Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
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| Live album by The Allman Brothers Band | ||||
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Publication |
1976 |
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| Label (s) | Capricorn Records | |||
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Double LP |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
72:02 |
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The Allman Brothers Band |
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Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas is a live album by the rock group The Allman Brothers Band and was released in 1976 on Capricorn Records.
background
Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas was originally released as a double LP half a year after the band split in May 1976 due to increasing personal differences. It is the group's second live album after At Fillmore East and, with the exception of In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, does not repeat any of the known songs from that album, but mostly shows live material from the last two studio albums. In contrast to the first live album, the late Duane Allman is missing here as the second guitarist, who was not replaced by a new line-up on the guitar. This led to a reorientation of the band's sound, which was anticipated on Brothers and Sisters and Win, Lose or Draw . As a result, Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas never received the same stellar ratings and sales as At Fillmore East . The title of the live album is taken from the song Too Much Monkey Business by Chuck Berry .
Track list
- Introduction by Bill Graham - 1:05
- Wasted Words ( Gregg Allman ) - 5:10
- Southbound ( Dickey Betts ) - 6:03
- Ramblin 'Man (Dickey Betts) - 7:09
- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Dickey Betts) - 17:19
- Ain't Wastin 'Time No More (Gregg Allman) - 5:41
- Come and Go Blues (Gregg Allman) - 5:05
- Can't Lose What You Never Had ( McKinley Morganfield ) - 6:43
- Don't Want You No More ( Spencer Davis , Edward Hardin ) - 2:48
- It's Not My Cross to Bear (Gregg Allman) - 5:23
- Jessica (Dickey Betts) - 9:05
Song 1 through 5 - Winterland , San Francisco , Nov. 26, 1973.
Song 6 - The Warehouse, New Orleans , Dec. 31, 1972.
Song 7 - Summer Jam at Watkins Glen , New York , July 28, 1973.
Song 8 through 10 - Bakersfield Civic Auditorium, Bakersfield , Oct. 22, 1975.
Song 11 - Oakland Coliseum, Oakland , Oct. 24, 1975.
Chart successes
Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas reached number 75 on the Billboard 200 .
reception
The music journalist Robert Christgau said that both Duane Allman and Berry Oakley would be missing from this live album. Dickey Betts' guitar contributions began to sound like mirages in the long run. He awarded a B-. Bruce Eder wrote on Allmusic that the album would not be a milestone like At Fillmore East , but the songs by Brothers and Sisters and Win, Lose or Draw would be better presented than on the studio albums. Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas is a good example of the band in their mid-1970s phase after the two deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. In the rating, the album received three and a half stars out of five.