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THE DOORS (CD)
Live & Alive Imtrat imm 40.90354, Germany 1995
1.Roadhouse Blues/ 2.Back Door Man/ 3.Money/ 4.Rock Me Baby/ 5.Little Red Rooster/ 6.Who Do You Love/ 7.Light My Fire-Summertime-St. James Infirmary-Fever-Light My Fire (cover just says Light My Fire/Fever)/ 8.The End
Sources: Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970 (cover gives no source; it just says Original Live Recorded).
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A mediocre CD with an interesting cover showing Val Kilmer instead of Jim Morrison. Interesting because the name The Doors is printed in silver letters on the plastic box. The songs are pretty well-known by now. The disc comes as a cheapo disc - nobody should pay more than $5 for it.



THE DOORS (CD)
Sakkaris Records Ltd., History Of Records HR 52016, Greece 1990
1.Light My Fire-Graveyard Poem-Light My Fire (cover just says Light My Fire)/ 2.Little Red Rooster/ 3.The Unknown Soldier (cover says Unknow Soldier - sic)/ 4.Moonlight Drive-Horse Latitudes (cover says Moonlight Drive A Horse Latitudes); 5.Spanish Caravan/ 6.You Make Me Real
Sources: The official CDs Alive She Cried and Live At The Hollywood Bowl, both later on the official album In Concert.
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The only Greek bootleg CD got vastly distributed in Europe. Although the material definitely is not interesting, bootleggers copied this one for the 3 CD box Light My Fire (Starlife ST 3606) and for the 2 CD box Jim Morrison - Special Limited Edition (Starlife ST 2905). The cover of the Starlife copy is the same, they just changed the order number.



 

THE DOORS (1 CD-ROM)
VALPRO Interactive, Russia 1997
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Finally, even the bootleggers have discovered the new media of CD-Rom. What is most astonishing about this release is the country of its release - Russia. The disc has just got a xeroxed black & white cover with a Russian text on the back. The copy that I have is just a CD-R; a self-made computer copy. I have no idea if this is distributed as a real print as well. The content is surprising, too. There are 11 Doors videos on it (all taken from the official video Dance On Fire); there's a slide show overdubbed by the song The End and a Russian narrator; there are 62 (!) songs from The Doorsae official studio albums on it; there are the lyrics of all official songs; there are 73 nice (partly rare, üartly from Oliver Stone's film) photos in perfect quality and there's the introduction taken from the First Flash Of Eden bootleg (the announcer and a part of Back Door Man). Of course, the Russians made a few mistakes re-naming the videos: Texas Radio & The Big Beat Vol.2 is nothing but Love Me Two Times, and Horse Latitudes is nothing but Moonlight Drive. On the other hand this would make a pretty good official interactive CD-ROM; the videos should be in better quality, though.



THE DOORS (CD in a paper cover)
Aulica A 141/S, Italy 1993
1.I'm A King Bee/ 2.Summertime (cover says Instrumental)/ 3.Summer's Almost Gone/ 4.Money/ 5.Who Do You Love/ 6.Moonlight Drive/ 7.Gloria
Sources: All songs recorded at the Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 10th, 67; copied from the double CD The Matrix Tapes (The Swingin' Pig, TSP-CD-047-2).
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No jewel box was used, but a paper jacket including a track sheet. It's just 36 minutes long and not worth the money a hard core collector would spend on it. We have enough of Aulica discs by now. This originally came with a catalogue of all Aulica CDs.



