1991 on Epic
Jewelcase and booklet in very good shape
Simply terrific and unfortunately out of print (but in stock as 2nd hand disc). In the late '80s, the Allman Brothers Band was a lifeless and fractious bunch. The two albums from 1980 (Reach For The Sky) and 1981 (Brothers On The Road) on Arista weren't really good except for 1-2 decent songs. It wasn't until 1990 and the album Seven Turns (also highly recommended) that the band found themselves back in a studio. The new guitarist Warren Haynes was probably the catalyst here, because Shades Of Two Worlds has everything that you've been missing from the Brothers for a long time - very good songs, great rockin' sound and plenty of Haynes/Betts string duels. A cracker from front to back.
If I am correct there was a vinyl version in 1991, but I have never seen it. Music On Vinyl released a limited version in 2019, but that is already sold out, too.
„The group's follow-up to their comeback album is a major step forward, with more mature songs, more improvisation than the group had featured in their work since the early '70s, and more confidence than they'd shown since Brothers and Sisters. It's all here, from acoustic bottleneck playing ("Come on in My Kitchen") to jazz improvisation ("Kind of Bird"), with the most reflective songwriting ("Nobody Knows") in their history.“ (Allmusic Guide. 4 ½ stars)
