DQ Bootleg CD Guide

SEANCE (CD)
CDM Digital Production G 53207, Germany 1993

1.Light My Fire/ 2.Back Door Man 3.Break On Through/ 4.When The Music's Over/ 5.Alabama Song/ 6.People Are Strange/ 7.Fever-Summertime-St.James Infirmary-Light My Fire (Cover says Fever)/ 8.The End

Sources: Tracks 1,3,5 and 6= Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 3rd, 1967; Tracks 4 and 8= Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, July 5th,1968 (from the official video Live At The Hollywood Bowl); Track 2 and 7= Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, June 6th, 1970.

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I like the combination of the songs, and this CD sounds pretty powerful because it seems the bootleggers have added some reverb to a few songs (especially to Back Door Man). The disc comes with an unusual cover and my copy was only $10 at a regular record store. The CD lacks to mention the sources of the recordings on the cover. But if you read the informati- on above, you'll surely notice: Nothing spectacular, and they even cut the Light My Fire medley from Vancouver!

SEATTLE 1970 (CD)
Live Storm LSCD 51630, Italy 1995

1.Roadhouse Blues/ 2.When The Music's Over/ 3.People Get Ready-Baby Please Don't Go-Mystery Train-Crossroads (cover just says Mystery Train)/ 4.Break On Through/ 5.Someday Soon/ 6.Back Door Man/ 7.Little Red Rooster

Sources: 1-6 Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5th, 1970; 7= Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970. Not the complete concert. Track 7 is labeled bonus track, but makes the impression of being a Seattle track, too.

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The cover says All tarcks (sic) written by Morrison/Manzarek/Densmore/Krieger. Well, I don't really know what tarcks are, but the tracks were not all written by The Doors as everybody knows. Despite this silly mistake this CD is rather fine, although it is not the complete concert. Get Jim's Alive - The Ultimate Seattle Tapes (Tuff Bites 94.1009) and you know what I mean.

SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER (CD)
Oil Well RSC CD 116, Italy 1995

1.My Eyes Have Seen You/ 2.Soul Kitchen/ 3.I Can't See Your Face In My Mind/ 4.People Are Strange/ 5.When The Music's Over/ 6.Money/ 7.Who Do You Love/ 8.Moonlight Drive

Sources: Complete recording of set one at the Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 10th, 1967. A copy of disc #3 (KTS 3015) 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 #3 from the box. Fine cover, fine quality. Limited to 200 copies only.

SHATTERED (CD)
Kiss The Stone KTS 350, Italy 1994

1.Roadhouse Blues/ 2.When The Music's Over/ 3.Mystery Train/ 4.Break On Through/ 5.Someday Soon/ 6.Back Door Man (cover says Blackdoor Man)/ 7.Little Red Rooster

Sources: Tracks 1-6= Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5th, 1970; Track 7=Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, June 6th, 1970.

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This CD has got a brilliant sound, I must admit. But if you have Vancouver 70 (Skeleton SK 1066) or Live In Vancouver (Sounds Alive SA 24.020) and the great Jim's Alive - The Ultimate Seattle Tapes (Tuff Bites TB 94.1009) you don't really need this Italian CD, although the sound is better on this one. Also - it is not the complete concert, and the Italians changed the original order of the songs. Needless to say they also cut off some of Jim's annotations between the songs.

SNEAKING OUT THE BACK DOOR (7 CD in long box)
The Last Bootleg Records LBR SP 001/7, Italy 1994

