Absolutely Live (The Doors album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Absolutely Live
Type = Live album
Artist = The Doors


Released = July 1970
Recorded = July 1969–May 1970
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Length = 77:00
Label = Elektra
Producer = Paul A. Rothchild
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:b95g8qztbtx4~T1 link]
*Review-Christgau|B|album=6744
* "Rolling Stone" (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thedoors/albums/album/152845/review/5942889/absolutely_live link]
Last album =
This album = "Absolutely Live"
(1970)
Next album = "Alive, She Cried" (1983)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Lower caption =
Type = Studio album

"Absolutely Live" is the first live album released by American rock band The Doors in 1970. Many shows were recorded during the 1970 tour to create the "Absolutely Live" album. The Doors producer, and long time collaborator Paul Rothchild painstakingly edited the album from many different shows to create one cohesive concert. For example, the best part of a song from the Detroit show may have been spliced together with another part of the same song from the Boston show, again trying to create "the ultimate concert". It can become very difficult to identify what parts are from what shows. Rothchild has said "I couldn't get complete takes of a lot of songs, so sometimes I'd cut from Detroit to Philadelphia in midsong. There must be 2,000 edits on that album".Fact|date=March 2007

Track listing

#"House Announcer" – 2:40
#"Who Do You Love?" (McDaniel) – 6:02
#"Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" (Brecht, Weill) – 1:51
#"Back Door Man" (Dixon) – 2:22
#"Love Hides" (Jim Morrison) – 1:48
#"Five to One" (The Doors) – 4:34
#"Build Me a Woman" (Jim Morrison) – 3:33
#"When the Music's Over" (The Doors) – 16:16
#"Close to You" (Dixon) – 4:04
#"Universal Mind" (The Doors) – 4:54
#"Petition the Lord with Prayer" (The Doors) – 0:52
#"Dead Cats, Dead Rats" (The Doors) – 1:57
#"Break On Through (to the Other Side) No. 2" (The Doors) - 4:41
#"Lions in the Street" (The Doors) – 1:14
#"Wake Up" (The Doors) – 1:21
#"A Little Game" (The Doors) – 1:12
#"The Hill Dwellers" (The Doors) – 2:35
#"Not to Touch the Earth" (The Doors) – 4:14
#"Names of the Kingdom" (The Doors) – 1:29
#"The Palace of Exile" (The Doors) – 2:20
#"Soul Kitchen" (The Doors) – 7:15

Personnel

*Jim Morrison - vocals
*Ray Manzarek - lead vocals on "Close To You", backup vocals, organ, Keyboard bass
*Robby Krieger - guitar
*John Densmore - drums