Aretha Franklin live at Fillmore West, March 5th, 1971 - Full Concert -

[@alexforest1]

Greatness 💖

[@thick28]

Her voice!!! Just wowwwww. ❤❤❤

[@SimonSottocorno78]

A Gift from God that was available nowhere on the Internet, in its full-length version. This is EPIC Enjoy Queen Aretha.

[@AC-kl8gi]

Wow! I am 57 and retired. Bought this album back in the day. Thanks is not enough for this gem. More like Hallelujah is what I feel. Thank you Sir.

[@62chucky]

Arthur, seek out the 4 CD box set of this recording!! (Amazon)

[@hmsljj]

My goodness, that voice. Just amazing.

[@mozellephilpart1726]

Wow! What a gift! Beautiful voice and she plays the piano beautifully too! So proud of my African American Heritage!❤

[@DitalianCole]

Aretha LIVE in her prime! YES!!! The mark of a TRUE singer is sounding as good in concert as, if not better than, recordings! And The Queen DOES!!! What a treasure this video is!

[@paulrwyo]

I was there that night in July The show opened with Tower of Power, Then King Curtis, And then the Queen Aretha Franklin the best show I ever went to at the Fillmore. And Ray Charles coming out at the end.WOW!

[@tamwalker4343]

Thank you so much for sharing. I love Aretha Franklin ♥️

[@lutherwilliams8429]

Wow!!! This concert is fire, and our queen was surely lit. Her voice, Oh My Gosh!!!!😍

[@MarekKonopka-xg2co]

Aretha doesn't have to sing, she just breathes and that's the philharmonic plus heaven

[@livencali1]

This was a spirit filled concert. Aretha was definitely a national treasure to this planet and lives on forever! Thank you for using your talent to save lives Aretha. Your work on earth is complete, but the legacy lives on and touches everyone who comes after you.

[@mozellephilpart1726]

Wow! Aretha, Queen of Soul! This is a treat! You know you're gifted if you a great in the studio and live! What a beautiful voice! My favorite female artist!❤

[@poplife123]

Yes the diva at her prime ..... But let's not forget the backing singers .... Truly on point ....

[@FaizalDeen]

This must be one of the greatest concerts ever recorded. I wonder what music historians have to say about it. I am just transcended listening to her and her band and watching the feeling.

[@loveyu2778]

This needs to be restored and sold on Dvd...

[@mozellephilpart1726]

I agree! This is a treasure!❤

[@martinoblues]

MARAVILLA. GORGEOUS. AMAZING. ☺

[@alexforest1]

I personally pray this film can be restored correctly before I transition upwards.

[@eduardocruz-et5ud]

Genius is what she is!

[@awesomeair]

King Curtis on sax, leading the band

[@joeshittheragman1]

oh mannn, I just saw another short version and here you are with the whole shebang. I just can say I was there that night for it all, and it just was one of the most amazing nights and performances ever for Aretha. She had that audience, just slayed em. This is San Francisco, the Fillmore Auditorium not Fillmore West, and it was an incredible place, time, performance, band, audience, everythannnng. Whew. King Curtis, the back up singers, and of course the master of entertainment, Bill Graham. What a night

[@AndrewMartone]

Thank you for sharing! This is actually the March 7 show though, the final night of shows she did at the Fillmore for this run.

[@62chucky]

YES!!!!!! Thanks for this Simon!!!!!!! I have this 4-CD box set! This LIVE footage is giving me LIFE.

[@metaljane666]

So blown away by this show! I am moved to tears by the power and beauty of her voice! Oh hi Ray :)

[@glennfromthebronx]

OMG! I had NO idea that a recording of this LEGENDARY concert was available. I heard about it YEARS ago from a HS english teacher.

[@stephenkiama6140]

Goosebumps, this is real music Aretha, ray Charles, the best soul duet ever

[@leonjones2117]

When Aretha Franklin stepped into that audience - it gave me the chill bumps!

