Doors : Absolutely Live

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Sell date: 10/1996
Label: Elektra/Asylum Records
Mfg's Catalog#: 61972
CDC Part#: 61246
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 Notes & Reviews
 
Full title is: Absolutely Live

  Jim Morrison - Vocals
  John Densmore - Drums
  Ray Manzarek - Organ, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
  Robbie Krieger - Guitar

While this double disc (later combined with Alive, She Cried and Live at the Hollywood Bowl for CD release under the title In Concert ) is valuable in that it contains material the Doors didn't release on their studio albums, it's also tilted toward some of their more boorish aspects. Recorded at concerts in 1969 and 1970, this was an era in which Jim Morrison was becoming increasingly dissolute and increasingly disinterested in the whole rock machine. During much of this set, he seems not to be taking himself or the songs too seriously, tossing flippant asides to the audience that seem to treat the whole exercise as a charade. As for the music, the haunting 'Universal Mind' and the basic blues-rocker 'Build Me a Woman' are originals that are not found on their proper albums; 'Close to You' is a dull Muddy Waters cover sung by Ray Manzarek ; 'Who Do You Love' is a fair cover of the Bo Diddley standard; and the controversial 'The Celebration of the Lizard' is a drawn-out opus that is as much poetry recitation as music. There are also extended versions of 'Soul Kitchen,' 'Break On Through,' and 'When the Music's Over' that flag considerably in comparison to the sleeker studio versions. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
House Announcer - 2:40 Play the Windows Media clip
Who Do You Love? - 6:02 Play the Windows Media clip
Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) - 1:51 Play the Windows Media clip
Back Door Man - 2:22 Play the Windows Media clip
Love Hides - 1:48 Play the Windows Media clip
Five to One - 4:34 Play the Windows Media clip
Build Me a Woman - 3:33 Play the Windows Media clip
When the Music's Over - 16:16 Play the Windows Media clip
Close to You - 4:04 Play the Windows Media clip
Universal Mind - 4:54 Play the Windows Media clip
Petition the Lord with Prayer - :52 Play the Windows Media clip
Dead Cats, Dead Rats - 1:57 Play the Windows Media clip
Break On Through (To the Other Side) No. 2 - 4:36 Play the Windows Media clip
Celebration of the Lizard: Lions in the Street - 1:14 Play the Windows Media clip
Celebration of the Lizard: Wake Up - 1:21 Play the Windows Media clip
Celebration of the Lizard: A Little Game - 1:12 Play the Windows Media clip
Celebration of the Lizard: The Hill Dwellers - 2:35 Play the Windows Media clip
Celebration of the Lizard: Not to Touch the Earth - 4:14 Play the Windows Media clip
Celebration of the Lizard: Names of the Kingdom - 1:29 Play the Windows Media clip
Celebration of the Lizard: The Palace of Exile - 2:20 Play the Windows Media clip
Soul Kitchen - 7:15 Play the Windows Media clip
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