The Golden Scarab

The Golden Scarab is the first solo album by Ray Manzarek from The Doors.

The Golden Scarab
Studio album by Ray Manzarek
Released	March 28, 1974
Recorded	1973
Studio	Sunset Sound, Los Angeles[1]
Length	45:17
Label	Mercury
Producer	Bruce Botnick, Bob Brown
Ray Manzarek chronology
The Golden Scarab (1974) The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control (1974)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ray Manzarek except where indicated[2]

Side 1

1. "He Can't Come Today" - 4:40
2. "Solar Boat" - 5:58
3. "Downbound Train" (Chuck Berry) - 5:31
4. "The Golden Scarab" - 6:42

Side 2

1. "The Purpose of Existence Is?" - 6:38
2. "The Moorish Idol" - 5:38
3. "Choose Up and Choose Off" - 4:43
4. "Oh Thou Precious Nectar Filled Form" (or) "A Little Fart" - 4:57

CD Bonus tracks

1. "Whirling Dervish" (Manzarek, Paul Davis) *
2. "I Wake Up Screaming" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman) *
3. "Bicentennial Blues (Love It or Leave It)" *

• Bonus tracks taken from Manzarek's 1974 LP The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control.[3]

Personnel

• Ray Manzarek - lead vocals, keyboards, piano, organ, synthesizer, kalimba
• Larry Carlton - guitar
• Tony Williams - drums
• Oscar Brashear - trumpet
• Mayuto Correa - wood block, bongos, congas
• Milt Holland - pandeiro, cabasa, quica, African cowbell
• Jerry Scheff - bass
• Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone
• George Bohanon - trombone
• Steve Forman - tuned cowbells, whistles, guiro, tuned wood blocks
• Patti Smith - vocals on "I Wake Up Screaming"

References

1. http://raymanzarek.com/?page_id=10416
2. Ray Manzarek – "The Golden Scarab" on Discogs.com
3. Ray Manzarek – "The Golden Scarab" 1992 US CD Re-issue info on Discogs.com