Aretha Franklin - Live At Fillmore West (1971 us soul, expanded and remastered 2CDs edition - Flac)

When Aretha Franklin recorded 1971's Live At Fillmore West, she was backed by a group of veteran session musicians on a mix of popular interpretations along with some of her trademark numbers.

Opening with Otis Redding's "Respect", Franklin made Stephen Stills' "Love The One You're With" her own with the help of Billy Preston's joyous organ playing while Bread's saccharine "Make It With You" was injected with a healthy shot of sexy sassiness.

Aretha Franklin's underrated piano playing and a healthy display of her gospel roots make Fillmore one of the more special recordings in Lady Soul's vast canon.

Franklin's skill on the eighty-eights particularly shines on her swinging treatment of the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" and the jubilant "Don't Play That Song".
Franklin also plays electric piano on "Dr. Feelgood", and from this point on she turns Bill Graham's hall into a Baptist church.

Between the call-and-response of her background singers and King Curtis' skillful band-leading/saxophone playing, Franklin's high point came when she brought Ray Charles out for the reprise of the testimonial "Spirit In The Dark" followed by the uplifting "Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)". (liner notes by David Nathan)


My "review" in portuguese language
Segundo album ao vivo pela editora Atlantic com o numero de serie SD-7025, desta rainha da oul music, com a participação dos monstros King Curtis e Ray Charles que se encontrava no meio do público e é convidado para entrar nas ultimas musicas do discoI, bem como ainda de Cornell Dupree, Jerry Jemmott, Bernard Purdie e Billy Preston.

Neste disco, aparecem entre outras, excelentes "covers" tais como "Love The One You're With" de Stephen Stills, "Eleanor Rigby" dos Beatles, "Make It With You" dos Bread, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" de Paul Simon, e "Respect" de Otis Redding.

Um disco cheio de power.

Track List :

CD 1 (Original Album)
01.Respect
02.Love The One You're With
03.Bridge Over Troubled Water
04.Eleanor Rigby
05.Make It With You
06.Don't Play That Song
07.Dr. Feelgood
08.Spirit In The Dark
09.Spirit In The Dark (Reprise With Ray Charles)
10.Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)

CD 2 (Alternates and Unused Songs)
01.Respect
02.Call Me
03.Mixed Up Girl
04.Love The One You're With
05.Bridge Over Troubled Water
06.Share Your Love With Me
07.Eleanor Rigby
08.Make It With You
09.You're All I Need to Get By
10.Don't Play That Song
11.Dr. Feelgood
12.Spirit In The Dark
13.Spirit In The Dark (Reprise)

Personnel :
*Aretha Franklin - vocals, keyboards
*Ray Charles - vocals, keyboards
*King Curtis - saxs
*Billy Preston - organ
*Jack Hale - trombone
*Jimmy Mitchell - baritone sax
*Lou Collins - tenor sax

The Kingpins :
*Cornell Dupree - guitar
*Jerry Jemmott - bass
*Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie - drums
*Pancho Morales - congas
*Truman Thomas - electric piano

The Memphis Horns :
*Wayne Jackson - trumpet
*Andrew Love - tenor sax
*Roger Hopps - trumpet

The Sweethearts Of Soul :
*Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch, Pat Smith - background vocals

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