THE DOORS ARE STRANGE (CD)
TDCD 4862, Germany 1994
1.Excerpt from Five To One plus rap (cover says Intro)/ 2.Moonlight Drive/ 3.Hello I Love You/ 4.Summer's Almost Gone/ 5.My Eyes Have Seen You/ 6.End Of The Night/ 7.Insane (cover says Go Insane)/ 8.Roadhouse Blues/ 9.Rap/Back Door Man/Five To One/ 10.Do It (cover says Let It Bleed)/ 11.Peace Frog/ 12.The Chant Movement/ 13.Who Scared You/ 14.The Soft Parade
Sources: Tracks 1 and 9= Dinner Key Auditorium, Miami, March 1st, 1969; Tracks 2-7= Demo Acetate, World Pacific Studios, L.A., Septem- ber2nd,1965 (copied from a VERY scratched copy of the vinyl bootleg Resurrection); Track 8= Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, June 6th, 1970 (copied from a VERY bad tape copy of a Westwood One Radio Show); Tracks 10 and 13= original Elektra LP versions (cover says unreleased demo and 12/12/70); Track 11=Felt Forum, New York, January 17th,1970; Track 12= from the album Requiem For The Americas (cover says New Orleans, 12/12/1970!); Track 14= from official video The Soft Parade, recorded at the Critique Show; PBS TV, WNET, New York, May 13th, 1969.
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A copy of one of the worst compilations ever, previously released as The Killer Awoke (Kiderian Rekords TDCD 4862)! This CD in a clear roundbox is another waste of plastic, and we know it is our damn duty to ignore those rip-off CDs. Even the black & white photos are not rare at all but copies from well-known books.



THE DOORS COMPLETE (4 CD longbox)
Red Phantom and Great Dane Records GDRP 001/2/3/4, Italy, 1992
Disc One (CLASSICS LIVE 1967/1968): 1.Soul Kitchen/ 2.People Are Strange/ 3.Moonlight Drive/ 4.Break On Through/ 5.Back Door Man/ 6.Close To You/ 7.The Crystal Ship/ 8.Twentieth Century Fox/ 9.Unhappy Girl/ 10.Love Street/ 11.Love Me Two Times/ 12.The Hill Dwellers/ 13.The Unknown Soldier/ 14.You're Lost Little Girl/ 15.Wild Child/ 16.Wake Up/ 17.Touch Me
Disc Two (CLASSICS LIVE 1970): 1.Someday Soon/ 2.Five To One/ 3.When The Music's Over/ 4.Peace Frog/ 5.Build Me A Woman/ 6.Light My Fire/ 7.The End/ 8.Roadhouse Blues
Disc Three: (CLASSICS COVER 1967/1970): 1.Money/ 2.I'm A King Bee/ 3.Gloria/ 4.Summertime/ 5.Alabama Song/ 6.Get Off My Life/ 7.Crawling King Snake/ 8.Mystery Train/ 9.Back Door Man/ 10.Rock Me Baby/ 11.Little Red Rooster/ 12.Who Do You Love
Disc Four: (OUTTAKES): 1.Moonlight Drive/ 2.Hello I Love You/ 3.Summer's Almost Gone/ 4.My Eyes Have Seen You/ 5.End Of The Night/ 6. Insane (cover says Go Insane)/ 7.Someday Soon/ 8.Rock Is Dead/ 9.Poetry Session/ 10.Orange County Suite
Sources: Disc One - 1-4=Matrix Club, San Francisco, March.10th, 1967; 5-9=Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 7th, 1967; 10-13=Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, early show; 14-16=Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, late show); 17=Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Los Angeles, December 4th, 1968).
Disc Two - 1-2=Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5th, 1970, short version; 3,6-8=Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970, cover says Seattle, which is not true; 4=Felt Forum, New York, January 18th, 1970, late show; 5=Felt Forum, New York, January 17th, late show.
Disc Three - 1-7=Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 7th and 10th, 1967; 8=Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5th, 1970, cut version, cover says June 7th, which is not true); 9-12=Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970.
Disc Four - 1-6=Demo Acetate, World Pacific Studios, Los Angeles, September 2nd, 1965; 7=Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5th, 1970, cover says Outtakes Sessions Of Morrison Hotel, which is not true; 8=Session for the album The Soft Parade, Elektra Sound Studios, Los Angeles, February 25th, 1969, short version; 9+10=Poetry session, Elektra Sound Studios, Los Angeles, March 1969, not a Doors recording but Jim Morrison only, both tracks are not complete.


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A luxurious glossy hardcover longbox containing 4 CDs, a beautiful 24-page booklet and a colour poster make one of the nicest Doors CD compilation boxes of all time. All four picture CDs and their covers had been designed individually. Sure, all tracks have been published on countless bootlegs before, but this seems to be the first attempt to produce an intelligentcompilation. For the first time somebody tried to publish a concept box, not just another uninteresting compilation. Despite a few tiny mistakes (check the sources) and the inclusion of a longer Someday Soon version (copied from Live In Seattle, Flashback Worldproductions 02.92.0170) and a short version (from The Doors From The Inside radio show, but the same concert), this box is a perfect collector's item. Some interesting liner notes and a list of 51 different Doors bootleg CDs including all their tracks made the booklet very attractive at the time of ist release. It also contains many photos, mostly from Frank Lisciandro's books and Danny Sugerman's Illustrated History book. The extra colour poster shows the covers of all 51 CDs mentioned. A great work. Although the box is pretty expensive, it is worth the money and without any doubt recommended for the true fan.