[@4142ful]

i personally thank u simon sottocorno...........ive been wanting to see the queen in this famous concert for years!!!!!!!!! u made a dream come true

[@cynthiabaker-smith6814]

A wondrous recording shared by Simon Sottocorno !!! Such a treat - everything about it is significant :: #arethafranklin , the #fillmore , #sanfrancisco , & the era...

[@GeorgeTennesseeWiseman]

THE QUEEN showed what she was made of on this amazing night. I remain in awe. Speechless. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!

[@carlawilson655]

Classic Queen at her best! Luv her so much!

[@jerryharris1692]

I was there and left the United States for 20 years, now back, you is one of he creates female singers.

[@godivor]

Inspirational ... Unmatched !

[@pabennett7231]

One of her best live albums other then Live In Paris I love to hear her sing live but ain't nothing like it when she sits down at the piano and sings...#TheOneAndOnlyArethaFranklin...#ForeverAFan...🎤🎤🎤🎹🎹🎹🎼🎼🎼

[@matsnilsson565]

This is Soul, likewise the best damn singer/voice ever! ARETHA can like nobody bring tears (literally) to my eyes. When you listen to this stellar performance from the queen herself, don't you ever forget the backup she got!The musicians are always the ones that got side noted and the ones that never get their credits. CORNELL DUPREE, BERNARD PURDIE, BILLY PRESTON, THE MEMPHIS HORNS (Among others) and especially KING CURTIS are the true unsung heroes here! When RAY CHARLES enter the scene i completely loose it, no matter what music genre you're into. RAY CHARLES just tops everything! This true musical genius (Along with STEVIE WONDER) are without a doubt the best we humans can ever produce...Period!

[@crem0801]

Man I enjoyed this. Aretha takes 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' to church! Also, loved the groove on 'Make it with you'

[@elliotharris9056]

There's not a lot to say after this...tragically King was murdered in NYC by a dope feind in July a few months later...very sad but at least this survives. If not the GREATEST show at FW has to be ONE of the greatest ever..by a miracle we have the audio and now the video...simply enjoy this forever...RIP IN PEACE..ARETHA,RAY and KING....

[@LaWanda-z6d]

Dr. King was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee April 4, 1968. When were U born???😯👁😯

[@elliotharris9056]

@LaWanda-z6d You know" la wanda" we realize that it's a waste of time to even comment on theses things .Suffice to say WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU OR ANYONE HAS TO SAY ABOUT ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD,PAST,PRESENT OR FUTURE. " when we're u born"!!?!?!?!?!? 🙂😎😅😁😄😂😁😅😆😁😄😂🙂

[@LaWanda-z6d]

@@elliotharris9056 EYE do overstand U are just like yOuR forefathers & mothers FULL of LIES. EYE dOn’T give a “fuck”abt what u FEEL🌪️🌪️🌧️

[@hack1872]

I wish I had found this powerhouse performance by the Queen of Soul and her entire band. Billy Preston and King Curtis and Ray Charles! And the backup singers and musicians. This definitely lifts the spirits.

[@bigfinewomanful]

Thank you Simon ...I remember my mother getting this album back in '71...I was only 9 at the time but I just LOVE this!! And to actually see the performance...fantastic !!

[@62chucky]

Aretha sounds in GREAT voice and at her soulful best! I disagree with Missy Roberts above comment. By the time Jimmy Lee came out, cigarettes had taken toll on her voice which made it raspy and thicker. She still was able to deliver tho! These songs sung on this recording where also songs of the day Make It With You, Love The One Youre With...were also for the audience of Fillmore West! So its all appropriate. The audience ATE HER UP!!

[@MrTAYLOR7777]

Priceless.

[@TomTheDrummer]

20:52 "are we moving in the right direction?".... "Hell Yeah". Thanks so much for posting.

[@uforje]

I've seen clips of this show for years, have the entire album on my ipod but never imagined I could see the whole show. THANK YOU!!!

