Performance Rockin' the Fillmore

Infobox Album | Name = Performance Rockin' the Fillmore
Type = Live Album
Artist = Humble Pie


Released = 1971
Recorded = 1971 at Fillmore East
Genre = Hard rock Blues-rock
Length = 72:39
Label = A&M
Producer = Humble Pie
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5ad1vwvva9xk link]
Last album = "Rock On" (1970)
This album = "Performance Rockin' the Fillmore" (1971)
Next album = "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.

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.

Track listing

ide one

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

ide two

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

ide three

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

ide four

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

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)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZMmV6xXYFw You Tube:/ "I Don't Need No Doctor" 1971]
* [http://www.stevemarriott.co.uk/ Steve Marriott - The Official Website]
* [http://humble-pie.net/rockon/pie2/html/history.html/ The History of Humble Pie]