The Allman Brothers Band
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, PA
1979-08-20

Source:   Shure SM 57 > Sony TCD-158SD (Dolby on) by Scott Jones > C(2) via Lee Maddex
Transfer: C(2) (1.5 x UDXLII 90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > EZ CD Audio Converter > PCM @ 2496
Master:   Wavelab 12 (tracking, fades, repair glitches, fix panning, DDI Codec (Dolby B at -25.8 dBFS)) > FLAC 2496

Thanks to Scott for taping, Lee for lending his tape to be digitized, and Matt Vernon for facilitating

01. crowd
02. Don't Want You No More >
03. Ain't My Cross To Bear
04. Can't Take It With You
05. Blue Sky
06. Need Your Love So Bad
07. Blind Love
08. Crazy Love
09. Just Ain't Easy
10. In\\ Memory Of \\Elizabeth Reed
11. Southbound
12. Try It One More Time
13. One Way Out
14. Southbound
15. Jessica
16. Whipping Post

Encore 1:
17. Pegasus
Encore 2:
18. Ramblin' Man

As of February 2025, this appears to be an uncirculated recording.  The tape was damaged internally (see accompanying photo) and would not play through at first.  After disassembly and adjustment, it was playable and amazingly no audio was missing.  The edge of the tape corresponding to the left track at the end of Side B was slightly deformed, however, and that channel was weaker than the right channel.  This has been fixed by re-balancing the channels, but there are still places where the stereo image changes, possibly as the taper turned his body or moved around.  Nothing out of the ordinary for a recording like this.

The beginning of In Memory of Elizabeth Reed is missing a few seconds right as it starts, and the tape flip unfortunately came in the middle of the song.  Pegasus clocks in over 25 minutes, which is nothing to sneeze at.  Lee Maddex saw the show from the front row, but doesn't recall where Scott Jones taped from.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2025-03-01

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