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Live at Fillmore West
''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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Live at Fillmore West by King Curtis )〕
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. This edition was limited to 5000 numbered copies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Don't Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live At Fillmore West )〕
==History==
Recorded at the Fillmore West concert hall, the storied rock venue in San Francisco, over three nights, March 5, 6 and 7, 1971.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ARETHA LIVE AT FILLMORE WEST )〕 King Curtis and his band the Kingpins were supporting Aretha Franklin as well as being her backing band.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=King Curtis, Aretha Franklin )〕 The album opens with his own composition "Memphis Soul Stew" but the bulk of the album is taken with cover versions of recent rock and soul recordings including Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" and Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love". His version of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" found renewed fame when used in the opening title sequence of cult British comedy film ''Withnail and I''. The film is set in 1969, two years before its performance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 25 Movie Music Moments )〕
Professionally Curtis was having a prolific and successful summer that year. Aretha Franklin's ''Live at Fillmore West'' album was a huge hit, he had contributed to two tracks on John Lennon's album, ''Imagine'', recorded the theme to the television show ''Soul Train'' and had made a highly acclaimed performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival. It was in this climate that his album ''Live at Fillmore West'' was released in August 1971. A week after its release, Curtis was stabbed to death outside his brownstone apartment in New York following an argument with two junkies.〔 The day after he died the album peaked at No. 54 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, his greatest success as a solo artist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=King Curtis Biography )〕
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