Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection | ||||
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Released | February 28, 2020 | |||
Recorded | 1969–2014 | |||
Genre | Southern rock, blues rock | |||
Length | 395:48 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Bill Levenson John Lynskey Kirk West | |||
The Allman Brothers Band chronology | ||||
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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. [1] [2]
The recordings on Trouble No More are arranged in chronological order. All the performances are by the Allman Brothers Band itself, with all of the 13 different band lineups represented; no material is included from the members' solo projects or their pre-ABB work. The album contains 61 tracks, of which seven were previously unreleased. It also includes an illustrated booklet recounting the band's history.
In Goldmine Ray Chelstowski, wrote "For their 50th anniversary, the Allman Brothers have decided to pull out all of the stops. No stranger to celebrating milestones, the ABB continues to present awe-inspiring collections that marry never heard before material with classics. Moreover, their eye toward building a proper package to house this music has always been razor sharp. In turn with this outing, the extras complement the music in first-rate fashion." [3]
In AllMusic Thom Jurek said, "[Trouble No More] convincingly formulates the argument that no other American band accomplished more musically (especially live) by seamlessly marrying rock, blues, jazz, and R&B to each other and to extended improvisation.... Sequenced chronologically, the music and its accompanying visuals offer a detailed, rounded portrait of this legendary band at their best in all incarnations." [4]
On jambands.com Larson Sutton said, "Why Trouble No More is essential to those beyond the completist is that, including the neatly inclusive historical essay by the group's chief archivist John Lynskey, it's more than just a bounty of great songs in one place. This is the goalpost-to-goalpost story of their five decades together – never overwhelming nor too finite – for a sum experience unparalleled in telling their tale." [5]
In Glide Magazine Doug Collette wrote, "Trouble No More is targeted at a demographic less rather than more familiar with the Allman Brothers, music lovers more curious than knowledgeable about its evolution. Yet even as this 50th Anniversary Collection may have only limited appeal to long-time fans, the brilliance of so much of what’s inside is indisputable." [6] In All About Jazz he wrote, "Thanks no doubt to the mastering expertise of engineer Jason NeSmith, the impeccable audio quality of 50th Anniversary Collection lends a continuity.... In fact, at its best, the audio is as penetrating as the musicianship here..." [7]
The track listing for the CD edition of Trouble No More is:
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Trouble No More" | McKinley Morganfield | previously unreleased demo, April 1969 | 3:33 |
2. | "Don't Want You No More" | Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin | The Allman Brothers Band (1969) | 2:25 |
3. | "It's Not My Cross to Bear" | Gregg Allman | The Allman Brothers Band | 5:04 |
4. | "Dreams" | G. Allman | The Allman Brothers Band | 7:22 |
5. | "Whipping Post" | G. Allman | The Allman Brothers Band | 5:20 |
6. | "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (live, 4/11/1970 at Ludlow Garage, Cincinnati, OH) | William Weldon, Roy Jordan | Live at Ludlow Garage: 1970 (1990) | 9:18 |
7. | "Midnight Rider" | G. Allman, Robert Kim Payne | Idlewild South (1970) | 3:00 |
8. | "Revival" | Dickey Betts | Idlewild South | 4:07 |
9. | "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" | G. Allman | Idlewild South | 3:33 |
10. | "Hoochie Coochie Man" | Willie Dixon | Idlewild South | 4:59 |
11. | "Please Call Home" | G. Allman | Idlewild South | 4:03 |
12. | "Statesboro Blues" (live, 3/13/1971 at Fillmore East, New York, NY) | Will McTell | At Fillmore East (1971) | 4:21 |
13. | "Stormy Monday" (live, 3/13/1971 at Fillmore East, New York, NY) | T-Bone Walker | At Fillmore East | 8:52 |
14. | "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (live, 3/13/1971 at Fillmore East, New York, NY) | Betts | At Fillmore East | 13:06 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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1. | "One Way Out" (live, 6/27/1971 at Fillmore East, New York, NY) | Marshall Sehorn, Elmore James | Eat a Peach (1972) | 4:58 |
2. | "You Don't Love Me" / "Soul Serenade" (live, 8/26/1971 at A&R Studios, New York, NY) | Willie Cobbs / Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon | Dreams (1989) | 19:26 |
3. | "Hot 'Lanta" (live, 8/26/1971 at A&R Studios, New York, NY) | G. Allman, Duane Allman, Betts, Butch Trucks, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson | Live from A&R Studios (2016) | 6:09 |