Disc One: 1.My Eyes Have Seen You/ 2.Soul Kitchen/ 3.I Can't See Your Face In My Mind/ 4.People Are Strange/ 5.When The Music's Over/ 6.Money/ 7.Who Do You Love/ 8.Moonlight Drive/ 9.Summer's Almost Gone/ 10.I'm A King Bee/ 11.Gloria/ 12.Break On Through/ 13.Summertime/ 14.Back Door Man/ 15.Alabama Song
Disc Two: 1.Light My Fire/ 2.The End/ 3.Get Off My Life/ 4.Close To You/ 5.Crawling King Snake/ 6.The Crystal Ship/ 7.Twentieth Century Fox/ 8.Unhappy Girl/ 9.Me And The Devil Blues-Sittin' Here Thinkin'-Rock Me Baby (labeled as Rock Me Baby) 10.Bleeding Heart/ 11.Morrison's Lament-Tomorrow Never Knows
Disc Three: 1.When The Music's Over/ 2.Alabama Song-Back Door Man-Five To One (this medley labeled as three songs)/ 3.Moonlight Drive-Horse Latitudes (labeled as two songs)/ 4.A Little Game-The Hill Dwellers (labeled as two songs)/ 5.Spanish Caravan/ 6.Wake Up-Light My Fire (labeled as two songs)/ 7.The Unknown Soldier/ 8.The End/ 9.Love Street/ 10.A Little Game-The Hill Dwellers (labeled as two songs)
Disc Four: 1.Five To One/ 2.Mack The Knife-Alabama Song-Back Door Man (labeled as two songs)/ 3.You're Lost Little Girl/ 4.Love Me Two Times/ 5.When The Music's Over/ 6.Wild Child/ 7.Money/ 8.Wake Up-Light My Fire (labeled as two songs)/ 9.The End/ 10.The Unknown Soldier
Disc Five: 1.The End (excerpt only, cover says Mother)/ 2.The Unknown Soldier/ 3.Yes, The River Knows (cover says The River Knows)/ 4.Gloria/ 5.Five To One (cover says 5 To 1)/ 6.Do It (cover says Let It Bleed)/ 7.Who Do You Love (excerpt only)/ 8.Money (excerpt only)/ 9.Intro for The Soft Parade (cover says Petition The Lord With Prayer)/ 10.Someday Soon (excerpt only; cover says Sunday Soon)/ 11.Jim Morrison Interview (excerpt only)/ 12. Rock Is Dead (excerpt only)/ 13.Bird Of Prey (excerpt only; track 12+13 labeled as one track Rock Is Dead)/ 14.Light My Fire/ 15.Who Do You Love/ 16.Light My Fire/ 17.The End
Disc Six: 1.Five To One/ 2.Back Door Man/ 3.Roadhouse Blues/ 4.When The Music's Over/ 5.People Get Ready-Mystery Train-Baby Please Don't Go-Mystery Train-Crossroads (parts of the medley are mislabelled as Train I Ride or Bullfrog Blues)/ 6.Break On Through/ 7.Someday Soon (cut version)/ 8.Hitler (not mentioned on the cover)
Disc Seven: 1.Hitler (not mentioned on the cover)/ 2.Roadhouse Blues/ 3.Someday Soon (labeled as Someday Soon/Harvest Moon)/ 4.Mystery Train (excerpt)/ 5.Break On Through/ 6.Five To One (cover says 5 To 1)/ 7.Back Door Man/ 8.The End/ 9.When The Music's Over

Sources: Disc One: Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 10th, 1967; Disc Two: Track 1-9=Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 7th, 1967; track 10+11= Steve Paul's The Scene, New York, March 13th, 1968, a jam session with Jim Morrison-vocals & harp, Jimi Hendrix-guitar, Randy Zherringer and Buddy Miles-drums, Randy Hobbs, bass. Disc Three: Tracks 1-8=Official video Live At The Hollywood Bowl; track 9+10=Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, late show; Disc Four: Track 1-8=Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, first show; track 9+10=second show. Disc Five: Track 1,7,15,16+17=Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970; track 2+3=Original versions from official Elektra release Waiting For The Sun; track 4=Official Elektra release In Concert; track 5+8=Konserthuset, Stockholm, September 20th, 1968, first show; track 6+9=official Elektra album The Soft Parade; track 10=Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5th, 1970; track 11=Howard Smith Interview, Los Angeles, late 1969; track 12+13=a scratched vinyl copy of the bootleg Rock Is Dead; track 14=Jonathan Winters TV Show, CBS Studios, Los Angeles, December 27th, 1967; all tracks except 15-17 were copied from Go Insane Vol. 1+2, Aulica Records. Original source was the Westwood One Radio Show The Doors From The Inside. Disc Six: Track 1=Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970; Track 2-8=Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5th, 1970 (cover says Live In Canada 1970, the announcement for the band before track 2 is from their Vancouver Concert!). Disc Seven: Track 1-6=Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5th, 1970; track 7+8=Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970 (cover says track 7+8 were from their Seattle concert). Taken from the first Westwood One Radio Show that didn't say The End and Music's Over were from Vancouver.

