Life". Dickey Betts wrote or co-wrote five of the eight songs. Newer member Warren Haynes also has co-writing credits on five songs, while namesake Gregg Allman is only credited on two songs. There is also a Delta Blues cover of Robert Johnson's "Come On in My Kitchen". It is the band's first album to feature percussionist Marc Quiñones.

<i>Where It All Begins</i> 1994 studio album by The Allman Brothers Band

Where It All Begins is the eleventh studio album by the Allman Brothers Band. "No One to Run With" obtained the most album-oriented rock airplay, while "Soulshine", written by Warren Haynes, gained success as a concert and fan favorite. Gregg Allman also started to confront his substance abuse problems in the past on songs such as "All Night Train". The album sold considerably better than its predecessor, Shades of Two Worlds. In 1998, the album went Gold. Nevertheless, critical reception was weaker. This was also the last studio album the group recorded with original guitarist Dickey Betts.

<i>Boston Common, 8/17/71</i> 2007 live album by The Allman Brothers Band

Boston Common, 8/17/71 is a live album by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band. As the name suggests, it was recorded at Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 17, 1971. It is the fifth archival release by the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company, and the third one to feature the original lineup of the band. It was released in 2007, and re-released in 2014.

<i>Brothers of the Road</i> (album) 1981 studio album by The Allman Brothers Band

Brothers of the Road is the eighth studio album, and the tenth album overall, by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band. Released in 1981, it is the band's only album without drummer Jai Johanny Johanson, the last to feature bassist David Goldflies and guitarist Dan Toler, and the only one to feature drummer David Toler. The song "Straight from the Heart" was the group's third and final Top 40 hit. It was also the first Allman Brothers album to not feature an instrumental song.

<i>An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set</i> 1992 live album by The Allman Brothers Band

An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set is the thirteenth album by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded live in December 1991 and March 1992, and released in 1992.

<i>An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set</i> 1995 live album by The Allman Brothers Band

An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set is a live album by the American rock group the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded in 1992 and 1994, and released in 1995. The recording of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards, but it lost to "Mariachi Suite" by Los Lobos. The recording of "Jessica" included on the album won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards in 1996.

<i>Duane & Greg Allman</i> 1972 studio album by Duane Allman and Gregg Allman

Duane & Greg Allman is an album credited to Duane and Gregg Allman, released by Bold Records in May 1972. The release is essentially an album-length demo recording of the 31st of February, a Tallahassee-based folk rock band featuring drummer Butch Trucks, bassist David Brown, and guitarist Scott Boyer. The 31st of February formed in 1965 and released their first, self-titled album in 1968. This second recording, according to Trucks, was intended to be their second album. It features Duane Allman on guitar and Gregg Allman on vocals. The two had been performing with the 31st of February for several months.

<i>Stand Back: The Anthology</i> 2004 greatest hits album by The Allman Brothers Band

Stand Back: The Anthology is a compilation album by the Allman Brothers Band, released in 2004. It is the only retrospective which is cross-licensed among the different record labels for all of the band's studio recordings from its debut in 1969 through 2003.

<i>Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theatre 1992</i> 2014 live album by The Allman Brothers Band

Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theatre 1992 is a two-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on March 10 and 11, 1992. It was released on the Epic/Legacy label on February 18, 2014.

<i>Live at Great Woods</i> 1992 video by The Allman Brothers Band

Live at Great Woods is a concert video by the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded on September 6, 1991, at Great Woods Amphitheater in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

<i>Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection</i> 2020 compilation album by The Allman Brothers Band

Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection is a compilation album by the Allman Brothers Band. A retrospective of their entire career, it includes both studio and live tracks, and was recorded from 1969 to 2014. Comprising five CDs or ten LPs, and packaged as a box set, it was released on February 28, 2020.

<i>Warner Theatre, Erie, PA 7-19-05</i> 2020 live album by The Allman Brothers Band

Warner Theatre, Erie, PA 7-19-05 is a two-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded on July 19, 2005, at the Warner Theatre in Erie, Pennsylvania. It was released on October 16, 2020. The album contains a complete concert performed by the 2001 to 2014 lineup of the band – Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks (guitar), Oteil Burbridge (bass), Butch Trucks (drums), Jaimoe (drums), and Marc Quiñones.

<i>40</i> (concert video) 2014 video by The Allman Brothers Band

40 is a concert video by the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on March 26, 2009. It was released as a DVD on April 29, 2014.

<i>Bless Your Heart</i> (album) 2020 studio album by The Allman Betts Band

Bless Your Heart is an album by the country rock group the Allman Betts Band. Their second album, it was recorded on two-inch analog tape at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. It was released as a CD and as a two-disc LP on August 28, 2020.

<i>Manley Field House, Syracuse University, April 7, 1972</i> Live album by the Allman Brothers Band

Manley Field House, Syracuse University, April 7, 1972 is a two-CD live album by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band. As the name suggests, it was recorded at Manley Field House in Syracuse, New York on April 7, 1972. It was released on January 12, 2024.

References

  1. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.