The Road Goes On Forever was The Allman Brothers Band's first compilation album, a two-LP set released in 1975. It featured songs from the Allmans' first five albums. In 2001, an expanded edition was released featuring 13 more tracks. The album's title is a line from "Midnight Rider."
Track listing
Side 1
- "Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman) â 5:18
- "Dreams" (Gregg Allman) â 7:19
- "Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) â 5:22
- "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) â 3:00
Side 2
- "Statesboro Blues" (Live) (Blind Willie McTell) â 4:20
- "Stormy Monday" (Live) (T-Bone Walker) â 8:50
- "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) â 4:58
- "Stand Back" (Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) â 3:26
Side 3
- "One Way Out" (Live) (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II) â 5:00
- "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) â 5:11
- "Hot 'Lanta" (Live) (Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jai Johanny Johanson) â 5:22
- "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) â 3:40
- "Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) â 3:54
Side 4
- "Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) â 4:20
- "Jessica" (Dickey Betts) â 7:30
- "Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) â 4:50
- "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) â 2:10
Live Songs
- Side 2, tracks 1âÂÂ2 and Side 3, track 3 recorded 3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY
- Side 3, track 1 recorded 6/27/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY
2001 Expanded Edition Track Listing
Disc One
- "Don't Want You No More" (Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin) â 2:25
- "It's Not My Cross to Bear" (Gregg Allman) â 4:57
- "Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman) â 5:18
- "Trouble No More" (Muddy Waters) â 3:49
- "Dreams" (Gregg Allman) â 7:19
- "Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) â 5:22
- "Revival" (Dickey Betts) â 4:05
- "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) â 3:00
- "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" (Gregg Allman) â 3:31
- "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) â 4:58
- "Statesboro Blues" (Live, 3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Blind Willie McTell) â 4:20
- "Stormy Monday" (Live, 3/13/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (T-Bone Walker) â 8:50
- "Hot 'Lanta" (Live, 3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jai Johanny Johanson) â 5:22
- "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Live, 3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Dickey Betts) â 13:05
Disc Two
- "One Way Out" (Live, 6/27/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II) â 5:00
- "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) â 3:40
- "Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) â 3:54
- "Stand Back" (Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) â 3:26
- "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) â 5:11
- "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) â 2:10
- "Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) â 4:20
- "Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) â 4:50
- "Southbound" (Dickey Betts) â 5:10
- "Jessica" (Dickey Betts) â 7:30
- "Come and Go Blues" (Live, 7/28/1973 at the Racecourse in Watkins Glen, NY) (Gregg Allman) â 5:03
- "Can't Lose What You Never Had" (Muddy Waters) â 5:54
- "Win, Lose or Draw" (Gregg Allman) â 4:47
- "Crazy Love" (Dickey Betts) â 3:45
- "Can't Take It With You" (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) â 3:36
- "Pegasus" (Dickey Betts) â 7:31
- Disc 1, Tracks 1âÂÂ6 from The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
- Disc 1, Tracks 7âÂÂ10 from Idlewild South (1970)
- Disc 1, Tracks 11âÂÂ14 from At Fillmore East (1971)
- Disc 2, Tracks 1âÂÂ6 from Eat a Peach (1972)
- Disc 2, Track 7âÂÂ10 from Brothers and Sisters (1973)
- Disc 2, Track 11 from Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas (1976)
- Disc 2, Tracks 12âÂÂ13 from Win, Lose or Draw (1975)
- Disc 2, Tracks 14âÂÂ16 from Enlightened Rogues (1979)
Charts
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