Anyone have the Duane Allman- Skydog- Box set

[jazzkrow]

Rhino is coming out with a less expensive box set-minus the swag provided with the initial 10,000 limited edition first pressing.

For the R & B sideman sessions- all(?) available elsewhere- is it worth the plunge as a Xmas gift request??

[jazzkrow]

Surprised that no one on the Board has heard or has this set...

It got rave reviews when the deluxe set came out and sold out quickly.

Wonder how many of the songs were recorded in Muscle Shoals.

BTW, if you get a chance to catch the new Muscle Shoals documentary, it is outstanding...

[jlhoots]

Surprised that no one on the Board has heard or has this set...

It got rave reviews when the deluxe set came out and sold out quickly.

Wonder how many of the songs were recorded in Muscle Shoals.

BTW, if you get a chance to catch the new Muscle Shoals documentary, it is outstanding...

Agree about the Muscle Shoals doc.!

I looked at Skydog & even at the reduced price still couldn't pull the trigger.

I just listen to Allman Bros. Live At The Fillmore when I need their music.

[jazzkrow]

A good chunk-most?-of this set is Duane backing others (i.e. Wilson Pickett, Boz Scaggs...)

[jazzbo]

I have the set and confess I haven't spun any of it yet. It's a great looking set (I have the earlier edition that I got at a great price).

[RiRiIII]

A great set indeed. Very good remastering in general. I d like more unreleased stuff. However, the overview of Duane's career is well documented, very well.

[mr jazz]

got a copy of the first release but haven't opened it yet.

[jeffcrom]

I had just about decided not to get this box, I already had much of the material. But there were so many intriguing-looking tracks I didn't have that I kept thinking about it. Then, a few days ago, I unexpectedly found a hundred dollar bill in a drawer; I think that it was a long-forgotten gift from my late father-in-law. So I headed down to my favorite local brick-and-mortar store and picked up the Skydog set.

I have somewhat mixed feelings about it. As Alexandros said above, it's an excellently-presented overview of Duane's career, with lots of rare tracks. The sound is very good (except for Barry Goldberg's "Twice a Man," which is a mess), and the booklet is very nice. However, the best of DA's sideman recordings have already been collected on the two double-disc Duane Allman Anthology albums. And the decision to include the entire first Allman Brothers Band album here is very strange - almost anybody who would consider buying this set is already going to have that album. And Duane's contributions to a few of the tracks are minimal, with no guitar solos.

But, that being said, I'm still very glad to have this. There is still plenty of stuff I didn't already have, and much of it is excellent, or at least interesting. And of course, hearing it chronologically gives a different perspective to even the familiar material. I would say that if you don't have the two Anthology albums, getting Skydog would be well worth it. And it's probably worth getting to replace those albums, with all the additional material. Like I said, the bottom line is that I'm glad to have it.

[danasgoodstuff]

I finally got this the other day after I took $50 out of a poker machine. Some of the in/out choices are odd, but programming a big chunk of the first ABB album right after Boz Scagg's "Loan Me a Dime" makes a pretty effective argument for the Brothers being a big step up from even the best session work.