Aretha Live at Fillmore West
1971 live album by Aretha Franklin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aretha Live at Fillmore West is a live album by American singer Aretha Franklin.[1] Released on May 19, 1971, by Atlantic Records. It was reissued on compact disc in 1993 through Rhino Records. An expanded, limited edition 4-CD box set entitled, Don't Fight the Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live at Fillmore West was released by Rhino in 2005. This was limited to 5000 numbered copies. In addition, there is a guest duet vocal by Ray Charles on "Spirit in the Dark".[2]
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Released | May 19, 1971 | |||
Recorded | March 5–7, 1971 | |||
Venue | Fillmore West Concert Hall (San Francisco, California) | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Jerry Wexler | |||
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Franklin played a Fender Rhodes piano "Eleanor Rigby", "Spirit in the Dark", "Don't Play That Song", "Make it With You" and "Dr. Feelgood". Backing Franklin was King Curtis' band, the Kingpins, featuring Cornell Dupree on guitar, Bernard Purdie on drums, and Jerry Jemmott on bass, Billy Preston on organ, Curtis on saxophone, together with the Memphis Horns.[2] The album reached number one on the Billboard R&B album chart on June 19, 1971.