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Although this box looks pretty nice, I think it is a must to avoid. First of all, it presents material most of you already have. Then, just check the sources - much of the material is presented twice in this box - those silly bootleggers didn't even notice they doubled many Vancouver and Seattle tracks! This means they didn't even listen to the tapes and CDs before they copied them for their release! The soundquality is much better on other releases. And the 20-page booklet that they call "The Doors - Instant Picture Book" has got nothing to do with The Doors at all, but shows Kennedy, Warhol, Martin Luther King, John Wayne (!) and others, accompanied by silly texts. The CDs have some of the same pictures as shown in the booklet (first time I see Pamela Courson, Morrison's girlfriend, on a CD). The tasteless cover of the box (Jim at the microphone with angel's wings on his back) should tell everybody: Keep your hands off! Sneak away without buying this horror box!

THE SOFT PARADE / MORRISON HOTEL
DRS 69-70, Russia 1996

1.Tell All The People/ 2.Touch Me/ 3.Shaman's Blues/ 4.Do It/ 5.Easy Ride/ 6.Wild Child/ 7.Runnin' Blue/ 8.Wishful Sinful/ 9.The Soft Parade/ 10.Roadhouse Blues/ 11.Waiting For The Sun/ 12.You Make Me Real/ 13.Peace Frog/ 14.Blue Sunday/ 15.Ship Of Fools/ 16.Land Ho!/ 17.The Spy/ 18.Queen Of The Highway/ 19.Indian Summer/ 20.Maggie M'Gill

Sources: All songs taken from the official digitally remastered US-CDs The Soft Parade and Morrison Hotel.

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This disc containing both original albums on one CD looks very official but is a Russian bootleg made without licence. On the label there is no Elektra logo and the line "Just for Russia". The order number got borrowed from the legal Australian double CD release Morrison Hotel and L.A. Woman.

SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA (CD)
Joker Productions Jok-004-A, Australia 1993

1.When The Music's Over/ 2.Peace Frog/ 3.Build Me A Woman/ 4.Get Off My Life Woman/ 5.Crawling King Snake/ 6.The Celebration Of The Lizard/ 7.You Make Me Real/ 8.Soul Kitchen/ 9.The End/ 10.Wild Child/ 11.Touch Me/ 12.Light My Fire

Sources: 1=Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6th, 1970; 2=Felt Forum, New York, January 18th, 1970, late show; 3=Felt Forum, New York, January 17th, 1970, late show; 4,5 and 8= Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 7th, 1967; 6+7= official In Concert Elektra CD; 9=Now Explosion CBC TV Show, O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada, August 8th, 1967; 10+11=Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour TV Show, Los Angeles, December 4th, 1968; 12= Ed Sullivan Show, New York, September 17th, 1967.

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Just another compilation of very well known material. Note that not all songs were performed somewhere in America. Those lazy bootleggers didn't even bother to name the sources of their material and give this excuse on the cover: "Only The Doors really know where". Hmm, the Australian bootleggers probably knew everyone already had this material, so why not keep everybody guessing? The cover looks nice, though. But save your money for better stuff. The CD just says Live Vol.1, America 1967. A copy of this disc appeared with a different cover and brown letters.

