Fillmore: The Last Days (Rhino Entertainment)
Gene Sculatti, SonicBoomers.com, 24 April 2009
IT WENT OUT with a whimper, not a bang. Bill Graham's July 1971 decision to close Fillmore West surely didn't pass unnoticed, but the shuttering of the cavernous rock hall above a San Francisco car showroom didn't really stop any presses.
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