Essential Rarities
2000 compilation album by the Doors
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1965–1977 | |||
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| Length | 71:01 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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Essential Rarities is a compilation album by the Doors, originally released as part of the boxed set The Complete Studio Recordings in 1999, but reissued in 2000 as a single CD, containing studio cuts, live cuts and demos taken from the 1997 The Doors: Box Set.[1][2]
Releases
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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
All the tracks on the album had been officially released on the 1997 box set, with the exception of the bonus track "Woman Is a Devil," which was edited from the 1969 "Rock Is Dead" sessions from Elektra Records' Elektra Sound Recorders, and was not included in the box set version of the album. Some songs appear in more complete form than their Box Set versions: "Roadhouse Blues" has a 35-second section that was cut from the bridge of the song, and "Who Scared You" has an extra verse.
Track listing
All songs written by the Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison), except where noted.
| No. | Title | Recording source | Length |
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| 1. | "Hello to the Cities" | Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1967 and at Cobo Hall, 1970 | 0:57 |
| 2. | "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Jim Morrison) | Live at the Isle of Wight Festival | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) | Live at Madison Square Garden, 1970 | 4:31 |
| 4. | "Hyacinth House (Demo)" (Ray Manzarek, Morrison) | Robby Krieger's home studio, 1969 | 2:38 |
| 5. | "Who Scared You" | B-side of "Wishful Sinful" single | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Whiskey, Mystics and Men" | The Soft Parade outtake | 2:23 |
| 7. | "I Will Never Be Untrue" (Morrison) | Live at Aquarius Theater, 1969 | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Moonlight Drive" (Morrison) | 1965 demo | 2:31 |
| 9. | "Queen of the Highway (Alternate version)" (Morrison, Krieger) | Morrison Hotel outtake | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Someday Soon" | Live at Seattle Center, 1970 | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) | 1965 demo | 2:31 |
| 12. | "Orange County Suite" (Morrison) | L.A. Woman outtake | 5:44 |
| 13. | "The Soft Parade" (Morrison) | Live on PBS Television, 1969 | 10:09 |
| 14. | "The End" | Live at Madison Square Garden, 1970 | 17:46 |
| 15. | "Woman Is a Devil" (Robert Johnson) | The Soft Parade outtake | 4:10 |
Personnel
The Doors
- Jim Morrison – vocals, piano on "Orange County Suite"[5]
- Robby Krieger – guitar
- Ray Manzarek – organ, piano, keyboard bass, backing vocals
- John Densmore – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Technical
- Paul A. Rothchild – original producer
- Bruce Botnick – producer
- Danny Sugerman – management
- Richard Evans – art direction and design
- Todd Gray – photo archivist
References
- ^ "THE DOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN | NME". November 23, 1999.
- ^ Weidman, Rich (October 1, 2011). The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781617131141 – via Google Books.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Essential Rarities – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ Runtagh, Jordan. "Doors' L.A. Woman: 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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- 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)
- 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 |
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- 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)
- The Doors (1991)
- When You're Strange: Music from the Motion Picture (2010)
- 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)
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- Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison
- The American Night
- No One Here Gets Out Alive
- 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)
- Discography
- 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
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