''Performance Rockin' the Fillmore'' is the 1971 live double-LP/single-CD by the English blues-rock group Humble Pie, recorded at the

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on May 28–29, 1971. It reached #21 on the ''Billboard'' 200, #32 in Canada, and entered the UK Top 40.

Background

The hour-long set contains one original song and several cover versions. " I Don't Need No Doctor" was the biggest hit from the album, having been issued as an edited single and reaching #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1971. The song listed as "Four Day Creep", and attributed to the classic blues singer

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, 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 "A Song for Jenny" from the '' Rock On'' album, which Marriott wrote for his first wife, Jenny Rylance. After the album was mixed, and shortly before it was released, guitarist Peter Frampton left the band because of growing friction between him and Marriott. The album's steady sales helped it to become the band's first RIAA gold record. Its popularity helped the band's previous album, ''Rock On'', reach gold album status. On October 29, 2013,

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released all four sets recorded that weekend as a four CD set ''Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore-Complete Recordings''.

Track listing

Personnel

Humble Pie *

Steve Marriott Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He co-founded and played in the rock bands Small Faces and Humble Pie, in a career spanning over two decades. Marriott was inducted pos ...

– guitar, vocals, harmonica * Peter Frampton – guitar, vocals *

Greg Ridley Alfred Gregory Ridley (23 October 1941 – 19 November 2003) was an English bassist who was the bassist and a founding member of the rock band Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth. Career Ridley was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, England. Early in h ...

– bass guitar, vocals * Jerry Shirley – drums Technical team *Live recording by Fedco Audio Labs *Engineer:

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*Assistant engineer: David Palmer *Re-mixed at

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, New York *Engineer: Eddie Kramer *Ably assisted by John Jansen, Andy Edlen, Buzzy and Tom *Produced by The Pie

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) :2013 CD Universal 3751304 :2017 LP Box Disc 3 A&M ('The A&M Vinyl Boxset 1970-1975' released June 16, 2017)

References

External links

YouTube:/ "I Don't Need No Doctor" 1971Steve Marriott - The Official Website
* {{Authority control Humble Pie (band) albums Live at the Fillmore East albums A&M Records albums 1971 live albums Albums produced by Steve Marriott Albums produced by Peter Frampton Albums produced by Greg Ridley Albums produced by Jerry Shirley