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Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−[2]
Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

The Road Goes On Forever was The Allman Brothers Band's first compilation album, a two-LP set released in 1975. It featured songs from the Allmans' first five albums. In 2001, an expanded edition was released featuring 13 more tracks. The album's title is a line from "Midnight Rider."

1. "Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman) – 5:18
2. "Dreams" (Gregg Allman) – 7:19
3. "Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) – 5:22
4. "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) – 3:00

1. "Statesboro Blues" (Live) (Blind Willie McTell) – 4:20
2. "Stormy Monday" (Live) (T-Bone Walker) – 8:50
3. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 4:58
4. "Stand Back" (Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) – 3:26

1. "One Way Out" (Live) (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 5:00
2. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) – 5:11
3. "Hot 'Lanta" (Live) (Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jai Johanny Johanson) – 5:22
4. "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) – 3:40
5. "Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) – 3:54

1. "Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) – 4:20
2. "Jessica" (Dickey Betts) – 7:30
3. "Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) – 4:50
4. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 2:10

• Record 1, Side 1, Tracks 1–3 from The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
• Record 1, Side 1, Track 4 and Record 1, Side 2, Track 3 from Idlewild South (1970)
• Record 1, Side 2, Tracks 1–2 and Record 2, Side 1, Track 3 from At Fillmore East (1971)
• Record 1, Side 2, Track 4/Record 2, Side 1, Tracks 1–2 and 4–5 and Record 2, Side 2, Track 4 from Eat a Peach (1972)
• Record 2, Side 2, Tracks 1–3 from Brothers and Sisters (1973)

• Record 1, Side 2, Tracks 1–2 and Record 2, Side 1, Track 3 recorded 3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY
• Record 2, Side 1, Track 1 recorded 6/27/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY

1. "Don't Want You No More" (Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin) – 2:25
2. "It's Not My Cross to Bear" (Gregg Allman) – 4:57
3. "Black Hearted Woman" (Gregg Allman) – 5:18
4. "Trouble No More" (Muddy Waters) – 3:49
5. "Dreams" (Gregg Allman) – 7:19
6. "Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) – 5:22
7. "Revival" (Dickey Betts) – 4:05
8. "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) – 3:00
9. "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" (Gregg Allman) – 3:31
10. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 4:58
11. "Statesboro Blues" (Live-3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Blind Willie McTell) – 4:20
12. "Stormy Monday" (Live-3/13/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (T-Bone Walker) – 8:50
13. "Hot 'Lanta" (Live-3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jai Johanny Johanson) – 5:22
14. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Live-3/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Dickey Betts) – 13:05

1. "One Way Out" (Live-6/27/1971 at the Fillmore East in New York, NY) (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 5:00
2. "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) – 3:40
3. "Melissa" (Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo) – 3:54
4. "Stand Back" (Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) – 3:26
5. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) – 5:11
6. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 2:10
7. "Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) – 4:20
8. "Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) – 4:50
9. "Southbound" (Dickey Betts) – 5:10
10. "Jessica" (Dickey Betts) – 7:30
11. "Come and Go Blues" (Live-7/28/1973 at the Racecourse in Watkins Glen, NY) (Gregg Allman) – 5:03
12. "Can't Lose What You Never Had" (Muddy Waters) – 5:54
13. "Win, Lose or Draw" (Gregg Allman) – 4:47
14. "Crazy Love" (Dickey Betts) – 3:45
15. "Can't Take It With You" (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) – 3:36
16. "Pegasus" (Dickey Betts) – 7:31

• Disc 1, Tracks 1–6 from The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
• Disc 1, Tracks 7–10 from Idlewild South (1970)
• Disc 1, Tracks 11–14 from At Fillmore East (1971)
• Disc 2, Tracks 1–6 from Eat a Peach (1972)
• Disc 2, Track 7–10 from Brothers and Sisters (1973)
• Disc 2, Track 11 from Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas (1976)
• Disc 2, Tracks 12–13 from Win, Lose or Draw (1975)
• Disc 2, Tracks 14–16 from Enlightened Rogues (1979)