[@damientaylor6792]

I had a copy of this on CD and it miraculously disappeared. This made a rainy NYC day quite BRIGHT!!

[@blkbird022]

Thank you so much I love Aretha the Queen of Soul..☺☺

[@aretha051]

I would love to have a copy of this!

[@raushanahmcghee5626]

My MUSICAL mother thank you for everything

[@Ap1ist]

Thank you so much for this gem!!!!!

[@poplife123]

great posting.....a diamond in the mud of youtube....ok who where backing singers....so on point......thanks for sharing this....amazing.

[@SimonSottocorno78]

Band line-up from from concertvault.com : Aretha Franklin - vocals, piano King Curtis - sax Billy Preston - organ Cornell Dupree - guitar Jerry Jemmott - bass Bernard Purdie - drums Pancho Morales - percussion, drums Truman Thomas - piano Brenda Bryant - backing vocals Margaret Branch - backing vocals Pat Smith - backing vocals Andrew Love - tenor sax Wayne Jackson - trumpet Roger Hobbs - trumpet Jack Hale - trombone Jimmy Mitchell - baritone sax Lou Collins - tenor sax

[@poplife123]

Simon Sottocorno great thx

[@TomTheDrummer]

poplife123 Bernard Purdie -Drums Chuck Rainey - Bass Ray Charles was said to have turned around his private jet to attend the last hour of this concert. Bernard Purdie's biography (Let The Drums Speak) gives a great documentation of the back storey to this gig, a gig that was a stand out highlight of his career (his words) - a man who was on more than 4000 recordings.

[@Nick10152]

+TomWrightTheDrummer I think that was Jerry Jemmott on bass.

[@billyroche1951]

Thanks for posting this absolute electric show. of the Queen. I never knew it existed.

[@candybardimples8811]

Thank you for posting this. I love the Queen of Soul Aretha. She and the background singers are on point. Oh, to be in the crowd ...

[@xanblacq]

Holy SH***TTT!!! The video of these Fillmore gigs exist????? THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

[@harlemwaters]

Mother was us HER at her most natural most mesmerizing most soulful most spiritual moments, I love this concert

[@bskeete]

Play Billy!!! R.I.P.

[@AdrianAlvarez-p4d]

Me encanta este recital de aretha franklin

[@marshaltony1]

Tuve LA gran suerte de Haber estado en este concierto de Aretha Franklin en Fillmore west en 1971 fue un espectaculo unico maraviklosi

[@mcnivdawg]

She was worried the Fillmore crowd wouldn't like her , :-) They loved her , me too O:-)

[@jerry0362]

This made my night!! Mama ReRe sing!

[@eugenesong8357]

This is good music

[@jorgegil4081]

TKS, sir Simon...

[@taf44tt8io]

If somebody, now in 2015, after Satchmo, Ella, Billie, Duke, Bird, MIles, etc; ask you what jazz or blues means - in the deeper meaning of the word - need just listen this marvelous artist and her terrific version of BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER. Then, she/he, never come back to her/his first belief......

[@derekoverton3461]

OMG Simon! Thank You So Much!!!!!!

[@accmed]

Thanks for the posting, I just missed attending this concert when I was 17.

[@Jsanata]

No way Aretha hittem them Keys tooo daaang

[@Bonqo]

...breathtaking...

[@calvindrhodes]

I wore the lp version out!!!

[@flipczech]

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!

[@laminage]

This was a pivotal time for Aretha. The Filmore in San Francisco had the cream of the crop of Music Legends perform. Also this was an "alternative" audience. Most were of The Caucasian Persusasion who also did tours of Vietnam. Also San Francisco holds a very important part in LGBT History. They did Tales Of The City in the 1990's and Frank Butterfield's Books at least his first Book An Enchanted Evening took place in San Francisco.

[@pabennett7231]

This live version is different from the final cut on the album. But I still like listening to her sing and the band play.#AFanForEver...🎤🎤🎼🎼

[@hgaston66]

Re is beating the hell out of these keys!!!!!

