Home / Music / Aretha Live at Fillmore West was Aretha's first Gold album in three yearsMusic linernotes album music aretha-franklinAretha Live at Fillmore West was Aretha's first Gold album in three yearsReleased on Atlantic Records, Aretha Live at Fillmore West hit No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart on June 19, 1971. It became her first Gold album since Aretha Now in 1968. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHow Aretha Franklin Got Keith Richards on ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’How Aretha Franklin Turned '(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ Into a Soul Anthem — and What Mick Jagger SaidRay Charles joined Aretha on stage at the FillmoreAretha's backing band at Fillmore West was a murderer's row of session greatsLady Soul gave Aretha three of her signature songs on one albumExploreValee's Marbling dropped on Kanye West's G.O.O.D. MusicTouch, the British indie, released Fennesz's VeniceJon Hassell's Vernal Equinox first appeared on Lovely Music in 1977Jan Garbarek's Visible World was ECM 1585, released March 1996Riverside Records released the Bill Evans Trio's Waltz for Debby in 1962Previous Aretha's backing band at Fillmore West was a murderer's row of session greatsNext Aretha Franklin's Fillmore West set spans three nights in 1971