there is a misconception among some fans of the film that king curtis was murdered on the night his live performance of "a whiter shade of pale" was recorded. ralph brown, in the audio commentary on some dvd issues, wrongly states that he was shot in the car park after the concert. curtis was stabbed to death in august 1971, some five months after the recording was made in march 1971. the recording comes from curtis's album "live at fillmore west".