Gregg Allman - One More Try - An Anthology (@320)

Gregg Allman's "One More Try: An Anthology" is a most unusual retrospective, for the 34 songs on the two CDs include only eight performances that have ever been released before. Perhaps this is an admission by Allman himself that his solo albums have been over-produced in a way that distracted from his primary asset, his blues-drenched baritone. That voice dominates the stripped-down demos, pre-orchestration alternate takes and live performances that make up the 26 previously unreleased tracks. Many of these rarities suffer from a lack of rhythmic push, but to hear Allman growling and purring his way through his favorite Muddy Waters, Jackson Browne and Bobby Bland tunes, as well as his own originals, is a genuine treat. Highlights include a jam with Johnny Winter, Buddy Miles, and Berry Oakley on "Wasted Words," an acoustic-guitar-and-vocal version of "Come and Go Blues" and a soulful reading of Percy Sledge's When a Man Loves a Woman.

Disc: 1

1. One More Try
2. One More Try
3. All My Friends
4. Can't Lose What You Never Had
5. Midnight Rider
6. God Rest His Soul
7. Multi-Colored Lady
8. When A Man Loves A Woman
9. Slip Away
10. I Feel So Bad
11. Wasted Words
12. Turn On Your Love Light
13. Brightest Smile In Town
14. Can You Fool
15. Never Knew How Much
16. Please Call Home
17. Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Disc: 2

1. Bring It On Back
2. Catfish Blues
3. Come & Go Blues
4. Adam's Song / Shadow Dream Song
5. These Days
6. God Rest His Soul
7. Queen Of Hearts
8. Rain
9. It's Not My Cross To Bear
10. Win, Lose Or Draw
11. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
12. Shadow Dream Song
13. Multi-Colored Lady
14. Bad Dream
15. Lead Me On
16. Oncoming Traffic
17. Melissa