SOUL IN THE MIRROR (CD)
Kobra Records KRCR 22, Germany 1997

1.Touch Me/ 2.Love Me Two Times/ 3.Mystery Train/ 4.Summertime/ 5.When The Music's Over/ 6.Build Me A Woman/ 7.Light My Fire/ 8.The End/ 9.Roadhouse Blues

Sources: 1= Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, December 4, 1968, from video Dance On Fire; 2= Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20, 1968, first show; 3+5= Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5, 1970; 4=Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 10, 1967, third show; 7-9= Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, June 6, 1970

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Presented in a clear tray carrying a nice black/white/green cover insert with fine photos, this is an interesting compilation of well-known live material many people already have. If you have never heard of unofficial Doors Live Recordings being out, this is a fine bargain choice.

STAGES (4 CD Box)
Italy 1995

Disc One (The Doors 1965-1967): 1.Soul Train/ 2.Geraldine/ 3.Henrietta/ 4.Just for You/ 5.Big Bucket "T"/ 6.Rampage/ 7.The End/ 8.People Are Strange/ 9.People Are Strange/ 10.Back Door Man/ 11.Break On Through/ 12.When The Music's Over/ 13.Wake Up-Light My Fire/ 14.Soul Kitchen/ 15.Interview with The Doors
Disc Two (The Doors 1968): 1.Hello I Love You/ 2.Spanish Caravan/ 3.Light My Fire/ 4.When The Music's Over/ 5.Wild Child/ 6.The Crystal Ship/ 7.Tell All The People/ 8.Love Me Two Times/ 9.Who Scared You/ 10.Touch Me/ 11.Texas Radio & The Big Beat/ 12.The End/ 13.Break On Through
Disc Three (The Doors 1969): 1.Roadhouse Blues/ 2.Money/ 3.The End/ 4.Touch Me/ 5.Love Me Two Times/ 6.Tell All The People/ 7.Alabama Song-Back Door Man/ 8.Wishful Sinful/ 9.Build Me A Woman/ 10.Interview With The Doors/ 11.The Soft Parade
Disc Four (The Doors 1970): 1.Break On Through/ 2.Ship Of Fools/ 3.People Get Ready-Mystery Train-Away In India-Crossroads/ 4.Someday Soon/ 5.Goin' To New York/ 6.Maggie M'Gill/ 7.Gloria-Easy Ride-My Eyes Have Seen You/ 8.The Changeling/ 9.L.A.Woman

Sources: Disc One - Rick And The Ravens' official 7" singles 1+2=Aura Records 4511, 1965; 3+4=Aura Records 4506, 1965; 5+6=Posae Records101, 1965; 7=Now Explosion TV Show, O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada, August 8th, 1967); 8+9=Murray The K. T.V.Show Outtakes, Battery Park, New York, September 22nd, 1967; 10-12=Winterland, San Francisco, December 26th, 1967; 13=Winterland, San Francisco, December 28th, 1967; 14=Continental Ballroom, San Jose, November 19th, 1967; 15=Interview with The Doors, Fillmore West, San Francisco, June 6th, 1967.
Disc Two - 1+2=Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, July 5th, 1968; 3=Kongresshal- le, Frankfurt, West Germany, September 14th, 1968, first show; 4+5=Singer Bowl, New York, August 2nd, 1968; 6=Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, May 10th, 1968; 7-10=L.A. Forum, Los Angeles, December 14th, 1968; Copenhagen TV Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 17th, 1968; 12=Roundhouse, London, England, September 7th, 1968, second show; 13=Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland; September 15th, 1968, first show.
Disc Three - 1=Aquarius Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, July 21st, 1969; 2=Aquarius Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, July 22nd, 1969; 3=Toronto Popfestival, Toronto, Canada, September 13th, 1969; 4+5=Dinner Key Auditorium, Miami, March 1st, 1969; 6-11=Critique TV Show, New York, May 13th, 1969 (cover says May 23rd, but this was the day of broadcast, not the recording).
Disc Four - 1=Isle Of Wight Festival, Isle Of Wight, England, August 29th, 1970; 2=Cobo Hall, Detroit, May 8th, 1970; 3=Civic Auditorium, Bakers- field, August 21st, 1970; 4=Baltimore Civic Centre, Baltimore, May 10th, 1970; 5-7=Felt Forum, New York, January 18th, 1970, late show; 8+9=State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, 1

1.12.1970, first show.

