''Dreams'' is a compilation album by the Allman Brothers Band. Packaged as a box set of four CDs or six LPs, it was released on June 20, 1989. ''Dreams'' is a collection of recordings taken from not only the Allman Brothers Band, but also from throughout the musical careers of the Allmans and the band's other members prior to and following its formation. The set was compiled by Bill Levenson (who had put together the Eric Clapton box set ''

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'' the year before) and released to coincide with the band's 1989 reformation.

Track listing

Disc One

# " Shapes of Things" -

The Allman Joys The Allman Joys was an early band with Duane and Gregg Allman fronting. It was originally the Escorts, but it eventually evolved into the Allman Joys. Duane Allman quit high school to spend his days at home practicing guitar. They auditioned for ...

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Paul Samwell-Smith Paul Granville Samwell-Smith (born Paul Smith, 8 May 1943, in Richmond, Surrey, England) is an English musician and record producer. He was a founding member and the bassist of the 1960s English rock band the Yardbirds, which launched leading g ...

Keith Relf William Keith Relf (22 March 194312 May 1976) was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds. He then formed the band Renaissance with his sister Jane Relf, The Yardbirds ex-drummer Jim ...

, Jim McCarty) - 2:48 # "

Spoonful "Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Called "a stark and haunting work", it is one of Dixon's best known and most interpreted songs. Etta James and Harvey Fuqua had a pop and R&B record ...

" - The Allman Joys (

Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...

) - 3:40 # "

" - The Allman Joys ( Robert Johnson) - 3:33 # "Cast Off All My Fears" -

The Hour Glass Hour Glass was a 1960s rhythm and blues band based in Los Angeles, California in 1967 and 1968. Among their members were two future members of the Allman Brothers Band (Duane Allman and his brother Gregg) and three future studio musicians at t ...

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Jackson Browne Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...

) - 3:25 # "Down in Texas" — The Hour Glass (Eddie Hinton, Marlin Greene) - 3:07 # "Ain't No Good to Cry" — The Hour Glass (Al Anderson, Wildweeds) - 3:06 # "

B.B. King Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimm ...

Medley": " Sweet Little Angel"/"It's My Own Fault"/" How Blue Can You Get" - The Hour Glass (B.B. King, Jules Taub/

John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often ...

/Mel London) - 7:06 # " Morning Dew" - The 31st Of February (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) - 3:46 # "God Rest His Soul" — The 31st Of February (Steve AlaimoIn chapter 4 of his autobiography ''My Cross To Bear'', Gregg Allman says that he wrote "God Rest His Soul" but he sold the songwriting credit to Steve Alaimo.) - 3:56 # " I Feel Free" - The Second Coming ( Jack Bruce,

Pete Brown Peter Ronald Brown (born 25 December 1940) is an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce.Colin Larkin, ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music'', (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), , p. 80 Bro ...

) - 3:31 # "She Has Funny Cars" — The Second Coming (Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin) - 4:48 # " Goin' Down Slow" - Duane Allman ( Jimmy Oden) - 8:47 # "Dreams" (Demo) (

Gregg Allman Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Br ...

) - 4:55 # "Don't Want You No More" ( Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin) - 2:25 # "It's Not My Cross to Bear" (Gregg Allman) - 4:56 # "

Trouble No More ''Trouble No More'' is American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp's 18th studio album and his final recording for Columbia Records, released in 2003. It consists of blues and folk covers. A re-working of "To Washington" featuring ...

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McKinley Morganfield McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago ...

aka Muddy Waters) - 3:48 # "Dreams" (Gregg Allman) - 7:15

Disc Two

# " Statesboro Blues" (

Blind Willie McTell Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont bl ...

) - 4:06 # " Hoochie Coochie Man" (

) - 4:57 # " Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) - 2:58 # " Dimples" (Live) (John Lee Hooker, James Bracken) - 5:02 # "

I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town "We Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" is a song originally recorded on September 3, 1936, by Piedmont blues musician Casey Bill Weldon. Weldon performed it as a solo piece, with vocals and acoustic guitar plus piano and double bass accompanime ...

