Performance Rockin' the Fillmore

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Performance Rockin' the Fillmore
Live album by Humble Pie
Released	1971
Recorded	1971 at Fillmore East
Genre	Hard Rock Blues Rock
Length	72:39
Label	A&M
Producer	Humble Pie
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Humble Pie chronology
Rock On (1970) Performance Rockin' the Fillmore (1971) Smokin' (1972)

Performance Rockin' the Fillmore is the 1971 live album by English blues-rock group Humble Pie. It reached #21 on the Billboard 200, and hit the UK Top 40.

[edit] Album profile

This hour-long set boasted only one original song and a handful of cover tunes, beefed up and presented Humble Pie-style. Peter Frampton's guitar playing was at its most melodic and Steve Marriott's vocals are captured here in essence and preserved.

"I Don't Need No Doctor" was the biggest airplay hit from the album (having been issued as a single in edited version, and reaching #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1971). But some consider the biggest highlight to be the Doctor John cover "I Walk On Gilded Splinters". It stretches out over almost 25 minutes; one can even hear a bottle drop in the menacing intro.

The song listed as "Four Day Creep", and attributed to classic blues singer Ida Cox, bears no melodic or lyrical resemblance to her self-recorded composition of that title. The single version of "I Don't Need No Doctor" was backed with another live recording from the Fillmore East not contained on the album, "A Song for Jenny", which Marriott wrote for his first wife, Jenny Rylance.

There is a story that, during the mixing of the album, the band presented what they thought to be the finished product to their manager, Dee Anthony. Upon listening to it, he made one comment: "Great, but where's the audience?" It turned out that Marriott and drummer Jerry Shirley were stoned and had forgotten to include the sound of the audience in the mix - so it was back to the mixing desk.

Shortly before the album's release, guitarist Peter Frampton left due to growing friction between him and Marriott. His departure hurt Marriott greatly, though he would never admit it to the other band members.

The album's steady sales helped Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore to become the band's first RIAA gold record, and its popularity helped the band's previous album, Rock On, to reach gold album status as well.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Four Day Creep" (Ida Cox) – 3:46
2. "I'm Ready" (Humble Pie, words by Willie Dixon) – 8:31
3. "Stone Cold Fever" (Humble Pie) – 6:18

[edit] Side two

1. "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" (Dr John Creaux) – 23:25

[edit] Side three

1. "Rollin' Stone" (Muddy Waters arranged by Humble Pie) – 16:07

[edit] Side four

1. "Hallelujah" (I Love Her So) (Ray Charles) – 5:10
2. "I Don't Need No Doctor" (Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, J. Armstead) – 9:15

[edit] Releases

1971 LP A&M 3506

1990 LP A&M 6008

1990 CD A&M 75021-6008-2

1990 CS A&M 75021-6008-4

1996 CD Universal/Polygram 1887

2004 LP Classic 3506

2006 CD Universal 6229

2007 CD Universal 93221

2007 CD Universal 93221 (Japan)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• You Tube:/ "I Don't Need No Doctor" 1971
• Steve Marriott - The Official Website
• The History of Humble Pie