Best Allman Brothers releases?


What are the most sonically pleasing releases you've heard of Live at Fillmore East, Eat a Peach, Brothers & Sisters, etc. They seem to be available in so many formats! Anything on CD/HDCD/XRCD/SACD would be fine, but not vinyl (although feel free to provide vinyl suggestions for others who may be interested). I'm a newbie ABB collector so I can't really offer any educated choices of my own. Thanks for your help!
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I recommend 'The Fillmore Concerts' on Mercury. It's an expanded version of "Live at Fillmore East' with a few extra tracks. The news here is that the extra tracks are really good, not the usual crap that shows why it was left off the original release. For a "regular" (no SACD/HDCD, etc.) CD, the sound is spectacular. The whole package was supervised & remastered by Tom Dowd, longtime ABB producer. And... the hefty booklet is great.

I also recommend "An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band" (the blue cover) on Epic. Recorded in the early '90's, it has more of their later work-- superb, rockin' playing, very well produced. I think these guys are at their best live. Good luck & enjoy.