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The Allman Brothers Band - Dreams (1989)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Shapes Of Things The Allman Joys 2:48
  2. Spoonful The Allman Joys 3:40
  3. Crossroads The Allman Joys 3:32
  4. Cast Off All My Fears Hourglass 3:25
  5. Down In Texas Hourglass 3:06
  6. Ain't No Good To Cry Hourglass 3:07
  7. BB King Medley Hourglass 7:06
  8. Morning Dew 31st Of February 3:47
  9. God Rest His Soul 31st Of February 3:58
  10. I Feel Free The Second Coming 3:31
  11. She Has Funny Cars The Second Coming 4:48
  12. Goin' Down Slow Duane Allman 8:48
  13. Dreams - Disc 1 - 13 - Dreams - The Allman Brothers Band 4:54
  14. Don't Want You No More 2:27
  15. It's Not My Cross To Bear 4:58
  16. Trouble No More 3:48
  17. Dreams - Disc 1 - 17 - Dreams - The Allman Brothers Band 7:15
CD2
  1. Statesboro Blues 4:06
  2. Hoochie Coochie Man 4:56
  3. Midnight Rider 2:58
  4. Dimples 5:02
  5. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirt 9:24
  6. Revival 4:05
  7. One More Ride 2:41
  8. Whipping Post 22:54
  9. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 12:59
  10. Drunken Hearted Boy 6:54
CD3
  1. You Don't Love Me/Soul Serenade 19:29
  2. Blue Sky 5:11
  3. Little Martha 2:14
  4. Melissa 4:04
  5. Ain't Wastin' Time No More 4:47
  6. Wasted Words 4:20
  7. Ramblin' Man 4:48
  8. Southbound 5:11
  9. Jessica 7:31
  10. Midnight Rider Gregg Allman 4:26
  11. One Way Out 8:00
  12. Long Time Gone Dickey Betts 4:30
CD4
  1. Can't Lose What You Never Had 5:48
  2. Come And Go Blues Gregg Allman 4:42
  3. Bougainvillea Dickey Betts & Great Southern 7:09
  4. Can You Fool Allman & Woman 3:14
  5. Good Time Feeling Dickey Betts & Great Southern 4:23
  6. Crazy Love 3:42
  7. Can't Take It With You 3:30
  8. Just Ain't Easy 4:50
  9. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 10:58
  10. Angeline 3:36
  11. Things You Used To Do 3:38
  12. Nancy 3:47
  13. Rain 2:59
  14. I'm No Angel 3:37
  15. Demons 3:25
  16. Duane's Tune Dickey Betts 5:45

Notes

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. Its success has a lot to do with its status as Polygram/Bill Levinson's sequel to the acclaimed hit Crossroads, which summarized Eric Clapton's winding career perfectly. They follow the same approach here, 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.