Live in Detroit (The Doors album) explained

Live in Detroit
Type:	live
Artist:	the Doors
Cover:	LiveInDetroit_TheDoorsalbum.jpg
Released:	October 23, 2000
Recorded:	May 8, 1970
Genre:	Rock
Length:	135:03
Label:	Rhino Entertainment Bright Midnight Archives
Producer:	Bruce Botnick
Prev Title:	In Concert
Prev Year:	1991
Next Year:	2002

Live in Detroit is a double CD live album by the American rock band the Doors. It was recorded at the Cobo Arena in Detroit on May 8, 1970 during the band's 1970 Roadhouse Blues Tour. It was released on October 23, 2000 on Rhino Records.^{[1] [2]}

The concert is one of the longest live performances by the Doors. Among the 25 songs played that night, the group played eight blues standards such as "Back Door Man", Junior Parker's "Mystery Train" and "Crossroads" by Robert Johnson. The band were joined by Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian on guitar and harmonica on the L.A. Woman track "Been Down So Long," "Love Hides", Chuck Berry's "Carol", Muddy Waters' "Close to You," and Slim Harpo's "I'm a King Bee." The concert was originally scheduled to end before midnight but ran on until one in the morning. This late end, against union rules, saw the band banned from the Cobo Arena.^[3]

Releases

Live in Detroit was one of the first releases from the Bright Midnight Archives collection which contains a number of previously unreleased live concerts by the Doors.

The album was mixed and mastered by long-time Doors' sound engineer Bruce Botnick. He had recorded several shows from the Doors’ 1970 Roadhouse Blues Tour on multi-track tape for the Absolutely Live album released in July 1970.

Track listing

According to the AllMusic credits.

Disc one

1. Tuning – 1:37
2. Roadhouse Vamp – 1:31
3. Hello to the Cities – 1:16
4. Dead Cats, Dead Rats – 1:54
5. Break On Through (To the Other Side) (Jim Morrison) – 4:45
6. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) – 1:55
7. Back Door Man (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) – 2:24
8. Five to One (Morrison) – 6:44
9. Roadhouse Blues (Morrison) – 6:44
10. You Make Me Real (Morrison) – 2:57
11. Ship of Fools (Morrison, Robby Krieger) – 7:23
12. When the Music's Over – 17:40
13. People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) – 0:36
14. Mystery Train (Junior Parker) – 7:03
15. Away in India – 2:07
16. Crossroads (Robert Johnson) – 4:01

Disc two

1. Tuning – 1:59
2. Carol (Chuck Berry) – 1:50
3. Light My Fire (Krieger, Morrison)^[4] – 19:39
4. Been Down So Long (Morrison) – 9:07
5. Love Hides (Morrison) – 1:45
6. Mean Mustard Blues – 3:47
7. Carol (Reprise) (Berry) – 0:44
8. Close to You (Willie Dixon)^[5] – 1:38
9. I'm a King Bee (James Moore) – 2:37
10. Rock Me Baby (Arthur Crudup) / Heartbreak Hotel (Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden) – 5:40
11. The End - 17:35

Personnel

• Jim Morrison – vocals, harmonica on "The End"
• Ray Manzarek – organ, keyboard bass, vocals on "Mean Mustard Blues", "Carol (Reprise)", "Close to You" & "I'm a King Bee"
• Robby Krieger – electric guitar
• John Densmore – drums
• John Sebastian – harmonica, electric guitar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Live in Detroit . . November 26, 2018 .
2. Web site: The Doors: Live at The Bowl '68 Audio & Video . Thedoors.com . February 11, 2021.
3. Web site: How the Doors Got Banned From Detroit's Cobo Arena . . November 26, 2018 .
4. Web site: The Doors: Break on Thru - A Celebration of Ray Manzarek. January 16, 2020.
5. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r521098 Live in Detroit (Cobo Hall, 05/08/1970) – The Doors : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic