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Absolutely Live is the first live album released by American rock band The Doors in July 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".








The Doors - Absolutely Live (Rhino 180g 2 LP-Set) 24-bit_192kHz


Track listing

Side one

A1-"House Announcer" - 2:40
A2-"Who Do You Love?" (McDaniel) - 6:02
A3-"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Brecht, Weill) - 1:51
A4-"Back Door Man" (Dixon) - 2:22
A5-"Love Hides" (Jim Morrison) - 1:48
A6-"Five to One" (The Doors) - 4:34

Side two

B1-"Build Me a Woman" (Jim Morrison) - 3:33
B2-"When the Music's Over" (The Doors) - 16:16

Side three

C1-"Close to You" (Dixon) - 4:04
C2-"Universal Mind" (The Doors) - 4:54
C3-"Petition the Lord with Prayer" (The Doors) - 0:52
C4-"Dead Cats, Dead Rats" (The Doors) - 1:57
C5-"Break On Through (to the Other Side) No. 2" (The Doors) - 4:41

Side four

d1-"Celebration of the Lizard" - 14:25 
  -"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
d2-"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