The Doors - Absolutely Live (CD Elektra 61972-2) | NEW

Label: Elektra – 61972-2
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

1        House Announcer    2:40
2        Who Do You Love
Written-By – McDaniel*
6:02
Medley:    
3        Alabama Song
Written-By – Brecht*, Weill*
1:51
4        Backdoor Man
Written-By – Dixon*
2:22
5        Love Hides    1:48
6        Five To One    4:34
7        Build Me A Woman    3:33
8        When The Music's Over    16:16
9        Close To You
Lead Vocals – Ray*
Written-By – Dixon*
4:04
10        Universal Mind    4:54
11        Petition The Lord With Prayer    0:52
Medley:    
12        Dead Cats, Dead Rats    1:57
13        Break On Through #2    4:36
Celebration Of The Lizard    
14        Lions In The Street    1:14
15        Wake Up    1:21
16        A Little Game    1:12
17        The Hill Dwellers    2:35
18        Not To Touch The Earth    4:14
19        Names Of The Kingdom    1:29
20        The Palace Of Exile    2:20
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21        Soul Kitchen    7:15

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra Entertainment Group
Copyright © – Elektra Entertainment Group
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA International Inc.
Copyright © – WEA International Inc.
Published By – Doors Music Inc.
Published By – Arc Music (2)
Published By – Weill-Brecht-Harms Co.
Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Y5
Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Art Direction, Design – Alli*
Drums – John Densmore
Engineer – Bruce Botnick
Guitar – Robby Krieger
Lead Vocals – Jim Morrison (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 21)
Organ, Bass, Vocals – Ray Manzarek
Other [On-stage Amplification Systems] – Vince Treanor
Other [Remote Recording Facilities Provided By] – Fedco Audio Labs And Wally Heider Recording
Photography By [Inlay Shots Of Ray, John, & Robby] – Ed Caraeff
Photography By [Shots Of Jim] – David Sygall
Producer – Paul A. Rothchild
Remastered By – Bruce Botnick, Paul A. Rothchild, The Doors
Songwriter – The Doors (tracks: 5 to 8, 10 to 21)
This album was compiled from live performances recorded in cities throughout the United States between August 1969 and June 1970. Aside from the editing necessary to assemble the music into album form, the recording is an organic documentary and 'absolutely live!'

This recording has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes for superior sound quality.
All song published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP), except: tracks 2, 4, 9 by Arc Music (BMI), track 3 Weill-Brecht-Harms Co.(ASCAP).

Packaging: Jewel Case
Total Playing Time: 67 mins, 18 secs
Barcode (Scanned): 075596197229
Barcode (Text): 0 7559-61972-2 9

It's The Doors' 1970 live double album, on CD (a single CD, no less) for the first time! Includes When the Music's Over; Who Do You Love; Not to Touch the Earth, and more, plus no shortage of Lizard King ("You cannot petition the Lord with prayer!") antics.

The Doors: Ray Manzarek (vocals, organ, bass instrument); Jim Morrison (vocals); Robby Krieger (guitar); John Densmore (drums).
ABSOLUTELY LIVE was taped during a United State tour that took place between August 1969 and June 1970, and shows off The Doors' strengths as a live band and the way they kept sets interesting by including a broad cross-section of music. Where else could you hear Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" sidling up next to Kurt Weill's "Alabama Song?" Ray Manzarek's organ and John Densmore's drumming keep pace throughout as Robbie Krieger's guitar playing show him to be as much of a force in the Doors as Jim Morrison.
As for the Lizard King, his blues growl is put to perfect use on "Backdoor Man," whereas his inner poet takes over on the prophetic "When The Music's Over" and the jazzy, metaphysical "Universal Mind." Morrison's most dramatic turn comes in the personage of a Southern preacher on the intro "Petition The Lord With Prayer" that leads into a medley of "Dead Cats, Dead Rats" and "Break On Through #2." In truth, ABSOLUTELY LIVE does not measure up to the Doors' more meticulously crafted studio efforts, yet it includes material that doesn't appear elsewhere, and is a satisfying snapshot of the band's live show.

• Condition: NEW
• Format: CD
• Internal ID: 075596197229
• Format Detail: CD
• Genre: ROCK
• Released: 1996-10-15