Cover of Live At Fillmore West

Aretha Franklin

Live At Fillmore West

1971 Soul
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Tracklist

  1. A1 RespectRedding 3:56
  2. A2 Love The One You're WithStills 4:21
  3. A3 Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon 5:49
  4. A4 Eleanor RigbyLennon-McCartney 2:33
  5. A5 Make It With YouGates 4:32
  6. A6 Don't Play That SongErtegun, Nelson 3:17
  7. B1 Dr. FeelgoodFranklin, White 7:02
  8. B2 Spirit In The DarkFranklin 5:20
  9. B3 Spirit In The Dark (Reprise With Ray Charles)Franklin 8:38
  10. B4 Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)Simpson 2:39

Musicians

Production

Also credited

Also credited. Written-By: Otis Redding, Stephen Stills, Paul Simon, Lennon-McCartney, David Gates, Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson, Ted White, Ashford & Simpson. Design (Album Design): Tom Wilkes. Engineer (Recording Engineer): Ray Thompson. Recorded By: Ray Thompson. Lacquer Cut By: George Piros. Photography By: Jim Marshall.

Live At Fillmore West King Curtis, 1971 Shares The Memphis Horns, James Mitchell, Pancho Morales and 12 more Stephen Stills 2 Stephen Stills, 1971 Shares James Mitchell, Billy Preston, Andrew Love and 3 more Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 Various, 1985 Shares Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, King Curtis and 5 more Donny Hathaway Donny Hathaway, 1971 Shares Cornell Dupree, King Curtis, Arif Mardin and 1 more Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 (Volume 6 1966-1969) Various, 1985 Shares Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Jerry Wexler and 2 more Roll With It Steve Winwood, 1988 Shares Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson, The Memphis Horns Superstars Of The 70's Various, 1973 Shares Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler and 3 more Instant Groove King Curtis, 1969 Shares King Curtis, Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd and 1 more

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Release notes

pressing, denoted by "-MO" suffix on label matrices and MR in a circle stamped in runouts.
Some copies' runouts appear to indicate metalwork supplied by Presswell.

(A Presswell pressing issue also exists, at.)

Issued with 12"x12" black-and-white single-sided cut sheet of Aretha and Ray Charles.

Issued in "From the Atlantic Catalog" company inner sleeve, cat. # A2, printed by Queens Litho in U.S.A.

Aretha Franklin: vocals & electric piano (on Eleanor Rigby, Don't Play That Song, Dr. Feelgood, & Spirit In The Dark).

Ray Charles: vocals & electric piano on Spirit In The Dark (replacing Aretha after she says,"Would you play just a little bit for us?").

King Curtis: tenor & soprano saxophone solos and leader of orchestra.

The rhythm section consists of Billy Preston, organ and The Kingpins including: Cornell Dupree, guitar; Jerry Jemmot, electric bass; Bernard Purdie, drums; Pancho Morales, conga drums; & Truman Thomas, electric piano (on Respect, Love The One You're With, Make It With You, Bridge Over Troubled Water & Reach Out And Touch).

The above are backed by The Memphis Horns led by Wayne Jackson, trumpet and Andrew Love, tenor sax and including Roger Hopps, trumpet; Jack Hale, trombone; Jimmy Mitchell, baritone sax; & Lou Collins, tenor sax.

The background vocals are by The Sweethearts Of Soul consisting of: Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch & Pat Smith.

All the horn arrangements are by Arif Mardin, with the exception of Make It With You which was arranged by Larry Wilcox, and Don't Play That Song, which was arranged by Tom Dowd.

Recorded at Fillmore West, San Francisco / Recording engineer: Ray Thompson / Re-Mix engineer: Arif Mardin / Photography: Jim Marshall / Album design: Tom Wilkes for Camouflage Productions.

Produced by Jerry Wexler & Arif Mardin

Special thanks to Bill Graham and the staff of Fillmore West, San Francisco, to Wally Heider and his recording staff, and to Karin Green.

Ray Charles appears courtesy of Tangerine Records and ABC / Dunhill Records. Billy Preston appears courtesy of Capitol Records.

There is a slight low-frequency electronic buzz on Dr. Feelgood. It occurred during the original live recording, and could not be eliminated when this album was edited.