| King Curtis Live at Fillmore West | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | August 1971 | |||
| Recorded | March 5–7, 1971 | |||
| Label | Atlantic, Rhino | |||
| Producer | King Curtis Arif Mardin Jerry Wexler | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [2] |
Live at Fillmore West is an album by King Curtis, released in 1971. The album showcases the concert he played with his band the Kingpins at the Fillmore West venue in San Francisco in March 1971 who were supporting and backing soul singer Aretha Franklin. A week after its release in August 1971, Curtis was stabbed to death outside his brownstone apartment in New York City.[3]
It was reissued on compact disc in the 1990s through Rhino Records and was released in an expanded edition in 2006. In addition it was released as an expanded edition four-CD box set entitled, Don't Fight the Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live At Fillmore West by Rhino Handmade in 2005, featuring the complete concert by King Curtis and Aretha Franklin.[4] This edition was limited to 5,000 numbered copies.[5]
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 399–400.
- ^ "Live at Fillmore West by King Curtis". Swampland.com. 27 March 2011.
- ^ "Aretha, King Curtis Fillmore Sets Remastered". Billboard. May 18, 2006.
- ^ "Don't Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live At Fillmore West". Rhinomedia.com. 27 March 2011. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.