As a part of a new distribution deal with Red Distribution, the Allman Brothers will issue a new archival release in the form of Live from A&R Studios: New York, August 26, 1971. The release, due out April 1, marks the only band-authorized version of the album and features the original ABB lineup.

“Oh, man, I’ll never forget that one,” Butch Trucks told Rolling Stone’s David Fricke. “We were set up in that studio just like we did on stage. But it was better. Rather than having their backs to me, the front line – Duane, Dickey and Berry – was facing us in kind of a semi-circle, which made it even easier to communicate. When I play, I stare at the left hand of whoever is playing lead. And I get to know what people are playing well enough that when they start going somewhere, once they arrive, I’m already there.”

Live From A&R Studios was recorded and broadcast live on WPLJ radio in 1971, just eight weeks before Duane Allman’s death. This album marks Allman’s final New York City performance.