Allman Brothers wsg Garcia, Kreutzmann, Scaggs 12.31.1973 San Francisco, CA Complete FM-SBD -REPLAY

Allman Brothers Band December 31, 1973
Cow Palace - San Francisco, CA

Tracklist as listed in source notes
Set 1:
0:00:00 Wasted Words
0:05:58 Done Somebody Wrong
0:12:06 One Way Out
0:21:52 Stormy Monday
0:32:06 Midnight Rider
0:36:02 Blue Sky
0:43:43 In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Set 2:
1:01:06 Happy New Year!
1:01:31 Statesboro Blues
1:08:10 Southbound
1:15:31 Come and Go Blues
1:21:02 Ramblin' Man
1:29:12 Trouble No More
1:33:36 Jessica
1:46:38 Les Brers In A Minor ~
1:52:47 Drums ~
2:03:59 Les Brers In A Minor
2:17:07 Whipping Post Jam(1) ~
2:29:00 Linda Lou / Mary Lou(1)
2:41:01 Hideaway ~ You Upset Me(1)
2:56:56 Bo Diddley ~ Jam ~ Bo Diddley(1)

Set 3:
3:26:03 Save My Life
3:46:27 Blues Jam

Set 4:
3:57:44 You Don't Love Me(1)(2)
4:07:25 Will The Circle Be Unbroken(1)(2) ~
4:12:18 Mountain Jam(1)(2)

ABB:
Dickey Betts - electric guitar
Lamar Williams - electric bass
Gregg Allman - keyboards
Butch Trucks - drums
(Jaimoe) Jai Johanny Johanson - drums
Chuck Leavell - keyboards
(1) with Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutmazz & Boz Scaggs
(2) without Greg Allman or Butch Trucks

Here's the deal... There are multiple versions of this 12/31/73 show in circulation. The most common (and the only one that I've seen) is supposed to be from the Pre FM reels (which were most likely damaged, keep reading). On the heavily circulated version there were numerous flaws, most were either digital noise or clipping. A new transfer was just done from a Reel To Reel FM Master. This new FM master did not have any of the flaws that were present on the common "Pre FM" version, but FM Master was of slightly lesser quality.

The solution? Small portions of the new FM master were spliced into the higher quality version when there was digital noise, clipping, etc. Those defects have now been eliminated. The splicing was done well, at most points it's unnoticeable, but there were a couple of splices that didn't line up perfectly, one of those would be the splice that provides the intro to Liz Reed. Either way, this show sounds much better than it did before, and it's the best source I know of to be in circulation.

Here are some of the other edits that were done... There was digital noise in some of Bill Graham's band intro, this was spliced in OK from the other copy. Various count-ins were slightly clipped, but are now spliced in seamlessly. These are usually when KSAN DJ's talk, those short station ID's have also been put back in. The KSAN announcer's (Tom Donahue) count-in at New Year's was similarly clipped, this has been restored, clipped notes at the beginning of Jessica have also been restored. There were many other additional edits, but you get the picture.

Enjoy!

Hear Butch Trucks’ Acid-Fueled Story About When ABB & Grateful Dead Members Played NYE In 1973 ~~~ https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/abb-dead-nye-1973-butch-acid/

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