THE DOORS featuring ALBERT KING - FEEL THE BLUES (CD)
American Concert Series ACS 024, Italy 1992
1.Roadhouse Blues/ 2.Back Door Man-Five To One/ 3.When The Music's Over/ 4.Who Do You Love/ 5.Light My Fire-Fever-Summertime-St.James Infirmary-Light My Fire (cover just says Light My Fire)/ 6.The End
Sources: Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970. Same tracks as Canadian Night (Buccaneer Records BUC 011), but the songs fade in and fade out.
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This CD is a perfect example how to take a good quality radio show and produce something bad of it. First - they used a tape copy instead of the original vinyl show. Second - they fade in the songs and, of course, they fade out as well. Horrible! Buy Canadian Night (Buccaneer Records BUC 011) it has the same songs in better soundquality and no fades at all. Avoid Feel The Blues. Despite the rare photo on the front (reprinted in bad quality) from The Doors' 1968 Top Of The Pops appearance) there isn't anything good to say about this CD.



THE DOORS LIVE (CD)
Fremus S.A.S. CDFR 0479, Italy 1993
1.Close To You/ 2.The Celebration Of The Lizard/ 3.Soul Kitchen/ 4.Spanish Caravan/ 5.Little Red Rooster/ 6.Who Do You Love/ 7.Universal Mind/ 8.Break On Through #2.
Sources: In Concert (Elektra 961082-2), official CD.
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The second Doors release by Fremus. Check their other CD with the same title. Needless to say, that this Italian CD is definitely not worth to be collected for the songs. You know what? I am sure they will continue putting out Doors Live bootlegs taken off the In Concert album. Just wait. This disc - like the first Fremus release - is also known as Golden Age - The Doors Live.



THE DOORS LIVE (CD)
T.D.M. 29, Italy 1992
1.Light My Fire/ 2.Break On Through/ 3.Roadhouse Blues/ 4.When The Music's Over/ 5.Love Me Two Times/ 6.Five To One
Sources: 1=Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, July 5th, 1968, from official video Live At The Hollywood Bowl; 2+3=Felt Forum, New York, January 17th, 1970, late show; 4-6= Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, late show.
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First I thought this was a copy of one of the other The Doors Live CDs (More Record Production) but then I noticed the different source of the song Light My Fire and the omission of The Celebration Of The Lizard. But that doesn't matter. This too is just another useless compilation. Is it really necessary to mention that a copy with a red back cover was seen at a record fair?



THE DOORS LIVE (CD)
More Record Production CDDV 5508, Italy 1991
1.Break On Through/ 2.Light My Fire/ 3.Roadhouse Blues/ 4.Five To One/ 5.Love Me Two Times/ 6.When The Music's Over/ 7.The Celebration Of The Lizard
Sources: 1+3=Felt Forum, New York, January 17th, 1970, late show; 2,4-6=Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, late show; 7=Felt Forum, New York, January 18th, 1970, late show.
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Fair enough, this useless CD has got an astonishingly good sound. All tracks have been published before on many other CDs. This is the version with the bar code on the backcover. The second edition has the same content, the same design on disc, the same backcover (without bar-code), but a totally different cover. It seems somebody is selling his uninteresting product twice. The cover of the second edition is worse than the one of the first edition.



THE DOORS LIVE (CD)
Fremus S.A.S. CDFR 0379, Italy 1993
1.When The Music's Over/ 2.Moonlight Drive/ 3.The Unknown Soldier/ 4.Build Me A Woman (cover says Duild Me A Woman)/ 5.Back Door Man/ 6.Alabama Song/ 7.The End/ 8.Wake Up/ 9.You Make Me Real/ 10.Five To One/ 11.Horse Latitudes/ 12.Light My Fire
Sources: In Concert (Elektra 961082-2), official CD. Track 12 is the short version from the Live At The Hollywood Bowl CD EP.
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The first Doors release by Fremus. Check their other CD with the same title. Needless to say, that this Italian CD is definitely not worth to be collected for the songs. In Concert was a great album for bootleggers - they couldn't wait to use its songs for their releases. No wonder the soundquality of the copies is superb. This CD is also known as Golden Age - The Doors Live.



