Product Description

Recorded on May 2, 1970 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena during
The Doors final tour with Jim Morrison as lead vocalist, LIVE IN
PITTSBURGH captures a spectacular concert performance from the
legendary quartet. A single-disc tour de force, the album features
over an hour of incendiary energy from Morrison, keyboardist Ray
Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger as
they take the audience on an epic musical journey. The powerful
recording was expertyly mixed and mastered by the Doors longtime
engineer/producer Bruce Botnick, who recorded several shows
from the band s now-historic 70 tour on multitrack tape for the
Absolutely Live album. Along with classic Doors hits and choice
covers, highlights include Morrison s improvisational riffing during
an exciting 22-plus minute version of When The Music s Over,
leading the band into bits of songs they d never played live.

Track Listing

1. Back Door Man
2. Love Hides
3. Five To One
4. Roadhouse Blues
5. Mystery Train
6. Away In India
7. Crossroads Blues
8. Universal Mind
9. Someday Soon
10. When the Music's Over
11. Break On Through
12. Push Push
13. The Soft Parade Vamp
14. Tonight You're In For a Special Treat
15. Close To You
16. Light My Fire

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12717 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Customer Reviews

Great document of a calm night.............
Another tape witness of the captivating crudeness of The Doors....In this night Jim seems to be in another thing but he takes us again to the center of the madness, of the folly, of the beauty....great sound, nice booklet...Another good excuse for not to leave this trip that the doors propose us in spite of the time..listen it....

Clean sound, but lack of energy
I've heard a couple of officially-released live Doors performances that are pretty good: the two unedited performances The Doors live in Detroit and The Doors live in Philadelphia. The new set recorded in Pittsburgh is not on par with the others. The sound quality is fine but (and I think you'll notice this in even the first song), Jim seems to be on autopilot. He is doing everything right, but just not expending any more energy than he has to. The band seems to mirror his lack of energy. I'll be honest and say I didn't finish listening to the show. After the first few numbers I was worn out.

For those of you looking for better live Doors shows:

1. The Detroit show was, I believe, the longest show they ever played. They seem to be enjoying themselves and the energy is good throughout.

2. The show in Philadelphia has a couple of unusual selections, pretty good energy, and the way "Wake Up" leads into "Light My Fire" makes it one of my favorite Doors moments ever.

History in the making.
I enjoyed listening to history in the making. Very good concert. The only thing negative about the CD was that at the end of the recording it sounds like a defect. I don't know if the "clicking" is suppose to be there. The first time I heard it, it was annoying. Now, I'm getting use to it. All in all, listening to this concert made me feel like I was in the audience.