For five nights in the summer of 1971, some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s biggest and best paid their respects to promoter extraordinaire Bill Graham’s Fillmore West concert hall. The highlights from the five-night party were compiled into this two-album set and a concert film, which has been recently re-released on DVD. There are a few standout tracks on the record – in particular, a transcendent performance of “Pana” by Jorge Santana’s Malo that’s more enjoyable to me than most of Carlos Santana’s catalogue. However in some cases (It’s a Beautiful Day’s incendiary “White Bird”) the performances sound limp without the video footage. Go with the DVD.
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