The Hour Glass (album)

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The Hour Glass was the debut record by the group of the same name, issued in mid-1967 on Liberty Records, the first of two by the group that featured the namesakes of The Allman Brothers Band. Recorded with an emphasis on lead vocalist Gregg Allman's voice and dispensing with both the instrumentation of the group and nearly all original material, the album was a failure in both sales terms and in properly showcasing the group. Of the eleven tracks on the original LP, only one was penned by a group member, Gregg Allman's "Got To Get Away".

The album is currently available on the Hour Glass anthology. The 1992 reissue on EMI, rife with bonus tracks, has fallen out of print, the bonus tracks now available on the 2004 album Southbound.

[edit] Track listing

1. Out of the Night (1:57)
2. Nothing But Tears (2:28)
3. Love Makes The World Go 'Round (2:42)
4. Cast Off All My Fears (3:31)
5. I've Been Trying (2:40)
6. No Easy Way Down (3:20)
7. Heartbeat (4:52)
8. So Much Love (2:57)
9. Got To Get Away (2:14)
10. Silently (2:48)
11. Bells (2:24)
12. In A Time (2:17)
13. I've Been Trying (2:35)
14. Kind Of A Man (3:07)
15. D-I-V-O-R-C-E (3:12)
16. She Is My Woman (2:38)
17. Bad Dream (3:37)
18. Three Time Loser (2:40)

[edit] Personnel

• Gregg Allman - organ, piano, vocal
• Duane Allman - guitars, vocal
• Paul Hornsby - piano, organ, vocal
• Johnny Sandlin - drums
• Mabron McKinney - bass
• Several unknown studio musicians on horns, guitars, backing vocals, drums, bass and keyboards