Here you can compare three different pressings of The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East, widely considered one of the best live rock albums of all time. First, an original 1971 pink label Capricorn pressing mastered by George Piros. Next, the 4-LP box set released by Mercury Records in 2014, mastered by Kevin Reeves. And finally the version released by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab in 2015, mastered by Krieg Wunderlich.

The test track is “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed”. You can click on the following time marks to quickly jump between pressings:

(00:00) Video intro

– (00:35) Capricorn 01
– (00:55) Capricorn 02
– (02:00) Capricorn 03
– (02:40) Capricorn 04
– (03:16) Capricorn 05
– (03:47) Capricorn 06
– (05:49) Capricorn 07
– (06:21) Capricorn 08
– (06:42) Capricorn 09
– (07:55) Capricorn 10
– (08:24) Capricorn 11
– (09:14) Capricorn 12
– (09:47) Capricorn 13
– (11:02) Capricorn 14
– (11:36) Capricorn 15
– (12:50) Capricorn 16

– (13:51) Mercury 01
– (14:12) Mercury 02
– (15:17) Mercury 03
– (15:57) Mercury 04
– (16:33) Mercury 05
– (17:04) Mercury 06
– (19:06) Mercury 07
– (19:38) Mercury 08
– (19:59) Mercury 09
– (21:13) Mercury 10
– (21:42) Mercury 11
– (22:32) Mercury 12
– (23:05) Mercury 13
– (24:20) Mercury 14
– (24:54) Mercury 15
– (26:08) Mercury 16

– (27:16) MFSL 01
– (27:36) MFSL 02
– (28:41) MFSL 03
– (29:22) MFSL 04
– (29:57) MFSL 05
– (30:28) MFSL 06
– (32:30) MFSL 07
– (33:02) MFSL 08
– (33:23) MFSL 09
– (34:37) MFSL 10
– (35:06) MFSL 11
– (35:56) MFSL 12
– (36:29) MFSL 13
– (37:44) MFSL 14
– (38:17) MFSL 15
– (39:32) MFSL 16

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