Gold (The Allman Brothers Band album)

Gold: The Allman Brothers Band is a compilation album with songs from their first (The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band is an American rock/blues band once based in Macon, Georgia. The band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman and Gregg Allman , who were supported by Dickey Betts , Berry Oakley , Butch Trucks , and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe"...

) album until their 1979 album Enlightened Rogues
Enlightened Rogues
Enlightened Rogues is the seventh studio album by The Allman Brothers Band, released in 1979 on the Polydor and Capricorn labels. It was from the first reunion of the band following their 1976 dissolution...

. This was released in 2005. The booklet features an essay about the early history of the band written in 2005.

Disc One

Tracks taken from The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band (album)
The Allman Brothers Band, released in 1969, was the eponymous debut album of Southern rock group, The Allman Brothers Band.The album sold poorly outside of Southern United States, reaching #188 on the Billboard charts...

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1. Don't Want You No More - 2:25

2. It's Not My Cross To Bear - 4:55

3. Black Hearted Woman - 5:15

4. Trouble No More

Trouble No More (song)

"Trouble No More" is an upbeat blues song first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1955. The song was a hit the following year, reaching #7 in the Billboard R&B chart...

- 3:46

5. Dreams - 7:16

6. Whipping Post

Whipping Post (song)

"Whipping Post" is a song by The Allman Brothers Band. Written by Gregg Allman, the five-minute studio version first appeared on their 1969 debut album The Allman Brothers Band. But the song's full power only manifested itself in concert, when it was the basis for much longer and more intense...

- 5:19

Tracks taken from Idlewild South
Idlewild South
Idlewild South is the second album of The Allman Brothers Band, released in 1970.Unlike the band's self-titled debut album, Idlewild South enjoyed some popular success as well as critical enthusiasm, mostly due to what Rolling Stone magazine called "briefer, tighter, less 'heavy' numbers" which...

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7. Revival - 4:03

8. Midnight Rider

Midnight Rider

"Midnight Rider" is a popular and widely covered song by The Allman Brothers Band, from their album Idlewild South. Written by Gregg Allman and Robert Kim Payne, the song has become a fixture of the band's live performances and an enduring standard...

- 2:58

9. Don't Keep Me Wonderin' - 3:28

10. Hoochie Coochie Man

Hoochie Coochie Man

"Hoochie Coochie Man" is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first performed by Muddy Waters in 1954 . The song was a major hit upon its release, reaching #8 on Billboard magazine's Black Singles chart...

- 4:54

Tracks taken from At Fillmore East
At Fillmore East
At Fillmore East is a double live album by The Allman Brothers Band. The band's breakthrough success, At Fillmore East was released in July 1971. It ranks Number 49 among Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and remains among the top-selling albums in the band’s catalogue...

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11. Statesboro Blues

Statesboro Blues

"Statesboro Blues" is a blues song in the key of D written by Blind Willie McTell; the title refers to the town of Statesboro, Georgia. Covered by many artists, the version by The Allman Brothers Band is especially notable and was ranked #9 by Rolling Stone in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar...

Live - 4:17

12. Stormy Monday

Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)

"Call It Stormy Monday " is a blues song written by T-Bone Walker and first recorded in 1947. Confusingly, it is also sometimes referred to as "Stormy Monday Blues", although that is the title of a 1942 song by Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine...

Live - 8:48

13. Hot 'Lanta

Hot 'Lanta

"Hot 'Lanta" is an instrumental song performed by the Allman Brothers Band. It debuted on their live album At Fillmore East, released in July 1971, the fifth song on the album. "Hot 'Lanta" is a nickname of Atlanta, Georgia....

Live - 5:19

14. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is a jazz-influenced instrumental composed by Dickey Betts that became one of the best-known works ever recorded by The Allman Brothers Band, especially the version on their 1971 live album At Fillmore East.-Overview:...

Live - 13:05

Disc Two

Tracks taken from Eat A Peach
Eat a Peach
Eat a Peach is a 1972 double album by the American Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band; it was the last to include founding member and lead slide-guitar player Duane Allman, who was killed in a motorcycle accident on October 29, 1971 while the album was being recorded.-History:This album...

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15. One Way Out

One Way Out (song)

"One Way Out" is a blues song first recorded and released in the early-mid 1960s by Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James, an R&B hit under a different name for G.L. Crockett in the mid-1960s, and then popularized to rock audiences in the early 1970s and onward by The Allman Brothers Band.-Song...

Live - 4:57

16. Ain't Wasting Time No More - 3:37

17. Melissa

Melissa (song)

"Melissa" is a song written in 1967 by Gregg Allman and Steve Alaimo. It was first recorded by The 31st of February – an early band comprising the Allman brothers, Gregg and Duane – in September 1968 at TK Studios, Hialeah, United States for the their second album produced by Alaimo, which was...

- 3:51

18. Stand Back - 3:24

19. Blue Sky

Blue Sky (song)

"Blue Sky" is the eighth track by the Allman Brothers Band off the Eat a Peach album.Dickey Betts wrote this about his Native American girlfriend, Sandy "Bluesky" Wabegijig. And for a while, Betts refused to perform this after their 1975 divorce....

- 5:08

20. Little Martha

Little Martha

"Little Martha" was the only Allman Brothers Band track written solely by group leader and partial namesake Duane Allman. The tune first appeared on the final studio track on the Allman Brothers Band's fourth album, Eat A Peach, released in 1972...

- 2:07

Tracks taken from Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters (album)
Brothers and Sisters is the fifth album by The Allman Brothers Band, released in 1973.The group's first album recorded completely after the death of leader Duane Allman, and mostly after the death of bassist Berry Oakley, Brothers and Sisters saw the Allmans reach a commercial peak. The album...

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21. Wasted Words - 4:18

22. Ramblin' Man - 4:47

23. Southbound - 5:09

24. Jessica - 7:28

Track taken from Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas is a 1976 double live album by The Allman Brothers Band.It collected a variety of performances from the mid-1970s line-up of the band...

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25. Come and Go Blues (Live) - 4:59

Tracks taken from Win, Lose or Draw
Win, Lose or Draw (album)
Win, Lose or Draw is the sixth album by The Allman Brothers Band, released in 1975. The record was the end of the line for the band at the time. After the very successful Brothers and Sisters two years previously, the group had fallen prey to internal tensions...

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26. Can't Lose What You Never Had - 5:50

27. Win, Lose or Draw - 4:44

Tracks taken from Enlightened Rogues
Enlightened Rogues
Enlightened Rogues is the seventh studio album by The Allman Brothers Band, released in 1979 on the Polydor and Capricorn labels. It was from the first reunion of the band following their 1976 dissolution...

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28. Crazy Love - 3:42

29. Can't Take It With You - 3:33

30. Pegasus - 7:31

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