The Road Goes On Forever is the Allman Brothers Band's first compilation album, a two-LP set released in 1975. It features 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 the song "Midnight Rider."
Contents
Track listing
Side 1
"Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman) – 5:18
"Dreams" (Gregg Allman) – 7:19
"Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) – 5:22
"Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) – 3:00
Side 2
"Statesboro Blues" (Live) (Blind Willie McTell) – 4:20
"Stormy Monday" (Live) (T-Bone Walker) – 8:50
"Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 4:58
"Stand Back" (Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) – 3:26
Side 3
"One Way Out" (Live) (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 5:00
"Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) – 5:11
"Hot 'Lanta" (Live) (Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jai Johanny Johanson) – 5:22
"Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) – 3:40
"Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) – 3:54
Side 4
"Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) – 4:20
"Jessica" (Dickey Betts) – 7:30
"Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) – 4:50
"Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 2:10
Side 1, tracks 1–3 from The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Side 1, track 4; Side 2, track 3 from Idlewild South (1970)
Side 2, tracks 1–2; Side 3, track 3 from At Fillmore East (1971)
Side 2, track 4; Side 3, tracks 1–2 and 4–5; Side 4, track 4 from Eat a Peach (1972)
Side 4, Tracks 1–3 from Brothers and Sisters (1973)
Side 2, tracks 1–2 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) – 2:25
"It's Not My Cross to Bear" (Gregg Allman) – 4:57
"Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman) – 5:18
"Trouble No More" (Muddy Waters) – 3:49
"Dreams" (Gregg Allman) – 7:19
"Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) – 5:22
"Revival" (Dickey Betts) – 4:05
"Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) – 3:00
"Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" (Gregg Allman) – 3:31
"Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 4:58
"Statesboro Blues" (Live, 3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Blind Willie McTell) – 4:20
"Stormy Monday" (Live, 3/13/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (T-Bone Walker) – 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) – 5:22
"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Live, 3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Dickey Betts) – 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) – 5:00
"Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) – 3:40
"Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) – 3:54
"Stand Back" (Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) – 3:26
"Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) – 5:11
"Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 2:10
"Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) – 4:20
"Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) – 4:50
"Southbound" (Dickey Betts) – 5:10
"Jessica" (Dickey Betts) – 7:30
"Come and Go Blues" (Live, 7/28/1973 at the Racecourse in Watkins Glen, NY) (Gregg Allman) – 5:03
"Can't Lose What You Never Had" (Muddy Waters) – 5:54
"Win, Lose or Draw" (Gregg Allman) – 4:47
"Crazy Love" (Dickey Betts) – 3:45
"Can't Take It With You" (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) – 3:36
"Pegasus" (Dickey Betts) – 7:31
Disc 1, Tracks 1–6 from The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Disc 1, Tracks 7–10 from Idlewild South (1970)