" (Live) ( William Weldon) - 9:23 # "Revival" ( Dickey Betts) - 4:04 # "One More Ride" (Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts) - 2:41 # " Whipping Post" (Live) (Gregg Allman) - 22:53 # "

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is an instrumental composition by the American group The Allman Brothers Band. It first appeared on their second studio album, ''Idlewild South'' (1970), released on Capricorn Records. The jazz-influenced piece was w ...

" (Live) (Dickey Betts) - 12:58 # "Drunken Hearted Boy" (Live) (

Elvin Bishop Elvin Richard Bishop (born October 21, 1942) is an American blues and rock music singer, guitarist, bandleader, and songwriter. An original member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a membe ...

) - 6:54

Disc Three

# " You Don't Love Me"/" Soul Serenade" (Live) (

Willie Cobbs Willie C. Cobbs (July 15, 1932 – October 25, 2021) was an American blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter. He is best known for his song " You Don't Love Me". Life and career Born in Smale, Monroe County, Arkansas, United States, C ...

Curtis Ousley Curtis Ousley (born Curtis Montgomery; February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), known professionally as King Curtis, was an American saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll. A bandleader, band member, and session musician ...

, Luther Dixon) - 19:28 # " Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) - 5:10 # "

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

" ( Duane Allman) - 2:13 # "

Melissa Melissa is a female given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". ''Melissa'' also refers to the plant ''Me ...

" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) - 4:02 # "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Live) (Gregg Allman) - 4:46 # "Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) - 4:21 # " Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) - 4:48 # "Southbound" (Dickey Betts) - 5:10 # " Jessica" (Dickey Betts) - 7:30 # "Midnight Rider" - Gregg Allman (Gregg Allman) - 4:26 # " One Way Out" (Live) ( Elmore James,

Marshall Sehorn Marshall Estus Sehorn (June 25, 1934 – December 5, 2006) was an American A&R man, songwriter, music publisher and entrepreneur who played an important role in the development of R&B and popular music in New Orleans between the 1950s and 1970 ...

, Sonny Boy Williamson II) - 7:59 # "Long Time Gone" - Dickey Betts (Dickey Betts) - 4:30

Disc Four

# "Can't Lose What You Never Had" (McKinley Morganfield aka Muddy Waters) - 5:52 # "Come and Go Blues" - Gregg Allman (Gregg Allman) - 4:46 # "Bougainvillea" - Dickey Betts & Great Southern (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) - 7:13 # "Can You Fool?" - Allman and Woman (Michael Smotherman) - 3:19 # "Good Time Feeling" - Dickey Betts & Great Southern (Dickey Betts) - 4:28 # "Crazy Love" (Dickey Betts) - 3:44 # "Can't Take it With You" (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) - 3:34 # "Just Ain't Easy" (Live) (Gregg Allman) - 5:01 # "

" (Live) (Dickey Betts) - 10:52 # "Angeline" (Dickey Betts, Mike Lawler, Johnny Cobb) - 3:40 # "Things You Used to Do" (Gregg Allman, Keith England) - 3:42 # "Nancy" — Dickey Betts (Dickey Betts, Jim Goff) - 3:51 # "

Rain Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...

" - Gregg Allman (

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

) - 3:03 # "

I'm No Angel ''I'm No Angel'' is a 1933 pre-Code film directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Mae West and Cary Grant. West received sole story and screenplay credit. It is one of her films that was not subjected to heavy censorship. Plot Tira (Mae West ...

" - Gregg Allman (Tony Colton,

Phil Palmer Philip John Palmer (born 9 September 1952) is a rock sideman and session guitarist who has toured, recorded, and worked with numerous artists. He is best known for his work with Eric Clapton and Dire Straits. Biography Palmer grew up in nort ...

) - 3:41 # "Demons" — Gregg Allman (Gregg Allman, Dan Toler, David Toler) - 3:28 # "Duane's Tune" - Dickey Betts (Dickey Betts) - 5:51 All songs performed by The Allman Brothers Band, unless otherwise noted.

