Released February 19, 2001 Artist The Doors Label Elektra Records | Length 73:41 Release date 27 November 2000 Producer Bruce Botnick | |
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Recorded July 21, 1969 – August 21, 1970 Bright Midnight Live in America
(2001) Live in Hollywood
(2002) Genres Psychedelic rock, Blues rock, Hard rock, Acid rock Similar The Doors albums, Psychedelic rock albums | ||
Bright Midnight: Live in America is a live album by the band The Doors released in 2001. It is a compilation of recordings of concerts performed in the United States between July 1969 and August 1970. It was released by Elektra on CD as a limited edition. The CD is the first official publication produced by Bright Midnight Archives, and features an extract from the extensive archival material recorded live, which the band would release in the following years with the label Bright Midnight Archives. It is the equivalent of a CD released in the USA entitled The Bright Midnight Sampler.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore except where noted.
- "Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger) − 11:26
- Recorded May 1, 1970 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.
- "Been Down So Long" (Jim Morrison) − 7:28
- Recorded May 8, 1970 at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
- "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) − 2:24
- Recorded May 2, 1970 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- "Love Hides" (Morrison) − 2:23
- Recorded May 2, 1970 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- "Five to One" (Morrison) − 5:11
- Recorded May 2, 1970 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- "Touch Me" (Krieger) − 3:33
- Recorded second show July 21, 1969 at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood, California.
- "The Crystal Ship" (Morrison) − 2:58
- Recorded second show July 21, 1969 at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood, California.
- "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Morrison) − 4:24
- Recorded first show January 17, 1970 at the Felt Forum in New York City.
- "Bellowing" − 1:31
- Recorded first show April 10, 1970 at the Boston Arena in Boston.
- "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) − 6:55
- Recorded second show April 10, 1970 at the Boston Arena in Boston.
- "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) − 1:55
- Recorded second show January 17, 1970 at the Felt Forum in New York City, New York.
- "Love Me Two Times" (Krieger) / "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) / "St. James Infirmary Blues" (Irving Mills) − 8:51
- Recorded August 21, 1970 at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium in Bakersfield, California.
- "The End" − 16:16
- Recorded May 8, 1970 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
Personnel
Songs
1Light My Fire (Philadelphia)11:31
2Been Down So Long (Detroit)7:23
3Back Door Man (Pittsburgh)2:24