Description
Label Review.
1971 album remastered + Enhanced Packing Faithful To The Original Issue.
Our Overview.
In March 1971 the legendary Allman Brothers performed at New York’s Fillmore East and recorded their first live album and third overall ‘Live At Fillmore East’. Generally considered the career breakthrough, and some would even say pinnacle, of the Allman Brothers' career, the 1971 concert album ‘Live At Fillmore East’ was a huge success for the band. A landmark of classic rock the album was recorded over several nights in March 1971, captured the live intensity and almost psychic group interplay between the band members, largely centred on the guitar tête-à-tête of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts. The album features the band performing extended jam versions of songs such as "Whipping Post", "You Don't Love Me" and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." When first commercially released, it was issued as a double LP with just seven songs comprising four vinyl sides
.‘Live At Fillmore East’ was the band's artistic and commercial breakthrough, and has been considered by some critics to be one of the greatest live albums in rock music. It has also been ranked among the best overall albums by artists and continues to be a top seller in the band's catalog, becoming their first album to go platinum. In 2004, the album was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress, deemed to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" by the National Recording Registry.
Over their career they performed so regularly Fillmore East Auditorium - run by legendary promoter Bill Graham and often referred to as the 'church of rock and roll’ - the band were called 'Bill Graham's house band.'