[@djlgv]

Thx for sharing this !!!

[@jeanbauer8705]

a diamond in the mud

[@whatever736]

I would have liked to have been the fly on the wall at this concert.🥰💙💃💕💃💃💕🥰💙💙💕

[@ffjsmith]

ARETHA!!!

[@point2822]

BILL GRAHAM the ultimate concert impresario insisted that his audience be exposed to all great music it unites us never to divide us from BUDDY RICH KING CURTIS /RICHIE HAVENS /JONI MITCHELL best sound system /light show /spotlight pure reverence to the art nobody did it better ladies and gentleman the queen of the gift of universal language of music i present to the world ARETHA FRANKLIN RIP

[@gzucc]

I love you, call me, call me, the hour. i love you, please call me.

[@masterclass682]

SWEEEEEET!!!!!

[@hgaston66]

Billy killing the Hammond organ!!!!

[@luisfranciscolopez629]

OMG Special guest at minute 56:15 !!!!

[@Maki.1028]

幸せ〜😆🤎

[@KennuhWayne]

Wearing nothing but a plain ol' dress with a rag around her head...but yet still giving a performance 10 times better than the hundred thousand dollar performances of present day. Didn't have to reveal any cleavage...didn't have to twerk...and didn't need a reality show to promote her sound. Just classical talent...that's all she needed.

[@jsbrules]

Ken Martin: That's a pretty funny comment - you praise her plain manner of dress as opposed to tasteless over-the-top cleavage-revealing "present day" performances. You must know that Aretha was notorious for her own tasteless and/or cleavage-revealing outfits herself in her future years. (Perhaps that was your point?)

[@mariaisabelgonzalez9063]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@sylvietrouxsylviedlaruegal2952]

Ca décoiffe!!! c 'est de la bombe bébé!!!lol

[@tlover1062]

PLEASE!!!! IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A COPY OF THIS LEGENDARY RECORDING? PLEASE!!!! I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS MY LIBRARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@madacetv]

Bernard Purdie on drums

[@frankthewolf60]

Si king for b.b. kin puedo,solo gente como she, merece la pena albert,only people aliked, yes we can.Ella was look my mather what voice,onliment mama maik matts malasai luz propia start.

[@doobeedoo2]

is billy preston there

[@abcdefg-cr4dj]

Anyone know who’s on drums? Sounds like Bernard Purdie

[@hgaston66]

King Curtis on Sax and then the Memphis horns come in!

[@scottshore1048]

Ahmet Ertegun in the front row

[@hgaston66]

Ray: I go to work!!!!!!!!!

[@gzucc]

don't forget baby

[@unclealand]

Poor Ray Charles just didn’t get it that night.

[@gzucc]

CALL ME

[@opheliumzone4671]

Florence Ballard on sax 🎷🎷

[@gzucc]

Baby call me, please.

[@90sKidsSchoolLibrary]

Just read that new Aretha biography and it stated aretha was drunk as hell during this concert and was mess backstage.

[@AIKAN74]

if aretha didnt write it use it as toilet paper!!!!

[@edglebennett6312]

it's a good book..loves it

[@lollipopfop9965]

Who cares?

[@edglebennett6312]

I guess u do..u mafe a comment

[@edglebennett6312]

Made

[@stevetaylor2405]

Man, that crowd is stingy with their dancing

[@markdrinkwater1508]

She wasn't in good voice here. Very hoarse.

[@terenceoctober581]

I always wanted to see this concert. I was a teenager in 1971 & living in South America, when I heard Spirit in the dark from this concert on the radio, I went crazy dancing in our living room. I bought the album live At the Fillmore West in 1972 when came to live in NY. Thank you for posting, great I enjoyed. (The Queen & Brother Ray).

[@drissabderrahmane5750]

Hoarse ?? And you you were stupid ?? Her voice was just unique and powerful

[@Bronte361]

Wow. The greatest.