Fillmore East, February 1970

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Fillmore East, February 1970
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Live album by
Released1996
RecordedFebruary 11–14, 1970
Genre Southern rock, blues rock
Length71:20
Label Grateful Dead
Producer Owsley Stanley
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set
(1995)
Fillmore East, February 1970
(1996)
Mycology: An Anthology
(1998)
Bear's Sonic Journals chronology
Bear's Sonic Journals: Never the Same Way Once
(2017)
Bear's Sonic Journals: Fillmore East, February 1970
(2018)
Bear's Sonic Journals: Before We Were Them
(2019)
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording date(s)Length
1."In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" Dickey Betts Feb. 149:19
2."Hoochie Coochie Man" Willie Dixon Feb. 146:01
3."Statesboro Blues" Will McTell Feb. 114:18
4."Trouble No More" McKinley Morganfield Feb. 114:12
5."Outskirts of Town" William Weldon, Roy JordanFeb. 13 & 148:28
6."Whipping Post" Gregg Allman Feb. 148:12
7."Mountain Jam" Donovan Leitch, Duane Allman, G. Allman, Betts, Jai Johanny Johanson, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks Feb. 14 & 1330:48

Deluxe Edition

Disc 1 – Compilation (same as original album)
No.TitleRecording date(s)Length
1."In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"Feb. 149:22
2."Hoochie Coochie Man"Feb. 146:05
3."Statesboro Blues"Feb. 114:17
4."Trouble No More"Feb. 114:11
5."Outskirts of Town"Feb. 13 & 148:30
6."Whipping Post"Feb. 148:11
7."Mountain Jam"Feb. 14 & 1330:46
Disc 2 – Chapters 1 & 2
No.TitleRecording dateLength
1."In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"Feb. 1111:58
2."Statesboro Blues"Feb. 114:17
3."Trouble No More"Feb. 114:42
4."Hoochie Coochie Man"Feb. 114:35
5."Mountain Jam" (reel-change gap)Feb. 1118:49
6."In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"Feb. 137:50
7."Outskirts of Town" (end cut)Feb. 137:48
8."Mountain Jam" (start cut)Feb. 1318:29
Disc 3 – Chapter 3
No.TitleRecording dateLength
1."In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"Feb. 149:26
2."Hoochie Coochie Man"Feb. 145:08
3."Outskirts of Town" (reel-change gap)Feb. 147:57
4."Whipping Post"Feb. 148:11
5."Mountain Jam" (reel-change gap)Feb. 1435:01

Note: "Discs 2 & 3 contain the sonic journal reels of the three shows as recorded each night, unaltered. Portions from these three chapters were used to create the compilation album (disc 1)."

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