Live Albums By The Doors
The Doors formed in 1965 in Los Angeles with four members – vocalist Jim Morrison, guitar player Robby Krieger, keyboard player Ray Manzarek and drummer John Densmore. They are seen as one of the leading bands of psychedelic rock with a blues base.
Morrison died on 3 July 1971 and while the remaining three tried to carry on, they never captured the previous magic.
It’s useful; to see the timing of the studio albums and big hit singles before looking at the live albums in detail.
Studio Albums By The Doors
1967 The Doors
1967 Strange Days
1968 Waiting for the Sun
1969 The Soft Parade
1970 Morrison Hotel
1971 L.A. Woman
1971 Other Voices – without Jim Morrison
1972 Full Circle – without Jim Morrison
1978 An American Prayer
The year relates to the year of release whilst, for live albums, it refers to the date of the performance or performances.
The band had the following top 20 hit singles in the USA:
1967 Light My Fire #1
1967 People Are Strange #12
1968 Hello I Love You #1
1968 Touch Me #3
1971 Love Her Madly #11
1971 Riders On The Storm #14
Light My Fire was their only top 10 hit in the UK.
Given its classic status now, it seems strange that Riders On The Storm didn’t have more success.
Live Albums By The Doors
1967 Live at the Matrix
1968 Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1968-70 Alive, She Cried
1968-70 In Concert (American Nights)
1969 Live in Hollywood: Highlights from the Aquarius Theater Performances
1969 Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance
1969 Live at the Aquarius Theater: The Second Performance
1969 Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal
1969-70 Absolutely Live
1969-70 Bright Midnight: Live in America
1970 Live in Detroit
1970 Live in Boston
1970 Live in Pittsburgh
1970 Live in New York
1970 Live in Vancouver
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The Doors Live In Pittsburgh is a live archive released album by The Doors.
It was recorded at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh on May 2, 1970 and this was their final tour with Jim Morrison as their lead vocalist.
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The Doors Live At The Bowl ’68 is a live album and DVD by The Doors.
It was recorded at at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Friday, July 5, 1968.
When this album was originally released as Live At The Hollywood Bowl, it was only 22 minutes long and only had seven tracks including carving up parts of Celebration Of The Lizard into different songs.
In 2012 it was reissued as Live At The Bowl ’68 and expanded to 20 tracks and what looks like the full concert. The DVD was also extended from 15 to 20 tracks.
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The Doors In Concert is a compilation album of The Doors live in concert between 1968 and 1970 and includes their first live album, Absolutely Live together with Alive She Cried and some extras.
In the UK it is also known as American Nights.
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Absolutely Live was the first live album released by The Doors, recorded between July 1969 and May 1970.
This album has since been included as part of The Doors In Concert aka American Nights.
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