Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine

Infobox Album
Name = Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
Type = compilation
Artist = The Doors


Released = January 1972
Recorded = 1966–1971
Genre = Rock
Length = 99:11
Label = Elektra
Producer = Paul A. Rothchild (tracks 1-5, 7-14, 16-17, 20-22) and Bruce Botnick & The Doors (tracks 6, 15, 18, 19)
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wifqxqt5ldje link]
*Review-Christgau|B-|album=6748
Last album = "13"
(1970)
This album = Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
(1972)
Next album = "The Best of The Doors"
(1973)

"Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine" was The Doors' second compilation album (following "13"), released in 1972. The album's title is a lyric from the song "The End." The album, like "13" and the 1973 "The Best of the Doors", all of which were certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA has not been released on compact disc.

Two of the songs on the compilation, "Who Scared You" and "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further," were originally released as B-sides to 1969's "Wishful Sinful" and 1971's "Love Her Madly", respectively. "Who Scared You" was later released on the Doors' "" in shorter, edited form; part of the last verse is omitted. The full length song was released in 1999 on "Essential Rarities", and later on the 2006 remastered release of "The Soft Parade" as a bonus track.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore except as indicated.

ide one

# "Break on Through" – 2:29
# "Strange Days" – 3:09
# "Shaman's Blues" (Jim Morrison) – 4:48
# "Love Street" – 2:52
# "Peace Frog/Blue Sunday" – 5:02
# "The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" – 3:04
# "End of the Night" – 2:52

ide two

#

"Love Her Madly" – 3:18
# "Spanish Caravan" – 3:01
# "Ship of Fools" – 3:08
# "The Spy" – 4:17
# "The End" – 11:48

ide three

#

"Take It As It Comes" – 2:17
# "Runnin' Blue" (Robby Krieger) – 2:27
# "L.A. Woman" – 7:51
# "Five to One" – 4:27
# "Who Scared You" – 3:58
# "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" (Willie Dixon) – 3:41

ide four

#

"Riders on the Storm" – 7:11
# "Maggie M'Gill" – 4:11
# "Horse Latitudes" – 1:35
# "When the Music's Over" – 11:01

Personnel

* Jim Morrison – vocals
* Robby Krieger – guitar
* Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, marimba, bass
* John Densmore – drums

Additional Personnel

* Doug Lubhan – bass
* Harvey Brooks – bass
* Jerry Scheff – bass
* Roy Neapolitan – bass
* Larry Vinegar – acoustic bass on 9
* Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements
* Curtis Amy – saxophone
* George Bohanon – trombone
* Champ Webb – english horn
* Jesse McReynolds – mandolin
* Jimmy Buchanan – fiddle
* Reinol Andindo – conga
* Marc Benno – rhythm guitar on 15
* Lonnie Mack – acoustic bass on 20

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