Aretha Live at Fillmore West
by Aretha Franklin
- Type: Album
- Released: 19 May 1971
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: United States
- Length: 48:11
- Community rating: 3.52/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A strategic and wildly successful booking at the famous rock venue designed to cross the Queen of Soul over to the emerging white counterculture audience. Backed by King Curtis and a stellar rhythm section, Franklin's staggeringly powerful vocal performances鈥攁nd a surprise duet with Ray Charles鈥攃emented her status as an unparalleled live force.
Genres
Tracklist
- Respect - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 5, 1971 (3:55)
- Love the One You're With - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 5, 1971 (4:21)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 5, 1971 (5:49)
- Eleanor Rigby - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 5, 1971 (2:33)
- Make It With You - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 5, 1971 (4:32)
- Don't Play That Song - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 5, 1971 (3:17)
- Dr. Feelgood - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 5, 1971 (7:03)
- Spirit in the Dark - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 7, 1971 (5:20)
- Spirit in the Dark - Reprise; Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 7, 1971 (8:38)
- Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 7, 1971 (2:39)
Credits
- Aretha Franklin - primary artist, vocals, electric piano, written-by
- Larry Wilcox - arranged by [horns]
- Tom Dowd - arranged by [horns]
- King Curtis & The Kingpins - backing band
- The Memphis Horns - backing band
- The Sweethearts Of Soul - backing vocals
- Brenda Bryant - backing vocals [the sweethearts of soul consisting of]
- Margaret Branch - backing vocals [the sweethearts of soul consisting of]
- Otis Redding - Written-By
- Stephen Stills - Written-By
- Paul Simon - Written-By
- Lennon-McCartney - Written-By
- David Gates - Written-By
- Ahmet Ertegun - Written-By
- Betty Nelson - Written-By
- Ray Charles - Vocals [Featuring]
- Ashford & Simpson - Written-By