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(More customer reviews)Another Doors show recorded for the Absolutely Live album makes its appearance from Bright Midnight Records, once again uncut and complete. (Actually, Doors engineer Bruce Botnick notes in the liner notes that a couple of snippets are forever gone, so a portion of Light My Fire has been inserted from the Philadelphia '70 show, as well as another short piece).
Shorter than the previously released shows, this is nonetheless excellent. Unlike the recently released Boston 1970 3-CD set, Morrison is completely with it here, and the band is spot on. The singer becomes more talkative as the show goes on, and the set list is fantastic, a true gem for any Doors fan. This is the first and by far the best recording of the ultra-rare Someday Soon. (The other version, recorded in Seattle weeks later, pales in comparison with a drunk and distant Morrison). This version has appeared before on the bootleg boxset Stages, though it was incorrectly labeled Baltimore, 1970.
Highly recommended for fans new and old. The liner notes and packaging are very nice, in keeping with the fresh job done for the Boston shows. Looks like the bulk of the material recorded for Absolutely Live has been released, with Detroit, Philly, Boston, two Aquarius double-disc sets, and some (but not all) of the Felt Forum material having already appeared over the last decade. A complete set of those four Felt Forum shows are ripe for proper release.
Apparently, no overdubs on this one, either. Just the original tapes, remastered by Botnick, who continues to be involved with every Doors release. Skip the 50th greatest hits package they've put out, and get this instead. Much credit to the band for releasing these shows. Though they still release far too many redundant packages of the studio albums, they finally got to the vaults for the material fans have been asking about for decades. Easily one of their best live albums.
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Recorded on May 2, 1970 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena duringThe Doors final tour with Jim Morrison as lead vocalist, LIVE INPITTSBURGH captures a spectacular concert performance from thelegendary quartet. A single-disc tour de force, the album featuresover an hour of incendiary energy from Morrison, keyboardist RayManzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger asthey take the audience on an epic musical journey. The powerfulrecording was expertyly mixed and mastered by the Doors longtimeengineer/producer Bruce Botnick, who recorded several showsfrom the band s now-historic 70 tour on multitrack tape for theAbsolutely Live album. Along with classic Doors hits and choicecovers, highlights include Morrison s improvisational riffing duringan exciting 22-plus minute version of When The Music s Over, leading the band into bits of songs they d never played live.
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