The Road Goes On Forever (The Allman Brothers Band album)

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The Road Goes On Forever
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Compilation album by
The Allman Brothers Band
Released1975
October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23) (2001 release)
Recorded1969–1973
1969–1979 (2001 release)
Genre
Length84:40
152:18 (2001 release)
Label Capricorn
Producer Tom Dowd and Johnny Sandlin
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
Win, Lose or Draw
(1975)		The Road Goes On Forever
(1975)		 Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide A− [2]
Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The Road Goes On Forever was The Allman Brothers Band's first compilation album, a two-LP set released in 1975. It featured songs from the Allmans' first five albums. In 2001, an expanded edition was released featuring 13 more tracks. The album's title is a line from "Midnight Rider."

Contents

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman) – 5:18
  2. "Dreams" (Gregg Allman) – 7:19
  3. "Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) – 5:22
  4. "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) – 3:00

Side 2

  1. "Statesboro Blues" (Live) (Blind Willie McTell) – 4:20
  2. "Stormy Monday" (Live) (T-Bone Walker) – 8:50
  3. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 4:58
  4. "Stand Back" (Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) – 3:26

Side 3

  1. "One Way Out" (Live) (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 5:00
  2. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) – 5:11
  3. "Hot 'Lanta" (Live) (Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jai Johanny Johanson) – 5:22
  4. "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) – 3:40
  5. "Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) – 3:54

Side 4

  1. "Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) – 4:20
  2. "Jessica" (Dickey Betts) – 7:30
  3. "Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) – 4:50
  4. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 2:10

Live Songs

  • Record 1, Side 2, Tracks 1–2 and Record 2, Side 1, Track 3 recorded 3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY
  • Record 2, Side 1, Track 1 recorded 6/27/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY

2001 Expanded Edition Track Listing

Disc One

  1. "Don't Want You No More" (Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin) – 2:25
  2. "It's Not My Cross to Bear" (Gregg Allman) – 4:57
  3. "Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman) – 5:18
  4. "Trouble No More" (Muddy Waters) – 3:49
  5. "Dreams" (Gregg Allman) – 7:19
  6. "Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) – 5:22
  7. "Revival" (Dickey Betts) – 4:05
  8. "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) – 3:00
  9. "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" (Gregg Allman) – 3:31
  10. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 4:58
  11. "Statesboro Blues" (Live-3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Blind Willie McTell) – 4:20
  12. "Stormy Monday" (Live-3/13/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (T-Bone Walker) – 8:50
  13. "Hot 'Lanta" (Live-3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jai Johanny Johanson) – 5:22
  14. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Live-3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Dickey Betts) – 13:05

Disc Two

  1. "One Way Out" (Live-6/27/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 5:00
  2. "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) – 3:40
  3. "Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) – 3:54
  4. "Stand Back" (Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) – 3:26
  5. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) – 5:11
  6. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 2:10
  7. "Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) – 4:20
  8. "Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) – 4:50
  9. "Southbound" (Dickey Betts) – 5:10
  10. "Jessica" (Dickey Betts) – 7:30
  11. "Come and Go Blues" (Live-7/28/1973 at the Racecourse in Watkins Glen, NY) (Gregg Allman) – 5:03
  12. "Can't Lose What You Never Had" (Muddy Waters) – 5:54
  13. "Win, Lose or Draw" (Gregg Allman) – 4:47
  14. "Crazy Love" (Dickey Betts) – 3:45
  15. "Can't Take It With You" (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) – 3:36
  16. "Pegasus" (Dickey Betts) – 7:31

Charts

Chart (1975-1976)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [4] 54
US Billboard 200 [5] 43

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References

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  2. ↑ Robert Christgau review
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  5. ↑ "The Allman Brothers Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
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