Live in Vancouver 1970
Live album by
the Doors
ReleasedNovember 22, 2010
RecordedJune 6, 1970
VenuePacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia
GenreRock
Length115:45
Label
ProducerBruce Botnick
The Doors chronology
Live in New York
(2009) 		Live in Vancouver 1970
(2010) 		London Fog 1966
(2016)

Live in Vancouver 1970 is a two-disc live album by the American rock band the Doors. It was recorded at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 6, 1970. The band were joined by guitar legend Albert King on four songs; Willie Dixon’s "Little Red Rooster", the Motown classic "Money" and the blues standards "Rock Me" and "Who Do You Love?".[1]

The concert was four months into the band's 1970 Roadhouse Blues Tour. Vince Treanor, the Doors’ tour manager, recorded the show for the band on a Sony reel-to-reel machine using two microphones placed on the stage. While not a multi track high fidelity recording, it is a clean, quiet and clear recording.[1]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

The album was released from the Bright Midnight Archives collection which contains a number of previously unreleased live concerts by the Doors. Ray Manzarek, the Doors' keyboardist recalled the concert as "A large audience, lights shining in my eyes, can't see the audience... The Doors are excited because Albert King is coming onstage, so we played great. Then Albert comes on, and we played even better. We played dark and deep and funky. Morrison was just transfixed by Albert King's manual dexterity and adroitness on the guitar, so he was in blues-boy heaven."[3]

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Start of Show" 5:05
2."Roadhouse Blues"Jim Morrison5:55
3."Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill2:02
4."Back Door Man"Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett2:31
5."Five to One"Morrison6:14
6."When the Music's Over"Morrison, Krieger, Manzarek, Densmore13:46
7."Applause - Jim Morrison Talks" 1:30
8."Love Me Two Times"Robby Krieger4:15
9."Applause - Jim Morrison Talks" 5:05
10."Little Red Rooster with Albert King"Dixon6:24
11."Tuning" 0:25
12."Money with Albert King"Berry Gordy / Janie Bradford3:06
13."Tuning" 1:18
14."Rock Me with Albert King"Muddy Waters6:39
15."Tuning" 0:42
16."Who Do You Love?"Ellas "Bo Diddley" McDaniel8:06
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tuning" 0:52
2."Petition the Lord with Prayer"Morrison0:39
3."Light My Fire"Krieger, Morrison[4]17:55
4."Tuning" 1:46
5."The End ()"Morrison, Krieger, Manzarek, Densmore17:58
6."Thank You & Good Night ()" 2:12

Personnel

Additional musicians

References

  1. ^ a b "THE DOORS – LIVE IN VANCOUVER 1970". Rhino Records. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ^ "The Doors: Live in Vancouver 1970 – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  3. ^ Joe Bosso (22 November 2010). "Ray Manzarek on the album The Doors Live In Vancouver, 1970". musicradar. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "The Doors: Break on Thru - A Celebration of Ray Manzarek". 16 January 2020.
Categories