The Allman Brothers Band – Wipe The Windows, Check The Oil, Dollar Gas (1976/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:12:03 minutes | 2,84 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Island Def Jam
Released in 1976 after the band had already broken up, this double live album from the Allman Brothers includes recordings made between 1972 and 1975 at concerts in San Francisco, New Orleans, New York, Oakland and Bakersfield.
This live album was released by Capricorn Records largely as a way of raising money in a hurry, but it fares surprisingly well musically. The 1973-1974 Allman Brothers Band featured here is the one that most fans actually saw, since most listeners didn’t discover them or get to their concerts until after the deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. Wipe the Windows isn’t a landmark release like the Fillmore tapes — a collection of rock’s greatest guitar albums could be complete without it. But no Allman Brothers Band fan should pass up Wipe the Windows, which is a most solid live album, and, in particular, a better representation of the songs off of Brothers and Sisters and Win, Lose or Draw than the original studio versions. “Southbound,” “Ramblin’ Man,” “Jessica,” and, to a lesser degree, “Wasted Words” come off exceptionally well. This second-generation band, with Dickey Betts as the sole lead guitar and Gregg Allman and Chuck Leavell sharing the keyboards, also performs a preconceived version of “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” — they could never spark more fire than the version from the Fillmore, so they transform it into a moodier piece with more space for the keyboards to open up. Compiled from shows in New Orleans, San Francisco, Bakersfield, Oakland, and Watkins Glen (New York). – Bruce Eder
Tracklist:
1-01. The Allman Brothers Band – Introduction (Live At Winterland/1973) (01:05)
1-02. The Allman Brothers Band – Wasted Words (Live At Winterland/1973) (05:13)
1-03. The Allman Brothers Band – Southbound (Live At Winterland/1973) (06:05)
1-04. The Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin’ Man (Live At Winterland/1973) (07:15)
1-05. The Allman Brothers Band – In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live At Winterland/1973) (17:27)
1-06. The Allman Brothers Band – Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More (Live In New Orleans/1972) (05:43)
1-07. The Allman Brothers Band – Come And Go Blues (Live At Watkins Glen/1973) (05:06)
1-08. The Allman Brothers Band – Can’t Lose What You Never Had (Live At Bakersfield Civic Auditorium/1975) (06:45)
1-09. The Allman Brothers Band – Don’t Want You No More (Live At Bakersfield Civic Auditorium/1975) (02:48)
1-10. The Allman Brothers Band – It’s Not My Cross To Bear (Live At Bakersfield Civic Auditorium/1975) (05:23)
1-11. The Allman Brothers Band – Jessica (Live At The Oakland Coliseum/1975) (09:10)
