Hour Glass - Power Of Love (1968)

Now this is a little more like it. The group really isn't sounding like they did at the Whiskey, but the playing by the band is pretty ballsy, and Duane's guitar is right up front and close, and he's showing some real invention within the restrictions of the pop sound that the producer was aiming for. He also plays an electric sitar on the strangest cut here, an instrumental cover of Beatles' "Norwegian Wood." From the opening bars of the title tune, one gets the message that this is a group with something to say musically, even if this particular message isn't it – the guitar flourishes, the bold organ and piano by Paul Hornsby, and Gregg Allman's charismatic vocals all pull the listener better than 98% of the psychedelic pop and soul-pop of the period. The outtakes that are included as bonus tracks are much more important, consisting of songs cut for a never-issued Gregg Allman solo album (intended to keep Liberty from suing over the group's breakup and departure), where he sounded a lot more like the lead singer of the Allman Brothers Band than he'd ever been given a chance to with the Hour Glass, on songs that included the future Allman Brothers classic "It's Not My Cross to Bear." ~Allmusic

Track listing
1. "Power of Love" (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn) - 2:50
2. "Changing of the Guard" - 2:33
3. "To Things Before" - 2:33
4. "I'm Not Afraid" - 2:41
5. "I Can Stand Alone" - 2:13
6. "Down in Texas" (Marlon Greene-Eddie Hinton) - 3:07
7. "I Still Want Your Love" - 2:20
8. "Home for the Summer" (Marlon Greene-Eddie Hinton) - 2:44
9. "I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You" (John Berry, Don Covay) - 3:09
10. "Going Nowhere" - 2:43
11. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:59
12. "Now Is The Time" - 3:59
13. "Down in Texas" (alternate version) (Marlon Greene-Eddie Hinton) - 2:21
14. "It's Not My Cross to Bear" - 3:36
15. "Southbound" - 3:41
16. "God Rest His Soul" (Steve Alaimo) - 4:02
17. "February 3rd" (Composer Unknown) - 2:56
18. "Apollo 8" (Composer Unknown) - 2:37
* All songs by Gregg Allman, unless noted.
- Tracks 1-12 constitute the original album.
- Tracks 13-18 from the 1969 sessions for Gregg Allman's unreleased first solo album for Liberty (present on 1992 re-release only).

Personnel
- Gregg Allman – organ, piano, guitar, vocal (all tracks)
- Duane Allman – guitars, electric sitar (tracks 1-12)
- Paul Hornsby – piano, organ, guitar, vocal (tracks 1-12)
- Johnny Sandlin – drums, guitar, gong (tracks 1-12)
- Pete Carr – bass guitar, guitar, vocal (tracks 1-12)



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