''Live in New York'' is a six-disc

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of four complete concerts performed American

rock band A rock band or pop band is a small musical ensemble that performs rock music, pop music, or a related genre. A four-piece band is the most common configuration in rock and pop music. In the early years, the configuration was typically two guita ...

the Doors on January 17 and 18, 1970 at the

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in New York City. Two shows were played each night, with 8:00pm and 11:00pm scheduled start times on January 17, and 7:30pm and 10:00pm scheduled start times on January 18. The final show featured an extended encore with guests John Sebastian (harmonica and vocals) and Dallas Taylor (drums) that concluded around 2:30am. Select tracks were previously released on the Doors' live album '' In Concert'' and as part of '' The Doors: Box Set''. About a third of the material was previously unreleased. The concerts were held a few weeks before the band released their fifth studio album '' Morrison Hotel'' on February 9, 1970. The box set was released by Rhino Records from the Bright Midnight Archives collection which contains several previously unreleased live concerts by the Doors.

Production

The original 8-track and 2-track concert recordings had been used for the 1970 release of Absolutely Live. During this editing of the tapes, many cuts had been made which left the original running order severely compromised. To ensure the correct running order was used, the audience recorded bootlegs were used. However, this process has led to occasional dips in sound quality. Additionally, John Sebastian's blues harmonica was recorded through the PA system on the final three songs and not recorded onto tape. Long-time Doors' sound engineer/producer

Bruce Botnick Bruce Botnick (born 1945) is an American audio engineer and record producer, best known for his work with the Doors, the Beach Boys, Eddie Money, Love and film composer Jerry Goldsmith. Early work Botnick engineered Love's first two albums, and ...

got John Sebastian to re-record his performance four decades after the original concerts.

Track listing

Show One

Disc 1 (January 17, 1970, 1st show)

# (Start of Show 1) #

Roadhouse Blues "Roadhouse Blues" is a song by the American rock band the Doors from their 1970 album ''Morrison Hotel''. It was released as the B-side of "You Make Me Real", which peaked at No. 50 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Roadhouse Blues" charted i ...

(Morrison) # Ship of Fools ( Jim Morrison) # Break On Through (To the Other Side) (Morrison) # (Tuning/Breather) # Peace Frog (Morrison, Robby Krieger) # Blue Sunday (Morrison) #

Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) The "Alabama Song"—also known as "Moon of Alabama", "Moon over Alabama", and "Whisky Bar"—is an English version of a song written by Bertolt Brecht and translated from German by his close collaborator Elisabeth Hauptmann in 1925 and set to m ...

(

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...

) # Back Door Man (

Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...

, Chester Burnett) # Love Hides ( Instrumental version) (Morrison) # Five to One (Morrison) # (Tuning/Breather) # Who Do You Love? ( Bo Diddley) # Little Red Rooster (Dixon) # Money ( Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy) # (Tuning/Breather) # Light My Fire (Krieger), (Morrison) # (More, More, More) # Soul Kitchen (Morrison) # (End of Show)

Show Two

Disc 2 (January 17, 1970, 2nd show)

# (Start Of Show 2) # (Jim “How Ya Doing?”) # Roadhouse Blues (Morrison) # Break On Through (To the Other Side) (Morrison) # Ship of Fools (Morrison) #

Crawling King Snake "Crawling King Snake" (alternatively "Crawlin' King Snake" or "Crawling/Crawlin' Kingsnake") is a blues song that has been recorded by numerous blues and other artists. It is believed to have originated as a Delta blues in the 1920s and be relat ...

(Anon, arr. by

John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often ...

) # Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (Brecht, Weill) # Back Door Man (Dixon, Burnett) including hummed vocal version of "Love Hides" (Morrison) # Five to One (Morrison) # (Pretty Neat, Pretty Good) # Build Me a Woman (Morrison) including "Poontang Blues" and "Sunday Trucker" (Morrison) # (Tuning/Breather) # Who Do You Love? (Diddley) # (Tuning/Breather) # Wild Child (Morrison) # (Cheering/Tuning) # When the Music's Over

Disc 3 (January 17, 1970, 2nd show cont.)

