Beginnings (The Allman Brothers Band album)

Beginnings
Compilation album by The Allman Brothers Band
Released	1973
Recorded	1969-1970
Genre	Southern rock
Length	63:55
Label	Atco Records
Producer	Adrian Barber (tracks 1-7) Tom Dowd (tracks 8-12, 14) Joel Dorn (track 13)
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
Eat a Peach (1972) Beginnings (1973) Brothers and Sisters (1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Beginnings is a 1973 reissue of the Allman Brothers Band's first two albums, The Allman Brothers Band and Idlewild South, made to capitalize on the band's popularity since those records had first come out. Beginnings also includes extensive liner notes by writer Jean-Charles Costa that gave many fans their first coherent view of the band's history, as well as useful guidelines for how to tell Duane Allman's guitar parts from Dickey Betts'. The front cover depicts them at one of their many famous performances at the Fillmore East.

Track listing

The Allman Brothers Band:

1. "Don't Want You No More" (Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin)
2. "It's Not My Cross To Bear" (Gregg Allman)
3. "Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman)
4. "Trouble No More" (McKinley Morganfield aka Muddy Waters)
5. "Every Hungry Woman" (Gregg Allman)
6. "Dreams" (Gregg Allman)
7. "Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman)

Idlewild South:

8. "Revival" (Dickey Betts)
9. "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" (Gregg Allman)
10. "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne)
11. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Dickey Betts)
12. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon)
13. "Please Call Home" (Gregg Allman)
14. "Leave My Blues At Home" (Gregg Allman)

Personnel

Personnel on original albums, see:

• The Allman Brothers Band
• Idlewild South

Personnel of this compilation:

• Chuck Pulin – cover and liner photos
• Sue Poyneer – album design
• Jean-Charles Costa – liner notes

References