The Allman Brothers Band - Dreams (1968-89 us, integrated classic recordings, four disc box set)

Spanning four discs and nearly 100 tracks, Dreams is one of those rare box sets that tells a story while delivering the definitive word on its subject. Gathering pre-Allman's recordings from the clan, including cuts by the Allman Joys, selecting the hits from the classic years, and adding stray cuts by solo projects to the mix. 

It's a smart move and it results in a terrific box that truly offers the definitive word on one of the longest-running dramas in Southern rock. Yes, the Allmans reunited rather successfully after this box, so none of that material is here, but it's not missed, this is the story of the band. 

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracks

Disc One

1. Shapes Of Things (James McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith) - 2:48

2. Spoonful (Willie Dixon) - 3:40

3. Crossroads (Robert Johnson)  - 3:33

4. Cast Off All My Fears (Jackson Browne) - 3:25

5. Down In Texas (Eddie Hinton, Marlin Greene) - 3:07

6. Ain't No Good To Cry (Alan Gordon Anderson) - 3:06

7. B.B. King Medley: Sweet Little Angel/It's My Own Fault/How Blue Can You Get (Riley B. King, Jules Taub / Mel London / John Lee Hooker) - 7:06

8. Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson) - 3:46

9. God Rest His Soul (Steve Alaimo) - 3:56

10.I Feel Free (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) - 3:31

11.She Has Funny Cars (Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin) - 4:48

12.Goin' Down Slow (Jack Dupree)  - 8:47

13.Dreams (Gregg Allman) - 4:55

14.Don't Want You No More (Edward Hardin, Spencer Davis) - 2:25

15.It's Not My Cross To Bear (Gregg Allman) - 4:56

16.Trouble No More (McKinley Morganfield) - 3:48

17.Dreams (Gregg Allman) - 7:15

Tracks 1-3 by The Allman Joys

Tracks 4-7 by The Hour Glass

Tracks 8,9 by 31st Of February

Tracks 10,11 by The Second Coming

Track 12 by Duane Allman

Disc Two

1. Statesboro Blues (Will McTell) - 4:06

2. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon) - 4:57

3. Midnight Rider (Gregg Allman) - 2:58

4. Dimples (James Bracken, John Lee Hooker) - 5:02

5. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (Roy Jordan, William Weldon) - 9:23

6. Revival (Dickey Betts) - 4:04

7. One More Ride (Dickey Betts, Gregg Allman) - 2:41

8. Whipping Post (Gregg Allman) - 22:53

9. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Dickey Betts) - 12:58

10.Drunken Hearted Boy (Elvin Bishop) - 6:54

Disc Three

1. You Don't Love Me/Soul Serenade (Willie Cobbs / Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon) - 19:28

2. Blue Sky (Dickey Betts) - 5:10

3. Little Martha (Duanne Allman) - 2:13

4. Melissa (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) - 4:02

5. Ain't Wastin' Time No More (Gregg Allman) - 4:46

6. Wasted Words (Gregg Allman) - 4:21

7. Ramblin' Man (Dickey Betts) - 4:48

8. Southbound (Dickey Betts) - 5:10

9. Jessica (Dickey Betts) - 7:30

10.Midnight Rider (Gregg Allman) - 4:26

11.One Way Out (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn) - 7:59

12.Long Time Gone (Dickey Betts) - 4:30

Track 10 by Gregg Allman

Track 12 by Dickey Betts

Disc Four

1. Can't Lose What You Never Had (McKinley Morganfield) - 5:52

2. Come And Go Blues (Gregg Allman) - 4:46

3. Bougainvillea (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) - 7:13

4. Can You Fool (Micheal Smotherman) - 3:19

5. Good Time Feeling (Dickey Betts) - 4:28

6. Crazy Love (Dickey Betts) - 3:44

7. Can't Take It With You (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) - 3:34

8. Just Ain't Easy (Gregg Allman) - 5:01

9. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Dickey Betts) - 10:52

10.Angeline (Dickey Betts, Johnny Cobb, Mike Lawler) - 3:40

11.Things You Used To Do (Gregg Allman, Keith England) - 3:42

12.Nancy (Dickey Betts, Jim Goff) - 3:51

13.Rain (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:03

14.I'm No Angel (Phil Palmer, Tony Colton) - 3:41

15.Demons (Dan Toler, David Toler, Gregg Allman) - 3:28

16.Duane's Tune (Dickey Betts) - 5:51

Tracks 2,14,15 by The Gregg Allman Band

Tracks 3,5 by Dickey Betts And Great Southern

Track 4 by Allman And Woman

Track 12 by Dickey Betts

Track 13 by Gregg Allman

Tracks 16 by The Dickey Betts Band

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