Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine is the second compilation album by American rock band the Doors (following 13) and the first following the death of singer Jim Morrison. The album was released in January 1972.

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
Compilation album by the Doors
Released	January 1972
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock, hard rock
Length	99:02
Label	Elektra
Producer	Paul A. Rothchild (tracks 1–5, 7–14, 16–17, 20–22) and Bruce Botnick and the Doors (tracks 6, 8, 15, 18, 19)
The Doors chronology
Other Voices (1971) Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine (1972) Full Circle (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	B–[1]

The album's title is a lyric from the song "The End." The cover was designed by Bill Hoffman, with a gatefold jacket containing band shots by Joel Brodsky and liner notes by Bruce Harris,[2][3] national publicist for Elektra Records.

Two of the songs on the compilation, "Who Scared You" and "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further," were originally released as B-sides to 1969's "Wishful Sinful" and 1971's "Love Her Madly" singles, respectively. They were not available again until an edited version of "Who Scared You" appeared in The Doors: Box Set in 1997 (missing part of the last verse) and "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" appeared in the 2006 Perception box set. The full length version of "Who Scared You" was also reissued on the Essential Rarities compilation in 1999 and was later included as a bonus track on the remastered release of The Soft Parade in 2006.

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine was certified Gold by the RIAA on September 15, 1980.[4]

Record Store Day reissue

The album was reissued for the first time in over 40 years by Rhino Records as part of Record Store Day 2014. It was issued on April 19, 2014, on special amber colored vinyl,[5] and was subsequently issued on CD for the first time on May 19, 2014.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"	Jim Morrison	The Doors, 1967	2:25
2.	"Strange Days"	Morrison	Strange Days, 1967	3:05
3.	"Shaman's Blues"	Morrison	The Soft Parade, 1969	4:45
4.	"Love Street"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun, 1968	3:06
5.	"Peace Frog/Blue Sunday"	Morrison, Robby Krieger	Morrison Hotel, 1970	5:00
6.	"The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)"	Morrison	L.A. Woman, 1971	4:12
7.	"End of the Night"	Morrison	The Doors	2:49

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Love Her Madly"	Krieger	L.A. Woman	3:18
2.	"Spanish Caravan"	Morrison, Krieger, Manzarek, Densmore	Waiting for the Sun	2:58
3.	"Ship of Fools"	Morrison, Krieger	Morrison Hotel	3:06
4.	"The Spy"	Morrison	Morrison Hotel	4:15
5.	"The End"	Morrison, Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore	The Doors	11:35

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Take It as It Comes"	Morrison	The Doors	2:13
2.	"Runnin' Blue"	Krieger	The Soft Parade	2:27
3.	"L.A. Woman"	Morrison	L.A. Woman	7:49
4.	"Five to One"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun	4:22
5.	"Who Scared You"	Morrison, Krieger, Manzarek, Densmore	"Wishful Sinful" single B-side, 1969	3:51
6.	"(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further"	Willie Dixon	"Love Her Madly" single B-side, 1971	3:37

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Riders on the Storm"	Morrison, Krieger, Manzarek, Densmore	L.A. Woman	7:14
2.	"Maggie McGill"	Morrison	Morrison Hotel	4:25
3.	"Horse Latitudes"	Morrison	Strange Days	1:30
4.	"When the Music's Over"	Morrison, Krieger, Manzarek, Densmore	Strange Days	11:00

Personnel

The Doors

• Jim Morrison – vocals
• Robby Krieger – guitar, lead vocal on chorus of "Runnin' Blue"
• Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, marimba, bass, lead vocals on "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further," backing vocal on "Five To One"
• John Densmore – drums

Additional personnel

• Paul A. Rothchild – producer of all the tracks except the ones from L.A. Woman
• Bruce Botnick – co-producer of the L.A. Woman tracks and engineer of all the tracks including the former mentioned
• Douglass Lubahn – bass on tracks 2, 4, 9, 16, & 21
• Harvey Brooks – bass on tracks 3 & 14
• Jerry Scheff – bass on all the L.A. Woman tracks
• Ray Neapolitan – bass on tracks 4 & 10-11
• Leroy Vinnegar – acoustic bass on track 9
• Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements on track 17
• George Bohanon – trombone on tracks 14 & 17
• Champ Webb – English horn on tracks 14 & 17
• Jesse McReynolds – mandolin on tracks 14 & 17
• James Buchanan – fiddle on track 14
• Marc Benno – rhythm guitar on track 15
• Lonnie Mack – acoustic bass on track 20

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard Pop Albums	55

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	September 15, 1980

See also

• 13 - The Doors' first compilation released in 1970.

References

1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/weird-scenes-inside-the-gold-mine-mw0000837783/credits
3. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/doors-weird-scenes-inside-the-gold-mine-by-doug-collette.php
4. https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=THE+DOORS&ti=WEIRD+SCENES+INSIDE+THE+GOLD+MINE
5. "Record Store Day 2014". Record Store Day 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.