Aretha Live at Fillmore West

Aretha Live at Fillmore West
Live album by Aretha Franklin
Released	May 19, 1971
Recorded	March 5–7, 1971
Venue	Fillmore West Concert Hall (San Francisco, California)
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin chronology
Spirit in the Dark (1970) Aretha Live at Fillmore West (1971) Aretha's Greatest Hits (1971)

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 titled Don't Fight the Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live at Fillmore West was released by Rhino in 2005 that was limited to 5,000 numbered copies. In addition, there is a guest duet vocal by Ray Charles on "Spirit in the Dark".^[2]

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.