DOWN ON ME (CD)
Oil Well RSC CD 117, Italy 1995
1.Summer's Almost Gone/ 2.I'm A King Bee/ 3.Gloria/ 4.Break On Through/ 5.Summertime/ 6.Back Door Man/ 7.Alabama Song/ 8.The End
Sources: Complete recording of set two at the Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 10th, 1967. A copy of disc #4 (KTS 3016) of The Complete Matrix Club Tapes (KTS BX 009).


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If you own the box The Complete Matrix Club Tapes (KTS BX 009) you should be aware that this mid-price CD is a copy of disc #4 from the box. Fine cover, fine quality. Limited to 200 copies only.
Note: On the four nicely designed Oil Well midprice discs Summer's Almost Gone (RSC CD 114), Moonlight Drive (RSC CD 115), Shake Your Moneymaker (RSC CD 116) and Down On Me (RSC CD 117) you find the complete recordings of four sets at the Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 7th and March 10th, 1967. No wonder the first set of March 10th is still missed - those discs were copied from the great KTS box The Complete Matrix Club Tapes. Altogether they are cheaper than the box - so if you can't get that one, try to get the four.



DO YOU WANNA HAVE FUN TONIGHT? (Double CD)
Oh Boy 2-9127, Luxembourg 1991
Disc One: 1.Roadhouse Blues/ 2.Peace Frog/ 3.Alabama Song-Back Door Man-Five To One/ 4.The Celebration Of The Lizard/ 5.Soul Kitchen/ 6.Build Me A Woman/ 7.When The Music's Over
Disc Two: 1.Bird of Prey/ 2.Rock is Dead/ 3.An American Poet/ 4.Orange County Suite 5.The Soft Parade Intro-Light My Fire
Sources: Disc One - Felt Forum, New York, January 17th and 18th, 1970, late shows. Tracks 1-5 and 7=late show January 18th; track 6=late show January 17th. Cover says the tracks were recorded January 17th, which is just true for track 6. A copy of New York Blues (Document Records DR 033).
Disc Two - 1,3+4=Jim Morrisons first poetry session, Los Angeles, Elektra Sound Studios, March 1969 (cut version); 2=recording session for the album The Soft Parade, Los Angeles, Elektra Sound Studios, early 1969 (cut version); 5=Felt Forum, New York, January 18th, 1970, late show (cover says this was recorded on January 17th, 1970, which is not true. The list of poems is incomplete). A copy of Orange County Suite (Document Records DR 019).


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As you see, one who owns the CDs Orange County Suite (Document Records DR 019) and New York Blues (Document Records DR 033) does not need this double CD, which uses parts of the original artwork of the single CDs. The CDs have exactly the same quality as the originals, no wonder - they were made from the same glass masters. While New York Blues is still a masterwork, we have a fine substitute for Orange County Suite now: Missing Links (Memorec 403) and Jim Morrison - The Lost Paris Tapes (Jomo 3.5471.1). Alright?



DYNAMIC LIVE (CD)
Apple House Music DL-19, Australia 1994
1.Light My Fire/ 2.Touch Me/ 3.Roadhouse Blues/ 4.Break On Through/ 5.Moonlight Drive/ 6.The End/ 7.Summer's Almost Gone/ 8.Five To One/ 9.Love Street/ 10.The Unknown Soldier/ 11.Little Red Rooster/ 12.Gloria
Sources: 1=Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 7th, 1967;2=Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Los Angeles, December 4th, 1968; 3,4,6,11= Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970; 5,7+12=Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 10th, 1967; 8-10=Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, late show.
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All songs of this CD had been copied from European bootleg CDs. For Japanese fans there might be interesting material on it, but for Europeans Dynamic Live is nothing special - just another compilation of well known material.


© 1998 Rainer Moddemann, The Doors Quarterly Magazine. This guide may not be distributed in any other context or media.