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Definitely one of the most important compilation sets ever released. This absolutely interesting box contains superrare material never released on any other CD or vinyl. There's a whole bunch of great versions that were never ever heard before. I really enjoy the Break On Through version from Amsterdam - with Ray Manzarek on vocals. Listen to the fantastic medley of Gloria, Easy Ride and My Eyes Have Seen You! Someday Soon is a real found! Definitely published for the first time - a different version than on those countless Seattle CDs - Jim misses one verse. Fine interview excerpts, by the way. The inclusion of two tracks from Dallas finishes a fine CD box nobody should miss. One word about the soundquality - there are a couple of songs that do not pass hifi-technology and high-end speakers, but who cares. At least there is 80% new unreleased material, and this definitely is what counts! Recommended!

THE STOCKHOLM TAPES (CD)
Document Records DR 010, Italy 1988

1.Five To One/ 2.Mack The Knife-Alabama Song-Back Door Man/ 3.You're Lost Little Girl/ 4.Love Me Two Times/ 5.When The Music's Over/ 6.Wild Child/ 7.Money/ 8.Love Street/ 11.A Little Game-The Hill Dwellers (cover says Poem)/ 12.Light My Fire/ 13.The Unknown Soldier

Sources: 1-4,6+7=Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, early show; 5+8-13=Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, late show. Cover says the tracks were taped September 9th, 1967 which is not true.

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Another early classic live CD, which was widely distributed in Europe. It presents tracks from both Stockholm shows in excellent soundquality. Today it is a sought-after collectors' item, because Document Records do not exist anymore and there never was a reprint of this CD. Although Live In Stockholm 1968 (The Swingin' Pig Records TSP-CD-004-2) is more popular, I prefer this because of its better soundquality and the great cover. Recommended.

SUMMER'S ALMOST GONE (CD)
Oil Well RSC CD 114, Italy 1995

1.Back Door Man/ 2.My Eyes Have Seen You/ 3.Soul Kitchen/ 4.Get Off My Life/ 5.When The Music's Over/ 6.Close To You/ 7.Crawling King Snake/ 8.I Can't See Your Face In My Mind/ 9.People Are Strange/ 10.Who Do You Love/ 11.Alabama Song/ 12.The Crystal Ship

Sources: Complete recording of set one and a part of set two at the Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 7th, 1967. A copy of disc #1 (KTS 3013) 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 #1 from the box. Fine cover, fine quality. Limited to 200 copies only.

SUMMER'S ALMOST GONE (CD)
Luna Records LU 9205, Hungary 1992

1.Alabama Song/ 2.Back Door Man-Five To One/ 3.I Can't See Your Face In My Mind/ 4.People Are Strange/ 5.Money/ 6.Who Do You Love/ 7.Summer's Almost Gone/ 8.I'm A King Bee/ 9.Gloria/ 10.Summertime/ 11.Close To You/ 12.Rock Me Baby 13.Do It (cover says Let It Bleed)/ 14.The Hill Dwellers/ 15.Summertime (cover says No Limits No Laws, same song as # 10!)/ 16.Someday Soon (cover says Sunday Soon)/ 17.Insane (cover says Go Insane)

Sources: 1-2=Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, July 5th, 1968, from official video Live At The Hollywood Bowl; 3-12 and 15=Matrix Club, San Francisco, March 7th and 10th, 1967; 13=from the official album The Soft Parade; 14=Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, September 20th, 1968, late show, not complete; 16=Center Coliseum, Seattle, June 5th, 1970, cut version; 17=Demo Acetate, World Pacific Studios, Los Angeles, September 2nd, 1965.

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A perfect example how silly some of the bootleggers are. The instrumental Summertime from The Doors' Matrix performance is twice on this CD, the second time it got mislabeled as No Limits No Laws. This Summer's Almost Gone CD was copied from the Italian Go Insane double CD (Aulica Records A 112.10.1 and A 112.10.2), on which a couple of songs got intentionally mislabelled, too. A rip off to fool fans! Keep your hands off this one! Truly a must to avoid.