Southbound is a compilation record by The Hour Glass

The Hour Glass

The Hour Glass were a 1960s rhythm and blues band based in Los Angeles, California between 1967 and 1968. Among their members were two future members of the Allman Brothers Band and three future studio musicians at the world-renowned Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama .-History:Formed from the...

, featuring outtakes from each of the group's two albums for Liberty Records

Liberty Records

Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...

, The Hour Glass (1967) and Power of Love

Power of Love (Hour Glass album)

Power of Love was the second record by Hour Glass, issued in March 1968 on Liberty Records, the final by the group that featured the namesakes of The Allman Brothers Band. After the failure of their debut album, Liberty Records allowed a greater independence for the group, who had been virtually...

(1968) as well as material recorded by Gregg Allman in 1968 and 1969 with session musicians in order to prevent Liberty Records

Liberty Records

Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...

 from suing the group due to their disbanding. All of the material had been previously released on the 1992 EMI reissues of The Hour Glass and Power of Love, both now out of print.

Track listing

1. "Southbound" (Gregg Allman) - 3:41
2. "February 3rd" (Composer Unknown) - 2:56
3. "God Rest His Soul" (Steve Alaimo) - 4:02
4. "Apollo 8" (Composer Unknown) - 2:37
5. "It's Not My Cross to Bear" (Gregg Allman) - 3:36
6. "Down in Texas" (alternate version) (Marlon Greene-Eddie Hinton) - 2:21
7. "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay-Ronald Miller) - 2:40
8. "Bad Dream" (Gregg Allman) - 3:37
9. "She Is My Woman" (Composer Unknown) - 2:38
10. "D-I-V-O-R-C-E
    D-I-V-O-R-C-E
    "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" is an American country music song written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman, and made famous by Tammy Wynette. Wynette's version was a number one country hit in 1968.-Background:...
    
    " (Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman) - 3:12
11. "Kind of a Man" (Composer Unknown) - 3:07
12. "I've Been Trying (alternate version)" (Curtis Mayfield) - 2:35
13. "In a Time" (Paul Hornsby) - 2:17

Personnel

• Gregg Allman
  Gregg Allman
  Gregory Lenoir Allman , known as Gregg Allman, is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter, and a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia...
  
   – organ, piano, vocal (all tracks)
• Duane Allman
  Duane Allman
  Howard Duane Allman was an American guitarist, session musician and the primary co-founder of the southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band...
  
   – guitars, vocal ("Down in Texas", I've Been Trying" and "In A Time")
• Paul Hornsby
  Paul Hornsby
  Paul Hornsby is a musician and record producer who has produced gold and platinum records for artists including the Charlie Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Wet Willie....
  
   – piano, organ, vocal ("Down in Texas", I've Been Trying" and "In A Time")
• Johnny Sandlin – drums ("Down in Texas", I've Been Trying" and "In A Time")
• Pete Carr
  Pete Carr
  Jesse Willard "Pete" Carr is an American guitarist. Carr has contributed to hit recordings by Joan Baez, Luther Ingram, Bob Seger, Joe Cocker, Boz Scaggs, Paul Simon, The Staple Singers, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Wilson Pickett, Hank Williams, Jr., and many more over the past four decades...
  
   – bass ("Down in Texas")
• Mabron McKinney – bass ("I've Been Trying" and "In A Time")
• Several unknown studio musicians on horns, guitars, backing vocals, drums, bass, keyboards and percussion (tracks 1-11)