Allmusic praised
Fillmore: The Last Days, saying "When the venerable San Francisco rock and roll mecca the Fillmore West packed it in on the Fourth of July 1971 an era in pop music history had also passed.... The discs feature a who's who of rock music circa 1971, most if not all of whom began their collective journeys in the Bay Area music scene at the time. The
Grateful Dead ("
Casey Jones" and "
Johnny B. Goode"),
Quicksilver Messenger Service ("Fresh Air" and "Mojo"), as well as
Santana ("
Incident at Neshabur" and "In a Silent Way") all make strong showings...
Fillmore: The Last Days includes some amazing performances from
It's a Beautiful Day ("White Bird") as well as the stunningly powerful "Baby's Calling Me Home" by
Boz Scaggs... plus a definitive version of "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burnin'" from
Hot Tuna — who are the only representatives from the
Jefferson Airplane, perhaps the one San Francisco band who is most conspicuously absent from the proceedings." Hooterollin' Around was much more critical, writing "Fairly or not, the
Fillmore album sounded kind of anemic in 1972.... Only Santana really stands out, with "
Incident at Neshabur" and a unique version of
Miles Davis's "In a Silent Way".... I think Graham and his producers thought small and picked the wrong tracks. While I hardly think the week of June 29 – July 4, 1971 was the best week of San Francisco music, there was plenty of fine music played. I'm not guessing — almost all of it circulates on tape in one form or another. With the exception of Santana and arguably a few other tracks, I think the producers made very poor choices. They consistently chose the simplest and most accessible songs by each artist, and for the angular nature of Fillmore music that was not a good criteria." ==LP track listing==