Live in Detroit (The Doors album)

2000 live album by the Doors

Live in Detroit

Live album by

the Doors

Released| October 23, 2000
Recorded| May 8, 1970
Venue| Cobo Hall Detroit, Michigan
Genre| Rock
Length| 135:03
Label|

* Rhino Entertainment
* Bright Midnight Archives

Producer| Bruce Botnick
The Doors chronology
| In Concert
(1991)  | Live in Detroit
(2000)  | Bright Midnight: Live in America
(2002)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

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.[2][3]

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 being banned from the Cobo Arena.[4]

## Releases

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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

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According to the AllMusic credits.[1]

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)[5] – 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)[6] – 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

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* 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

## Charts

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Chart performance for Live in Detroit Chart (2024)  | Peak
position

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Croatian International Albums (HDU)[7] | 30
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[8] | 15

## References

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1. ^ a b Planer, Lindsay. "Live in Detroit – Credits, Review". Retrieved February 11, 2021.
2. ^ "Live in Detroit". Rhino Records. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
3. ^ "The Doors: Live at The Bowl '68 Audio & Video". Thedoors.com. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
4. ^ "How the Doors Got Banned From Detroit's Cobo Arena". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
5. ^ "The Doors: Break on Thru - A Celebration of Ray Manzarek". January 16, 2020.
6. ^ Live in Detroit (Cobo Hall, 05/08/1970) – The Doors : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic
7. ^ "Lista prodaje 50. tjedan 2024" (in Croatian). HDU. December 18, 2024. Archived from the original on December 22, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
8. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 49. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved December 11, 2024.

* v
* t
* e

The Doors

* Jim Morrison
* Ray Manzarek
* Robby Krieger
* John Densmore

Studio albums|

* The Doors (1967)
* Strange Days (1967)
* Waiting for the Sun (1968)
* The Soft Parade (1969)
* Morrison Hotel (1970)
* L.A. Woman (1971)
* Other Voices (1971)
* Full Circle (1972)
* An American Prayer (1978)

Live albums|

* Absolutely Live (1970)
* Alive, She Cried (1983)
* Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987)
* In Concert (1991)
* Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (1996)

| Bright
Midnight
Archives|

* The Bright Midnight Sampler (2000)
* Live in Detroit (2000)
* Bright Midnight: Live in America (2001)
* Live in Hollywood: Highlights from the Aquarius Theater Performances (2001)
* Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance (2001)
* Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The Second Performance (2001)
* Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal (2002)
* Live in Hollywood (2002)
* Boot Yer Butt: The Doors Bootlegs (2003)
* Live in Philadelphia '70 (2005)
* Live in Boston (2007)
* Live in Pittsburgh 1970 (2008)
* Live at the Matrix 1967 (2008)
* Live in New York (2009)
* Live in Vancouver 1970 (2010)
* Live at the Bowl '68 (2012)
* London Fog 1966 (2016)
* Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (2018)

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Compilations|

* 13 (1970)
* Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine (1972)
* The Best of The Doors (1973)
* Greatest Hits (1980)
* The Doors Classics (1985)
* The Best of The Doors (1985)
* Greatest Hits (1996)
* Essential Rarities (1999)
* The Best of The Doors (2000)
* The Very Best of The Doors (2001)
* Legacy: The Absolute Best (2003)
* The Very Best of The Doors (2007)
* The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits (2008)
* The Platinum Collection (2008)
* The Singles (2017)

Soundtracks|

* The Doors (1991)
* When You're Strange: Music from the Motion Picture (2010)

Box sets|

* The Doors: Box Set (1997)
* The Complete Studio Recordings (1999)
* No One Here Gets Out Alive (2002)
* Boot Yer Butt: The Doors Bootlegs (2003)
* Love/Death/Travel Box Set (2005)
* Perception (2006)
* The Doors: Vinyl Box Set (2008)
* A Collection (2011)

Singles|

| 1967|

* "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" / "End of the Night"
* "Light My Fire" / "The Crystal Ship"
* "People Are Strange"
* "Love Me Two Times" / "Moonlight Drive"

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1968|

* "The Unknown Soldier" / "We Could Be So Good Together
* "Hello, I Love You" / "Love Street"
* "Touch Me"

1969|

* "Wishful Sinful"
* "Tell All the People"
* "Runnin' Blue"

1970|

* "You Make Me Real" / "Roadhouse Blues"

1971|

* "Love Her Madly"
* "Riders on the Storm"

1972|

* "The Mosquito"
* "Treetrunk"

1983|

* "Gloria" / "Moonlight Drive"

Other songs|

* "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"
* "The End"
* "Strange Days"
* "You're Lost Little Girl"
* "My Eyes Have Seen You"
* "When the Music's Over"
* "Summer's Almost Gone"
* "Five to One"
* "The Soft Parade"
* "Waiting for the Sun"
* "Peace Frog"
* "Ship of Fools"
* "The Spy"
* "Been Down So Long"
* "L.A. Woman"
* "Hyacinth House"
* "Orange County Suite"

Books|

* Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison
* The American Night
* No One Here Gets Out Alive

Video and film|

* The Doors Are Open (1968)
* A Tribute to Jim Morrison (1981)
* The Doors (1991)
* The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition (1999)
* Soundstage Performances (2002)
* Live in Europe 1968 (2004)
* When You're Strange (2009)
* Live at the Bowl (2012)
* R-Evolution (2013)
* Feast of Friends (2014)
* Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (2018)

Tours|

* Roadhouse Blues Tour

Related articles|

* Discography
* Outline of the Doors
* Rick & the Ravens
* Bill Siddons
* Danny Sugerman
* Butts Band
* Manzarek–Krieger
* "Craigslist"
* The Lost Paris Tapes
* Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors
* Barbaturex morrisoni
* HWY: An American Pastoral
* Night Divides the Day – The Music of the Doors
* Light My Fire: A Classic Rock Salute to The Doors
* Pamela Courson
* Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
* George Stephen Morrison
* Paul A. Rothchild
* Morrison Hotel (Los Angeles)

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