''Gold'' is a two-CD compilation album by
the Allman Brothers Band. It contains songs selected from their first eight albums, which were released by
Capricorn Records — ''
The Allman Brothers Band'' (1969), ''
Idlewild South
''Idlewild South'' is the second studio album by American southern rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released on September 23, 1970 in the United States by Atco Records and Capricorn Records. Following the r ...
'' (1970), ''
At Fillmore East'' (1971), ''
Eat a Peach'' (1972), ''
Brothers and Sisters'' (1973), ''
Win, Lose or Draw'' (1975), ''
Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
''Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas'' is a 1976 double album, double live album by the Allman Brothers Band.
It collected a variety of performances from the popular mid-1970s line-up of the band, which featured pianist Chuck Leavell and ...
'' (1976), and ''
Enlightened Rogues
''Enlightened Rogues'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released in February 1979 in the United States by Capricorn Records and PolyGram Records elsewhere. The Allman Br ...
'' (1979). It was released by
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
on October 11, 2005.
[ It is a reissue of the 2001 expanded compilation '' The Road Goes On Forever: A Collection of Their Greatest Recordings''.
]
Track listing
Disc one
#"Don't Want You No More" ( Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin) – 2:25
#"It's Not My Cross to Bear" ( Gregg Allman) – 4:55
#"Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman) – 5:18
#"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 ...
" (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 ...
a.k.a. Muddy Waters) – 3:48
#"Dreams" (Gregg Allman) – 7:19
#" Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) – 5:19
#"Revival" ( Dickey Betts) – 4:05
#" Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) – 2:59
#"Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" (Gregg Allman) – 3:29
#" Hoochie Coochie Man" (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 ...
) – 4:59
#" Statesboro Blues" (Live) ( Blind Willie McTell) – 4:20
#" Stormy Monday" (Live) ( T–Bone Walker) – 8:48
#"Hot 'Lanta
"Hot 'Lanta" is an instrumental piece performed by the Allman Brothers Band. It debuted on their live album ''At Fillmore East'', released in July 1971, the fifth track on the album. "Hotlanta" is a controversial nickname for Atlanta, Georgia, and ...
" (Live) ( Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, 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 ...
, Butch Trucks, Jai Johanny Johanson) – 5:19
#" In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Live) (Dickey Betts) – 13:05
Disc two
#" 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) – 4:59
#"Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) – 3:40
#" Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) – 3:56
#"Stand Back" (Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) – 3:24
#" 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) – 2:10
#"Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) – 4:20
#" Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) – 4:49
#"Southbound" (Dickey Betts) – 5:09
#" Jessica" (Dickey Betts) – 7:30
#"Come and Go Blues" (Live) (Gregg Allman) – 5:06
#"Can't Lose What You Never Had" (McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters) – 5:50
#"Win, Lose or Draw" (Gregg Allman) – 4:44
#"Crazy Love" (Dickey Betts) – 3:43
#"Can't Take It With You" (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) – 3:33
#"Pegasus
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" (Dickey Betts) – 7:31
*Disc 1, tracks 1–6 from '' The Allman Brothers Band'' (1969)
*Disc 1, tracks 7–10 from ''Idlewild South
''Idlewild South'' is the second studio album by American southern rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released on September 23, 1970 in the United States by Atco Records and Capricorn Records. Following the r ...
'' (1970)
*Disc 1, tracks 11–14 from '' At Fillmore East'' (1971)
*Disc 2, tracks 1–6 from '' Eat a Peach'' (1972)
*Disc 2, tracks 7–10 from '' Brothers and Sisters'' (1973)
*Disc 2, track 11 from ''Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
''Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas'' is a 1976 double album, double live album by the Allman Brothers Band.
It collected a variety of performances from the popular mid-1970s line-up of the band, which featured pianist Chuck Leavell and ...
'' (1976)
*Disc 2, tracks 12–13 from '' Win, Lose or Draw'' (1975)
*Disc 2, tracks 14–16 from ''Enlightened Rogues
''Enlightened Rogues'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released in February 1979 in the United States by Capricorn Records and PolyGram Records elsewhere. The Allman Br ...
'' (1979)
Live songs
*Disc 1, tracks 11–14 recorded 3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY
*Disc 2, track 1 recorded 6/27/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY
*Disc 2, track 11 recorded 7/28/1973 at the Racecourse in Watkins Glen, NY
References
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Allman Brothers Band
2005 greatest hits albums
Mercury Records compilation albums
The Allman Brothers Band compilation albums