The Allman Brothers Band – Brothers And Sisters (1973/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

The Allman Brothers Band – Brothers And Sisters (1973/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz  | Time – 38:23 minutes | 1,59 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury Records

When the Allman Brothers Band’s fifth album, Brothers and Sisters, was released on Capricorn Records in August 1973, the legendary southern blues-rock group had already achieved world-wide fame with their 1971 live album, At Fillmore East. This success was followed by the tragic loss of their founder, leader and musical visionary, guitarist Duane Allman, who died in a motorcycle crash on October 29, 1971. While regrouping under the leadership of singer/organist Gregg Allman and guitarist/vocalist Dickey Betts, The Allman Brothers Band soldiered on with Brothers and Sisters, which turned out to be their most successful recording to date.

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The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (1972/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (1972/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz  | Time – 01:18:40 minutes | 3,21 GB | Genre: Blues Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Island Records

The original Fillmore East album is one of the finest live documents of the rock era, capturing the original line-up of one of the ’70s’ tightest outfits before they were cruelly robbed of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. Taken from five 1971 performances at New York’s fabled Fillmore East, the extended and effortlessly melodic workouts of “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” and “Whipping Post” still have the power to rivet and move.

On display here is the Allmans’ fabled chemistry at its finest. The band not only rocks, it rolls, swings, and stretches out in exploratory, jazzy passages. The dual guitar interplay of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts glides effortlessly over the propulsive rhythm section of Oakley and twin drummers Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, while Greg Allman’s powerful blues voice and melodic keyboard work provides the icing on the cake. Though the later-released The Fillmore Concerts presents these songs in their original entirety, “At Fillmore East”, with its seamless edits of multiple performances, may be the superior recording. It highlights all the glint and sparkle of what still ranks among the best jamming committed to record.

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The Complete Monterey Pop Music Festival, June 1967 + Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey (2009) 2BD Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD MA5.1

On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style, D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend destroying his guitar; Hendrix burning his. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the most comprehensive document of the Monterey International Pop Festival ever produced, featuring the films Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey, and Shake! Otis at Monterey, along with every available complete performance filmed by Pennebaker and his crew.

Disc Features
Restored high-definition digital transfers of all three films, supervised and approved by D. A. Pennebaker
Soundtracks featuring 5.1 mixes by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS-HD Master Audio on Blu-ray edition
THE OUTTAKE PERFORMANCES: Two hours of performances not included in Monterey Pop, from the Association, Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Blues Project, the Byrds, Country Joe and the Fish, the Electric Flag, Jefferson Airplane, Al Kooper, the Mamas and the Papas, Laura Nyro, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Simon and Garfunkel, Tiny Tim, and the Who
Audio commentaries by Pennebaker and festival producer Lou Adler, and music critics and historians Charles Shaar Murray and Peter Guralnick
Video interviews with Adler and Pennebaker and with Phil Walden, Otis Redding’s manager from 1959-1967
Audio interviews with festival producer John Phillips, festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby
Photo-essay by photographer Elaine Mayes
Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
Monterey Pop Festival scrapbook
PLUS: New essays by critics Michael Lydon, Barney Hoskyns, Armond White, and David Fricke (DVD and Blu-ray); and a 1968 Rolling Stone article by Jann Wenner (DVD only)

New covers by Neil Kellerhouse

http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/326-the-complete-monterey-pop-festival
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Complete-Monterey-Pop-Festival-Blu-ray/5950/

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