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"Treetrunk"
Single by the Doors
A-side"Get Up and Dance"
ReleasedJuly 1972 (1972-07)
RecordedMay 1972 – June 1972
GenreRock
Length2:52[1]
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Robby Krieger
Producer(s)

"Treetrunk" is a song by American rock band the Doors. Recorded and released in 1972, "Treetrunk" was recorded by the surviving members of the Doors as they assembled material for their second and final album as a threesome, Full Circle, following the death of Jim Morrison. "Treetrunk" was released as a B-side of the "Get Up and Dance" single released by Elektra Records in July 1972.[2]

Non-album track

"Treetrunk" is one of only three non-album B-sides to be released by the Doors. The other two are "Who Scared You?" (the B-side of "Wishful Sinful", issued on Elektra in May 1969) and "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" (the B-side of "Love Her Madly" on Elektra in March 1971), both of which appeared on the compilation album Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine.[2]

Releases

Songwriter Robby Krieger felt "it sounded too commercial",[3] and the track was left off the album.

Until 2013, the only official commercial release of "Treetrunk" was the original 1972 vinyl single. As a result, it was one of the rarest and least known songs by the Doors. The song has since been given an official reissue as part of the Japan-only Singles Box box set in 2013; as a bonus track on the official 2-CD remastered reissue of the Other Voices and Full Circle albums in 2015; and again on the remastered compilation The Singles in 2017.[4][5]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ The Doors: "Get Up and Dance" / "Treetrunk" (Single label). The Doors. New York City: Elektra Records. EK-45793.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b Sundling, Doug (2000). The Ultimate Doors Companion. UK: MPG Books. pp. 231–234, 236. ISBN 978-1860742880.
  3. ^ "The Robby Krieger Interview". Reocities.com. 1981-07-03. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  4. ^ "The Doors - Singles Box Japan Edition- PRE-ORDER [CD] | The Doors". May 20, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20.
  5. ^ Reed, Ryan (May 29, 2015). "Two Out-of-Print Doors Albums Prepped for Reissue". Rolling Stone.
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