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.
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Released | May 21, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1968–1970 | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock | |||
Length | 140:43 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Paul A. Rothchild | |||
The Doors chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
MusicHound | 3/5[2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Concert | Length |
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1. | "House Announcer" | - | Philadelphia May 1, 1970 | 2:40 |
2. | "Who Do You Love?" | Ellas 'Bo Diddley' McDaniel | Felt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 1st show | 6:02 |
3. | "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" | Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht | Felt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 1st show | 1:51 |
4. | "Back Door Man" | Willie Dixon/Chester Burnett | Felt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 1st show | 2:22 |
5. | "Love Hides" | Morrison | Philadelphia May 1, 1970 | 1:48 |
6. | "Five to One" | Morrison | Felt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 2nd show | 4:34 |
7. | "Build Me a Woman" | Morrison | Felt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 2nd show | 3:33 |
8. | "When the Music's Over" | The Doors | Felt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 2nd show | 14:50 |
9. | "Universal Mind" | Morrison | Felt Forum NYC January 17, 1970 2nd show | 4:54 |
10. | "Petition the Lord with Prayer" | Morrison | Felt Forum NYC January 18, 1970 2nd show | 0:52 |
11. | "Dead Cats, Dead Rats" | Morrison | 1:57 | |
12. | "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" | Morrison | Cobo Arena, Detroit May 8, 1970 | 4:42 |
13. | "Celebration of the Lizard
| Morrison | Aquarius Theater, LA 1st Show July 21, 1969 | 13.45 |
14. | "Soul Kitchen" | Morrison | Aquarius Theater, LA 2nd Show July 21, 1969 | 7:15 |
- Tracks 3-6 are a medley, as are tracks 11–12.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Concert | Length |
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1. | "Roadhouse Blues" | Morrison | New York Felt Forum 1st show January 17, 1970 & Detroit Cobo Arena May 8, 1970 & End Dialogue Boston Arena 2nd Show April 10, 1970 | 6:13 |
2. | "Gloria" | Van Morrison | Aquarius Theater Rehearsal, LA July 22, 1969 with overdub | 6:17 |
3. | "Light My Fire including "Graveyard Poem"" | Robby Krieger, Morrison | New York Felt Forum 1st & 2nd Show January 18, 1970 & Boston Arena 1st & 2nd Show April 10, 1970 | 9:51 |
4. | "You Make Me Real" | Morrison | Aquarius Theater, LA 2nd Show July 21, 1969 with new guitar overdub | 3:06 |
5. | "Texas Radio & The Big Beat" | Morrison | Denmark T.V. Show, Copenhagen September 18, 1968 with new guitar overdub | 1:52 |
6. | "Love Me Two Times" | Krieger | Denmark T.V. Show, Copenhagen September 18, 1968 with new drum & keyboard overdub | 3:17 |
7. | "Little Red Rooster" | Dixon | Felt Forum, NYC 1st Show January 17, 1970 & Dialogue 2nd Show January 18, 1970 with harmonica overdub | 7:15 |
8. | "Moonlight Drive" including "Horse Latitudes"" | Morrison | Vocal from Felt Forum, NYC 1st Show January 18, 1970 with a newly recorded instrumental track | 5:34 |
9. | "Close to You" | Dixon | Felt Forum, NYC 2nd Show January 18, 1970 | 5:26 |
10. | "The Unknown Soldier" | The Doors | Hollywood Bowl, LA July 5, 1968 | 4:25 |
11. | "The End" | The Doors | Hollywood Bowl, LA July 5, 1968 | 15:42 |
- Track 7 featuring John Sebastian on Harmonica.
- Track 9 featuring Ray Manzarek on lead vocals.
Song origins
- Disc one
- Tracks 1–20 originally appeared on Absolutely Live
- Disc two
- Track 1 originally appeared on An American Prayer
- Tracks 2–8 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
- Jim Morrison – vocals
- Robby Krieger – guitars
- John Densmore – drums
- Ray Manzarek - keyboards, keyboard bass, lead vocals on "Close To You", backing vocals
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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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 |
References
- AllMusic review
- 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)
- "The Doors: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- "BAM interview with Paul Rothchild". archives.waiting-forthe-sun.net. July 3, 1981.
- Billboard 200 Albums Chart
- "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.
- "Canadian album certifications – The Doors – In Concert". Music Canada.
- "French album certifications – The Doors – In Concert" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- "Les Albums Or". infodisc.fr. SNEP. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- "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.
- "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.