Live Songs

*Disc 2, Tracks 4-5 recorded 4/11/1970 at the Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati, OH *Disc 2, Tracks 8 recorded 3/12/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY *Disc 2, Tracks 9-10 recorded 3/13/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY *Disc 3, Track 1 recorded 8/26/1971 at A&R Studios in New York, NY *Disc 3, Track 5 recorded 4/2/1972 at the Mar Y Sol Festival in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico *Disc 3, Track 11 recorded 9/26/1973 at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA *Disc 4, Tracks 8-9 recorded 7/19/1979 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD

Notes

Personnel

Adrian Barber Adrian Barber (13 November 1938 - 8 August 2020 in Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) was a musician/producer who is most noted for recording the Beatles ''Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962'', producing the Allman Brothers B ...

- Producer * Alan Facemire — Producer * Allman and Woman — Performer * Allman Joys - Performer *

Berry Oakley Raymond Berry Oakley III (April 4, 1948 – November 11, 1972) was an American bassist and one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band, known for long melodic bass runs. He is ranked number 46 on the ''Bass Player'' magazine's list ...

- Bass, Vocals * Bill Levenson — Compilation, Liner Notes * Bill Stewart - Drums * Bob Keller — Bass, Harmonica, Vocals * Bobbye Hall - Percussion * Bonnie Bramlett - Vocals *

Bonnie MacLean Bonnie MacLean (December 28, 1939 – February 4, 2020), also known as Bonnie MacLean Graham, was an American artist known for her classic rock posters. In the 1960s and 1970s she created posters and other art for the promotion of rock and ...

— Photography *

Bruce Waibel Bruce Kenneth Waibel (July 9, 1958 – September 2, 2003) was an American musician who played for several artists and bands. He was last remembered for playing bass guitar and touring with rock band FireHouse. He died in 2003 and his death ...

- Bass * Buck Rambo — Vocals * Butch Trucks - Drums, Percussion, Tambourine, Tympani impani* Charles May — Choir, Chorus * Charles May Ensemble — Choir, Chorus * Chaz Trippy — Percussion *

Cher Cher (; born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the Honorific nicknames in popular music, "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female ...

- Vocals *

Chips Moman Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman (June 12, 1937 – June 13, 2016) was an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is known for working in R&B, pop music and country music, operating American Sound Studios and producing hit albums lik ...

- Producer *

Chuck Leavell Charles Alfred Leavell (born April 28, 1952) is an American musician. A member of the Allman Brothers Band throughout their commercial zenith in the 1970s, he subsequently became a founding member of the band Sea Level. He has served as the pri ...

- Piano, Piano (Electric), Vocals * Dallas Smith — Producer * Dan Toler - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) * David Brown - Bass * David Frankie Toler - Drums, Percussion *

David Goldflies The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (founder, slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, ...

- Bass * David Luell — Horn * David Singer — Photography *

David Toler David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

- Drums, Percussion * David Walshaw — Drums, Percussion * Dennis Drake — Digital Compilation, Engineer * Dickey Betts - Dobro, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Performer, Producer, Slide Guitar, Vocals * Dickey Betts Band - Producer * Don Johnson - Vocals * Don Tanner — Producer * Donnie Sharbono — Drums, Percussion * Dottie Rambo - Vocals * Duane Allman - Dobro, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Performer, Slide Guitar, Vocals * Ed Freeman — Arranger, Conductor, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements * Elvin Bishop — Guitar, Vocals *

Fred Tackett Fred Tackett (born August 30, 1945) is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known as a member of the band Little Feat. In addition to his work with Little F ...

- Guitar * Great Southern — Performer * Greg Calbi — Mastering *

Electric Guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...

Acoustic Guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

, (Rhythm), Organ (Hammond), Performer, Piano, Piano (Electric), Producer, Vocals *

Gregg Allman Band The Gregg Allman Band, also known as Gregg Allman & Friends, was a Southern rock/ blues rock group that Gregg Allman established and had led since the 1970s, during periods when Allman has been recording and performing separate from the Allman B ...

- Performer * Harry Weinger — Editorial Assistant * Helene Miles — Vocals * Hilda Harris — Vocals * Jack Richardson — Producer * Jai Johanny Johanson - Conga, Drums * Jerry McCoy — Bass * Jerry Thompson — Drums, Percussion * Jesse Willard Carr — Bass, Vocals * Jim Essery — Harmonica *

John Hughey John Hughey (December 27, 1933 – November 18, 2007) was an American musician. He was known for his work as a session pedal steel guitar player for various country music acts, most notably Vince Gill and Conway Twitty. A member of the Steel Guit ...

Pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a Console steel guitar, console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all s ...

* John Leslie Hug — Guitar * John Meeks — Drums * John Ryan — Producer * John Swenson — Essay, Liner Notes * Johnny Cobb — Keyboards, Piano, Producer * Johnny Neel - Keyboards * Johnny Sandlin — Bass, Drums, Percussion, Producer * Jon Mathias — Producer * Ken Tibbets - Bass * Kirk West — Associate Producer *

Lamar Williams Lamar Williams (January 14, 1949 – January 21, 1983) was an American musician best known for serving as the bassist of The Allman Brothers Band (1972–1976) and Sea Level (1976–1980). Early years Williams was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, ...

- Bass *

Lenny Waronker Lenny Waronker (born October 3, 1941) is an American record producer and music industry executive. As the president of Warner Bros. Records, and later, as the co-chair of DreamWorks Records, Waronker was noted for his commitment to artists and hi ...

- Producer *

Les Dudek Les Dudek (born August 2, 1952, at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. In addition to his solo material, Dudek has played guitar with Steve Miller Band, The Dudek-Finnig ...

- Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) * Maretha Stewart — Vocals * Marty Privette — Bass * Matt Abts - Drums * Maynard Portwood — Drums * Michael Bays — Art Direction * Michael Klotz — Design * Michael Workman — Keyboards *

Mickey Raphael Michael Siegfried "Mickey" Raphael (born November 7, 1951) is an American harmonica player, music producer and actor best known for his work with Willie Nelson, with whom he has toured as part of The Family since 1973. He has performed or reco ...

- Harmonica *

Mike Lawler Michael Vincent Lawler (born September 9, 1986) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district since 2023. From 2021 to 2022, he was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly fro ...

- Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Producer * Neil Larsen — Keyboards * Nick DeCaro — Conductor, String Arrangements * Pat Rizzo — Horn *

Paul Hornsby Paul Hornsby is an American musician and record producer who has produced gold and platinum records for artists including the Charlie Daniels Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, and Wet Willie. Overview Paul Hornsby started playing music at an early ...

- Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Vocals * Pete Carr — Bass * Reba Rambo — Vocals *

Reese Wynans Reese Wynans (born November 28, 1947) is an American keyboard player, who has done session work and has been a member of Double Trouble and progressive rock band Captain Beyond. In 2015, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a ...

- Organ * Rick Hall - Producer * Ricky Hirsch — Guitar *

Rodney Mills Rodney Mills is an American mastering engineer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been involved in the music industry for over 50 years and has earned over 50 gold and platinum records for engineering, producing, and mastering. Biography A ...

- Producer *

Russ Titelman Russ Titelman (born August 16, 1944, Los Angeles, California) is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song " Higher Love", and his second and third f ...

- Producer * Scott Boyer — Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals * Second Coming — Performer * Stephen Miller — Piano *

Steve Alaimo Charles Stephen Alaimo ( born December 6, 1939) is an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s. He later became record producer and label owner, but he is perhaps best known for hosting and co-producing Dick Clark's ''Where the Acti ...

- Producer * Steve Beckmeier - Guitar *

Steve Madaio ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...

- Horn * Steve Miller - Piano * Stray Straton — Vocals * The 31st Of February — Performer * The Allman Brothers Band — Main Performer, Performer, Producer * The Hour Glass — Performer *

Thom Doucette Thom "Ace" Doucette is an American blues harmonica player from the Sarasota, Florida region. He is best known for having played with The Allman Brothers Band in the 1970s and later, although he was never a member. In his early days as a musician ...

- Harmonica * Tim Heding — Keyboards * Timothy Eaton — Producer * Tom Broome — Keyboards *

Tom Dowd Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recordings ...

- Producer *

Tommy Talton Tommy Talton (born January 9, 1949) is an American guitarist who is most noted for having played with Cowboy, Gregg Allman, and numerous recording sessions with Paul Butterfield, Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Clarence Carter, Corky Laing ...

- Guitar (Acoustic) * Warren Haynes - Guitar * William Perkins — Executive Producer * Willie Weeks - Bass

References

{{Authority control 1989 compilation albums The Allman Brothers Band compilation albums Albums produced by Lenny Waronker Mercury Records compilation albums