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 the Doors
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
Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987) In Concert (1991) Live in Detroit (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
MusicHound	3/5[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.	Title	Writer(s)	Concert	Length
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 Lions in the Street Wake Up! A Little Game The Hill Dwellers Not to Touch the Earth Names of the Kingdom The Palace of Exile"	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.

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Concert	Length
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

Charts

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

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified 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

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.