In Concert (The Doors album)

In Concert is a live double album recorded by the Doors. The album's performances are culled from a variety of different concerts and releases. In Concert includes all the tracks from Absolutely Live (with all but one track appearing on disc one, with the remaining track on disc two) and Alive, She Cried. The three remaining tracks come from An American Prayer, Live at the Hollywood Bowl and one previously unreleased.

In Concert
Live album by
ReleasedMay 21, 1991
Recorded1968–1970
GenrePsychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock
Length140:43
LabelElektra
ProducerPaul A. Rothchild
The Doors chronology
Live at the Hollywood Bowl
(1987)
In Concert
(1991)
Live in Detroit
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
MusicHound3/5[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Many shows were recorded during the Roadhouse Blues Tour in 1970 to create the Absolutely Live Album. The Doors' producer, Paul A. Rothchild, painstakingly edited the album from many different shows to create one cohesive concert, "the perfect Doors show." Many of the songs were pieced together from various performances. Rothchild has said, "I couldn't get complete takes of a lot of songs, so sometimes I'd cut from Detroit to Philadelphia in midsong. There must be 2,000 edits on that album."[4]

Below is a listing of probable venues and performance dates for each song, based on information culled from several books, including Greg Shaw's The Doors on the Road.

Track listing

All songs written by The Doors, unless noted otherwise.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)ConcertLength
1."House Announcer"-Philadelphia May 1, 19702:40
2."Who Do You Love?"Ellas 'Bo Diddley' McDanielFelt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 1st show6:02
3."Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)"Kurt Weill/Bertolt BrechtFelt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 1st show1:51
4."Back Door Man"Willie Dixon/Chester BurnettFelt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 1st show2:22
5."Love Hides"MorrisonPhiladelphia May 1, 19701:48
6."Five to One"MorrisonFelt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 2nd show4:34
7."Build Me a Woman"MorrisonFelt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 2nd show3:33
8."When the Music's Over"The DoorsFelt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 2nd show14:50
9."Universal Mind"MorrisonFelt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 2nd show4:54
10."Petition the Lord with Prayer"MorrisonFelt Forum NYC January 18, 1970 2nd show0:52
11."Dead Cats, Dead Rats"Morrison 1:57
12."Break On Through (To the Other Side)"MorrisonCobo Arena, Detroit May 8, 19704:42
13."Celebration of the Lizard
  1. Lions in the Street
  2. Wake Up!
  3. A Little Game
  4. The Hill Dwellers
  5. Not to Touch the Earth
  6. Names of the Kingdom
  7. The Palace of Exile"
MorrisonAquarius Theater, LA 1st Show July 21, 196913.45
14."Soul Kitchen"MorrisonAquarius Theater, LA 2nd Show July 21, 19697:15
  • Tracks 3-6 are a medley, as are tracks 11–12.
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)ConcertLength
1."Roadhouse Blues"MorrisonNew York Felt Forum 1st show January 17, 1970 & Detroit Cobo Arena May 8, 1970 & End Dialogue Boston Arena 2nd Show April 10, 19706:13
2."Gloria"Van MorrisonAquarius Theater Rehearsal, LA July 22, 1969 with overdub6:17
3."Light My Fire including "Graveyard Poem""Robby Krieger, MorrisonNew York Felt Forum 1st & 2nd Show January 18, 1970 & Boston Arena 1st & 2nd Show April 10, 19709:51
4."You Make Me Real"MorrisonAquarius Theater, LA 2nd Show July 21, 1969 with new guitar overdub3:06
5."Texas Radio & The Big Beat"MorrisonDenmark T.V. Show, Copenhagen September 18, 1968 with new guitar overdub1:52
6."Love Me Two Times"KriegerDenmark T.V. Show, Copenhagen September 18, 1968 with new drum & keyboard overdub3:17
7."Little Red Rooster"DixonFelt Forum, NYC 1st Show January 17, 1970 & Dialogue 2nd Show January 18, 1970 with harmonica overdub7:15
8."Moonlight Drive" including "Horse Latitudes""MorrisonVocal from Felt Forum, NYC 1st Show January 18, 1970 with a newly recorded instrumental track5:34
9."Close to You"DixonFelt Forum, NYC 2nd Show January 18, 19705:26
10."The Unknown Soldier"The DoorsHollywood Bowl, LA July 5, 19684:25
11."The End"The DoorsHollywood Bowl, LA July 5, 196815:42

Song origins

Disc one
Disc two
  • Track 1 originally appeared on An American Prayer
  • Tracks 28 originally appeared on Alive, She Cried
  • Track 9 originally appeared on Absolutely Live
  • Track 10 originally appeared on Live at the Hollywood Bowl
  • Track 11 previously unreleased on LP or CD (appeared on the Live at the Hollywood Bowl video)

Personnel

The Doors

Charts

Chart (1991) Position
Billboard Top Pop Albums[5] 50

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[6] Gold 30,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[7] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[8] Gold 143,700[9]
United Kingdom (BPI)[10] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 358. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. "The Doors: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  4. "BAM interview with Paul Rothchild". archives.waiting-forthe-sun.net. July 3, 1981.
  5. Billboard 200 Albums Chart
  6. "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  7. "Canadian album certifications – The Doors – In Concert". Music Canada.
  8. "French album certifications – The Doors – In Concert" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  9. "Les Albums Or". infodisc.fr. SNEP. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  10. "British album certifications – Doors – In Concert". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type In Concert in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  11. "American album certifications – The Doors – In Concert". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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