# (Tuning/Breather) # Light My Fire (Krieger), (Morrison) # (Hey, Mr. Light Man!) # Soul Kitchen (Morrison) including "

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Now I lay me down to sleep is a classic Christian child's prayer#Bedtime prayer, children's bedtime prayer from the 18th century. Text Perhaps the earliest version was written by George Wheler (travel writer), George Wheler in his 1698 book ''T ...

" (traditional) # (Jim's Fish Joke) # The End # (End of Show)

Show Three

Disc 4 (January 18, 1970, 1st show)

# (Start of Show 3) # Roadhouse Blues (Morrison) # Ship of Fools (Morrison) # Break On Through (To the Other Side) (Morrison) # (Tuning/Breather) # Universal Mind # Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (False Start) (Brecht, Weill) # Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (Brecht, Weill) # Back Door Man (Dixon, Burnett) including the instrumental version of "Love Hides" (Morrison) # Five to One (Morrison) # (Tuning/Breather) #

Moonlight Drive "Moonlight Drive" is a song by American rock band the Doors, released in 1967 on their second album '' Strange Days''. It was edited to a 2:16 length for the 45 rpm single B-side of " Love Me Two Times". Though a conventional blues arrangement, ...

(Morrison) including "Horse Latitudes" (Morrison) # Who Do You Love? (Diddley) # (Calling Out for Songs) # Money (Bradford, Gordy) # (Tuning/Breather) # Light My Fire (Krieger), (Morrison) # (More, More, More) # When the Music's Over # (Good Night/End of Show)

Show Four

Disc 5 (January 18, 1970, 2nd show)

# (Start of Show 4) # Roadhouse Blues (Morrison) # Peace Frog (Morrison, Krieger) # Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (Brecht, Weill) # Back Door Man (Dixon, Burnett) # Five to One (Morrison) # (We Have a Special Treat) # Celebration of the Lizard (Morrison) (*) # (Alright Let's Boogie) # Build Me a Woman (Morrison) # When the Music's Over # (More, More, More) (*) Medley that contains: "Lions in the Street", "Wake Up!", "A Little Game", "The Hill Dwellers", " Not to Touch the Earth", "Names of the Kingdom" and "The Palace of Exile".

Disc 6 (January 18, 1970, 2nd show cont.)

# Soul Kitchen (Morrison) including "

" (traditional) # (For Fear of Getting Too Patriotic) # Petition the Lord with Prayer (Morrison) # Light My Fire (Krieger), (Morrison) # (Only When the Moon Comes Out) # Close to You (Dixon) # (The Encore Begins) # Rock Me ( Muddy Waters) # (What to Do Next?) # Going to N.Y. Blues # (Tuning/Breather) # Maggie M’Gill (Morrison) # (Tuning/Breather) #

Gloria Gloria may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music * Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise * Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise ** Gloria (Handel) ** Gloria (Jenkins) ...

( Van Morrison) including lyrics from "Easy Ride" (J. Morrison) and "My Eyes Have Seen You" (J. Morrison)

Personnel

The Doors * Jim Morrison – vocals *

Ray Manzarek Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. (né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the Doors, co-founding the band with singer and lyricist Jim Morrison in 1965. Manzarek was induct ...

–

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

, keyboard bass, vocals on "Close to You" * Robby Krieger – electric guitar * John Densmore – drums Additional musicians * John Sebastian –

Harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

on "Rock Me", "Going To N.Y. Blues" & " Maggie M’Gill" * Dallas Taylor – drums on "Going To N.Y. Blues"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Live In New York (The Doors Album) 2009 live albums Albums produced by Bruce Botnick Bright Midnight Archives