The Power of Love captures Hour Glass at a crossroads — looser, heavier, and edging closer to the sound that would soon erupt as the Allman Brothers Band. Released just a year after their debut, this second and final album is deeper, grittier, and far more confident.

The British Invasion influence hasn’t disappeared, but it now collides with Southern soul, blues and psychedelic shading. The band stretches out more, the grooves hit harder, and Duane Allman’s guitar begins to escape the constraints of pop structure. Gregg Allman’s vocals are front and centre — impassioned, aching, and unmistakably Southern.

Tracks like “No Easy Way Down” and “I’ve Been Trying” feel like blueprints for the emotional weight and musical freedom that would define the Allmans’ later work. In hindsight, The Power of Love sounds like a band straining against the limits of the studio system — moments away from breaking free.

Often overlooked, this album has gained deserved recognition among collectors as a key transitional release in late-60s American rock, documenting the birth of something far bigger than Hour Glass itself.

Tracklist:

A1 Power Of Love
A2 Changing Of The Guard
A3 To Things Before
A4 I’m Not Afraid
A5 I Can Stand Alone
A6 Down In Texas

B1 I Still Want Your Love
B2 Home For The Summer
B3 I’m Hanging Up My Heart For You
B4 Going Nowhere
B5 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
B6 Now Is The Time