Hour Glass - Power of Love - Original 1968 LP - Stereo - Duane & Gregg Allman

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Power of Love is the second studio  by , issued in March 1968 on , the final by the group with the namesakes of . After the failure of their first album,  allowed a greater independence for the group, who had been virtually shut out of the decision making for their first album by the label and producer Dallas Smith. However, with the label's decision to retain Smith as producer, the group, especially Duane Allman, once again felt constricted by their label's expectations for the album.

With Smith behind the boards, Gregg Allman was still the focus. The younger Allman, who had seen only one of his compositions on the previous album, contributed seven of the twelve tracks. The remainder were two from Marlon Greene and  and one each from the teams of  and ,  and , and  and . The group performed all of the instrumentation, with Duane Allman adding electric sitar to their cover of ' "", a staple of their live act.

 of  wrote the liner notes, describing his experience sitting in on the session for the album track "To Things Before", watching Gregg Allman leading the group through the number.

After the failure of the album to enter the chart, the Hour Glass traveled to Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in an attempt to further refine their sound. However, Dallas Smith and Liberty Records were displeased with the group-produced blues-fueled rock tracks that the group returned to Los Angeles with, as they were light years away from the pop music Smith envisioned them performing. Additionally, seeing himself cut out of the group's picture was not ideal for Smith, even if his relations with the group had been strained.

Hour Glass disbanded shortly thereafter, with Gregg Allman returning to California to satisfy the terms of the group's contract with Liberty. Paired with a studio band, Allman recorded roughly an album's worth of material, though it took nearly a quarter of a century for it to surface.

Track listing "Power of Love" (, ) - 2:50 "Changing of the Guard" - 2:33 "To Things Before" - 2:33 "I'm Not Afraid" - 2:41 "I Can Stand Alone" - 2:13 "Down in Texas" (Marlon Greene, Eddie Hinton) - 3:07 "I Still Want Your Love" - 2:20 "Home for the Summer" (Marlon Greene, Eddie Hinton) - 2:44 "I'm Hanging Up My Heart for You" (John Berry, ) - 3:09 "Going Nowhere" - 2:43 "" (, ) - 2:59 "Now Is the Time" - 3:59 All songs by Gregg Allman, unless noted. Personnel  – organ, piano, guitar, vocal (all tracks)  – guitars, electric sitar (tracks 1-6, 8-12)  – piano, organ, guitar, vocal (tracks 1-12)  – drums, guitar, gong (tracks 1-12)  – bass guitar, vocal (tracks 1-12), guitar (track 7) Several unknown studio musicians on horns, guitars, backing vocals, drums, bass guitar, keyboards and percussion (tracks 13-18)  - Engineer (all tracks)
Power of Love by  ReleasedMarch 1968RecordedJanuary–February 1968, Length33:51Dallas Smith