VA - Fillmore : The Last Days (2 CD, 1972/FLAC + DVD 9)

 

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.

 Fillmore, a music documentary film showcasing the same run of concerts, was released on June 14, 1972. It was released on DVD on June 9, 2009. In addition to the concert material, the movie shows the emergence of the San Francisco music scene in the 1960s, and includes extensive footage of Bill Graham.

Fillmore: The Last Days is not a soundtrack album. Eight songs are included in both the film and the album, but eight songs are in the film and not on the album, and twelve songs are on the album but not in the film. 

 

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.

Bands

    Santana (July 4)

    Grateful Dead (July 2)

    New Riders of the Purple Sage (July 2)

    It's a Beautiful Day (July 1)

    Taj Mahal (July 1)

    Boz Scaggs (June 30, July 1)

    Elvin Bishop Group (July 1)

    Tower of Power (July 4)

    Malo (June 29)

    Quicksilver Messenger Service (July 3)

    Cold Blood (June 30)

    Stoneground (June 30)

    Sons of Champlin (July 3, on the poster as 'Yogi Phlegm')

    Lamb (July 1)

The CD version of the album includes the Bill Graham interview from the 7-inch record.

Disc 1

1. Introduction (Walker) – 2:12
2. "Hello Friends" (Mauritz) – Lamb – 3:16
3. "So Fine" (Otis) – Elvin Bishop Group – 3:58
4. "Party till the Cows Come Home" (Bishop) – Elvin Bishop Group – 3:07
5. "Pana" (Zarate, Garcia) – Malo – 8:01
6. "Poppa Can Play" (Champlin) – Sons of Champlin – 4:57
7. "White Bird" (LaFlamme) – It's a Beautiful Day – 9:02
8. "Fresh Air" (Valenti) – Quicksilver Messenger Service – 4:44
9. "Mojo" (Valenti) – Quicksilver Messenger Service – 4:56
10. Introduction (Graham) – 0:59
11. "Back on the Streets Again" (Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka) – Tower of Power – 6:33
12. "Baby's Callin' Me Home" (Scaggs) – Boz Scaggs – 8:54
13. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Dixon) – Cold Blood – 6:18
14. "Passion Flower" (Lynn Hughes) – Stoneground – 3:53
15. "Henry" (Dawson) – New Riders of the Purple Sage – 4:06

Disc 2

1. "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – Grateful Dead – 5:58
2. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – Grateful Dead – 3:57
3. Introduction (Graham) – 0:51
4. "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" (Rev. Davis) – Hot Tuna – 7:42
5. "Incident at Neshabur" (Gianquinto, Santana) – Santana – 5:37
6. "In a Silent Way" (Zawinul, Davis) – Santana – 7:50
7. "We Gonna Rock" (Mahal, Scaggs, Bishop) – Various artists – 6:45
8. "Long and Tall" (Mahal, Scaggs, Bishop) – Various artists – 12:24
9. Goodbye/"Greensleeves" (Graham/Traditional) – 3:32
10. Words with Bill Graham (16:59)