Fillmore: The Last Days

Fillmore: The Last Days
A theater marquee that says "Fillmore: The Last Days", with a list of bands beneath it
Live album by
various artists
ReleasedJune 1972
RecordedJune 29 – July 4, 1971
GenreRock
Length146:31
LabelColumbia
ProducerBruce Good, Jeffrey Cohen

Fillmore: The Last Days is a live album, recorded at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, California from June 29 to July 4, 1971. It contains performances by 14 different bands, mostly from the San Francisco Bay Area, including Santana, the Grateful Dead, Hot Tuna, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was released by Columbia Records in June 1972 as a three-disc LP. It was re-released by Epic Records in 1991 as a two-disc CD.[1][2][3]

Fillmore: The Last Days documents the final run of concerts at the Fillmore West, which closed after these shows. The concerts were promoted by Bill Graham, who ran the Fillmore West, and before that its predecessor music venue the Fillmore, starting in November 1965.[1][4]

The original triple LP was packaged as a box set. It included a 7-inch, 33⅓ rpm EP record, containing an interview with Bill Graham. It also included a commemorative booklet with liner notes by Graham, an illustrated essay about the Fillmore concert posters, and a listing of every concert at the Fillmore and Fillmore West. The box set also included a reproduction of the concert poster for the final run of shows, and an actual Fillmore ticket stub.[2][5]

The CD version of the album includes the Bill Graham interview from the 7-inch record. It also contains a small-sized version of the commemorative booklet.

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