Fillmore-Last Days (1972) (Santana/Grateful Dead/Scaggs )

Product Summary Label: Sony/columbia UPC: 00074643139021 Release Date: 2/19/1991 Buy.com Sku: 60115275 Item#: MMFP42 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Hello - John Walker ~ Various Artists 2. Hello Friends - Lamb ~ Various Artists 3. So Fine - Elvin Bishop Group ~ Various Artists 4. Party Till The Cows Come Home - Elvin Bishop ~ Various Artists 5. Pana - Malo ~ Various Artists 6. Poppa Can Play - Sons Of Champlin ~ Various Artists 7. White Bird - It's A Beautiful Day ~ Various Artists 8. Fresh Air - Quicksilver Messenger Service ~ Various Artists 9. Mojo - Quicksilver Messenger Service ~ Various Artists 10. Introduction - Bill Graham ~ Various Artists 11. Back On The Streets Again - Tower Of Power ~ Various Artists 12. Baby's Callin' Me Home - Boz Scaggs ~ Various Artists 13. I Just Want To Make Love To You - Cold Blood ~ Various Artists 14. Passion Flower - Stoneground ~ Various Artists 15. Henry - New Riders Of The Purple Sage ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Casey Jones - Grateful Dead ~ Various Artists 2. Johnny B. Goode - Grateful Dead ~ Various Artists 3. Introduction - Bill Graham ~ Various Artists 4. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burnin' - Hot Tuna ~ Various Artists 5. Incident At Neshabur - Santana ~ Various Artists 6. In A Silent Way - Santana ~ Various Artists 7. Jam Session (We Gonna Rock) - Taj Mahal/Elvin Bishop/Boz Scaggs & Friends ~ Various Artists 8. Jam Session (Long And Tall) - Taj Mahal/Elvin Bishop/Boz Scaggs & Friends ~ Various Artists 9. Final Night Jam Session: Goodbye / Greensleeves - Bill Graham/R. Vaughan Williams ~ Various Artists 10. Words With Bill Graham ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info These recordings were digitally mastered from the original master tapes. The package contains a 32 page CD size booklet complete with liner notes, personal notes from Bill Graham and full color reproductions of the original Fillmore posters. On Independence Day in 1971, the Fillmore West closed its doors, leaving a Bay Area landmark in its wake. During the closing week, proprietor Bill "Uncle Bobo" Graham selected a few of his favorite artists to help him send the venerable venue out in style. The festivities were documented on film and tape, the results of which were issued the following year as both a full-length cinematic feature film and three-LP box set. The latter also featuring a bonus 7" record containing a few "Words with Bill Graham." Initial pressings also came packaged with an original "closing week" poster, a ticket from one of the hundreds of legendary shows held in the Fillmore between November 6, 1965, and July 4, 1971, as well as a commemorative liner notes booklet, which, among other things, included a complete list of every show held at the venue. Musically, the discs feature a who's who of rock music circa 1971, most -- if not all -- of whom began their collective journeys in the Bay Area music scene at the time. The Grateful Dead ("Casey Jones" and "Johnny B. Goode"), Quicksilver Messenger Service" ("Fresh Air" and "Mojo"), and Santana ("Incident at Neshabur" and "In a Silent Way") all make strong showings. As do some of the lesser-known artists, such as Malo ("Pana") and Lamb ("Hello Friends"). Last Days of the Fillmore includes some amazing performances from It's a Beautiful Day ("White Bird"), as well as the stunningly powerful "Baby's Calling Me Home" by Boz Scaggs -- no doubt an homage to his stint with the Steve Miller Band -- plus a definitive version of "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burnin'" from Hot Tuna -- who are the only representatives from the Jefferson Airplane, perhaps the one San Francisco band that is most conspicuously absent from the proceedings. The "Words with Bill Graham" interview allows Graham to personally express his thanks to the people who made the Fillmore such a success and to give some insight into the changing dynamics [read: money and drugs] that so radically altered his ability to adequately provide both artists and attendees with the same high-quality performances and venue for a reasonable price. ~ Lindsay Planer When the venerable San Francisco rock & roll mecca the Fillmore West packed it in on the Forth of July 1971 an era in pop music history had also passed. Dancehall keeper Bill "Uncle Bobo" Graham -- under whose meticulous supervision the venue flourished -- held a wake and hand-picked a select few locals to give the Fillmore its last musical rights. Fillmore: The Last Days -- containing highlights recorded during the final week of performances -- was issued as the soundtrack to a likewise-titled feature-length 1972 documentary. The original three-LP box set also included a bonus 7" record containing over a quarter-hour's worth of "Words With Bill Graham." The deluxe packaging was endowed with an original "closing week" poster as well as a used ticket from one of the hundreds of legendary shows held in the Fillmore between November 6, 1965, and July 4, 1971. Plus, as if that weren't enough, there was a commemorative liner notes booklet, which among with other things included a complete list of every show held at the venue. The discs feature a who's who of rock music circa 1971, most -- if not all -- of whom began their collective journey's in the Bay Area music scene at the time. The Grateful Dead ("Casey Jones" and "Johnny B. Goode"), Quicksilver Messenger Service ("Fresh Air" and " "Mojo"), as well as Santana ("Incident at Neshabur" and "In a Silent Way") all make strong showings as do some of the lesser-known artists such as Malo ("Pana") or Lamb ("Hello Friends"). Fillmore: The Last Days includes some amazing performances from It's a Beautiful Day ("White Bird") as well as the stunningly powerful "Baby's Calling Me Home" by Boz Scaggs -- no doubt an homage to his stint with the Steve Miller Blues Band -- plus a definitive version of "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burnin'" from Hot Tuna -- who are the only representatives from the Jefferson Airplane, perhaps the one San Francisco band who is most conspicuously absent from the proceedings. The "Words With Bill Graham" interview allows Graham to personally express his thanks to the people who made the Fillmore such a success and to give some insight into the changing dynamics (read: money and drugs) that so radically altered his ability to adequately provide both artist and attendee with the same high-quality performance and venue for a reasonable price. ~ Lindsay Planer Producer: Bill Graham   Technical Info Release Date : 02/19/1991 Original Release Date : 1972 Catalog ID : 31390 Label : Legacy Recordings Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Live Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : AAD UPC : 00074643139021    Product Image