4. | "Stand Back" | G. Allman, Oakley | Eat a Peach | 3:26 |
5. | "Melissa" | G. Allman, Stephen Alaimo | Eat a Peach | 3:55 |
6. | "Blue Sky" | Betts | Eat a Peach | 5:11 |
7. | "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (live, 4/2/1972 at Mar Y Sol Festival, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) | G. Allman | Mar y Sol: The First International Puerto Rico Pop Festival (1972) | 4:46 |
8. | "Wasted Words" | G. Allman | Brothers and Sisters (1973) | 4:21 |
9. | "Ramblin' Man" | Betts | Brothers and Sisters | 4:48 |
10. | "Southbound" | Betts | Brothers and Sisters | 5:11 |
11. | "Jessica" | Betts | Brothers and Sisters | 7:29 |
12. | "Early Morning Blues" | G. Allman | Brothers and Sisters, Deluxe Edition (2013) | 9:26 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Come and Go Blues" (live, 7/28/1973 at Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, NY) | G. Allman | Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas (1976) | 5:02 |
2. | "Mountain Jam" (live, 7/28/1973 at Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, NY) | Donovan Leitch, G. Allman, D. Allman, Betts, Johanson, Oakley, Trucks | previously unreleased live recording | 12:19 |
3. | "Can't Lose What You Never Had" | Morganfield | Win, Lose or Draw (1975) | 5:51 |
4. | "Win, Lose or Draw" | G. Allman | Win, Lose or Draw | 4:46 |
5. | "High Falls" | Betts | Win, Lose or Draw | 14:28 |
6. | "Crazy Love" | Betts | Enlightened Rogues (1979) | 3:44 |
7. | "Can't Take It With You" | Betts, Don Johnson | Enlightened Rogues | 3:35 |
8. | "Pegasus" | Betts | Enlightened Rogues | 7:33 |
9. | "Just Ain't Easy" (live, 7/19/1979 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD) | G. Allman | Dreams | 5:04 |
10. | "Hell & High Water" | Betts | Reach for the Sky (1980) | 3:37 |
11. | "Angeline" | Betts, Johnny Cobb, Mike Lawler | Reach for the Sky | 3:44 |
12. | "Leavin'" | G. Allman | Brothers of the Road (1981) | 3:46 |
13. | "Never Knew How Much (I Needed You)" | G. Allman | Brothers of the Road | 4:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Good Clean Fun" | Betts, Johnny Neel, G. Allman | Seven Turns (1990) | 5:09 |
2. | "Seven Turns" | Betts | Seven Turns | 5:07 |
3. | "Gambler's Roll" | Warren Haynes, Neel | Seven Turns | 6:46 |
4. | "End of the Line" | G. Allman, Haynes, Allen Woody, John Jaworowicz | Shades of Two Worlds (1991) | 4:40 |
5. | "Nobody Knows" | Betts | Shades of Two Worlds | 10:59 |
6. | "Low Down Dirty Mean" (live, 3/10–11/1992 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) | Betts, Neel | Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theatre 1992 (2014) | 7:23 |
7. | "Come On into My Kitchen" (live, 6/11/1992 Radio & Records Convention, Los Angeles, CA) | Robert Johnson, arranged by Betts | Club R&R and Epic Records Present an Acoustic Evening with the Allman Brothers Band (1992) | 5:07 |
8. | "Sailin' 'Cross the Devil's Sea" | G. Allman, Haynes, Woody, Jack Pearson | Where It All Begins (1994) | 4:57 |
9. | "Back Where It All Begins" | Betts | Where It All Begins | 9:10 |
10. | "Soulshine" | Haynes | Where It All Begins | 6:44 |
11. | "No One to Run With" | Betts, John Prestia | Where It All Begins | 6:00 |
12. | "I'm Not Crying" (live, 3/13/1999 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) | Pearson, William Howse | previously unreleased live recording | 7:44 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Loan Me a Dime" (live, 8/26/2000 at World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL) | Fenton Robinson | previously unreleased live recording | 10:05 |
2. | "Desdemona" (live, 3/25/2001 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) | G. Allman, Haynes | previously unreleased live recording | 13:10 |
3. | "High Cost of Low Living" | G. Allman, Haynes, Jeff Anders, Ronnie Burgin | Hittin' the Note (2003) | 7:51 |
4. | "Old Before My Time" | G. Allman, Haynes | Hittin' the Note | 5:22 |
5. | "Blue Sky" (live, 3/21/2005 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) | Betts | previously unreleased live recording | 12:04 |
6. | "Little Martha" (live, 3/21/2005 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) | D. Allman | previously unreleased live recording | 2:15 |
7. | "Black-Hearted Woman" (live, 3/26/2009 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) | G. Allman | March 26, 2009 Beacon Theatre tour CD | 11:58 |
8. | "The Sky Is Crying" (live, 10/28/2014 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) | James | October 28, 2014 Beacon Theatre tour CD | 9:19 |
9. | "Farewell speeches" (live, 10/28/2014 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) | — | October 28, 2014 Beacon Theatre tour CD | 3:22 |
10. | "Trouble No More" (live, 10/28/2014 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) | Morganfield | October 28, 2014 Beacon Theatre tour CD | 4:18 |
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