Fillmore East, February 1970

On February 11, 13, and 14, 1970, the Allman Brothers Band, along with the Grateful Dead and Love, played at Bill Graham's Fillmore East auditorium in New York City. The performances were taped by the Grateful Dead's sound engineer, Owsley ("Bear") Stanley.

Fillmore East, February 1970 is composed of selections from those concerts. The album was produced by Stanley, who also wrote the liner notes. It was mastered by the Dead's recording engineer, Jeffrey Norman. It was released on the Grateful Dead label, in cooperation with the Allman Brothers' record company at the time, PolyGram Records.

Performances by the Grateful Dead from the same set of shows have been released on two albums – Bear's Choice, and Dick's Picks Volume 4.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Music Box	[4]

On AllMusic, Lindsay Planer wrote, "There is no mistaking the unbridled fervor of the original line-up of the band. Rising to the challenge of exploratory psychedelia – while remaining ever faithful to their Southern blues roots... Likewise, the Allman Brothers were beginning to ascend as not only premier interpreters, but purveyors of a revolutionary new electric guitar-driven blues movement".[3]

In The Music Box, John Metzger said, "... the disc opens with a scorching rendition of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" that simply grooves. Dickey Betts and Duane Allman are magnificent, as they play with reckless abandon, yet tightly in synch. The highlight of this album, however, is the nearly 31-minute "Mountain Jam" that drips with a colorfully electrified intensity."[4]

In Glide Magazine, Doug Collette wrote, "Almost a year after the formation of the seminal Southern rock band... the original sextet was homing in on the sound that would lend itself to At Fillmore East, the epic recordings done thirteen months later at the same venue. Yet even as the group... was honing the influential style that would make them famous, they were stretching themselves as well, shuffling novel and well-established material in and out of their repertoire."[5]

The Allman Brothers Band

• Duane Allman – lead and slide guitars
• Gregg Allman – vocals, Hammond B-3 Organ
• Dickey Betts – lead guitar
• Berry Oakley – bass, vocals on "Hoochie Coochie Man"
• Jaimoe – drums, percussion
• Butch Trucks – drums, tympani

Production

• Owsley Stanley – producer, sound recording
• Jeffrey Norman – digital editing
• Dick Latvala – tape archivist and facilitator
• Kirk West – associate producer and logistical coordinator
• Bob Johnson – photos
• Gecko Graphics – design