Live at the Hollywood Bowl (The Doors album)

Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Live album by The Doors
Released	May 1987
Recorded	July 5, 1968 at the Hollywood Bowl, L.A.
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock
Length	22:19
Label	Elektra
Producer	Paul A. Rothchild
The Doors chronology
Alive, She Cried (1983) Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987) In Concert (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C–[2]
Record Collector	[3]

Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a live album by the American rock band The Doors. It was recorded on July 5, 1968 but not released until 1987; the full version of the concert was released on October 2012 also available on LP. The video of the concert is also available in DVD format on The Doors - 30 Years Commemorative Edition and Blu-ray Disc.

The first release of this album is The Doors' shortest official release, clocking in at twenty-two minutes and eighteen seconds.

Track listing CD

1987 version

1. "Wake Up!" (Jim Morrison) – 1:40
2. "Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger) – 8:15
3. "The Unknown Soldier" – 4:23
4. "A Little Game" (Morrison) – 1:22
5. "The Hill Dwellers" (Morrison) – 2:20
6. "Spanish Caravan" – 1:19
7. "Light My Fire" (Edit of live version) (Krieger) – 3:24

Tracks 1, 4, and 5 are from "Celebration of the Lizard" (Morrison)

2012 version ("Live at the Bowl '68")

1. Show Start/Intro – 0:19
2. "When the Music's Over" – 12:52
3. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 1:33
4. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) – 2:33
5. "Five to One" (Morrison) – 1:29
6. "Back Door Man" (reprise) (Dixon) – 1:22
7. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" (Morrison) – 1:52
8. "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) – 2:14
9. "Moonlight Drive" (Morrison) – 3:21
10. "Horse Latitudes" (Morrison) – 1:08
11. "A Little Game" (Morrison) – 1:20
12. "The Hill Dwellers" (Morrison) – 2:22
13. "Spanish Caravan" – 3:04
14. "Hey, What Would You Guys Like To Hear?" – 0:40
15. "Wake Up!" (Morrison) – 1:30
16. "Light My Fire" (Krieger) – 9:32
17. "Light My Fire" (Segue) (Krieger) – 0:38
18. "The Unknown Soldier" – 4:43
19. "The End" (Segue) – 1:02
20. "The End" – 17:31

Track listing video

1987/2000 version

1. "When the Music's Over"
2. "Alabama Song (whisky bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)
3. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon)
4. "Five to One"
5. "Texas Radio and the Big Beat" - Video & Audio was damaged during recording, and subsequently removed from all recordings
6. "Hello, I Love You" - Video & Audio was damaged during recording, and subsequently removed from all recordings
7. "Moonlight Drive"
8. "Horse Latitudes"
9. "A Little Game" - Excerpt From "The Celebration of the Lizard"
10. "The Hill Dwellers" - Excerpt From "The Celebration of the Lizard"
11. "Spanish Caravan" - Edit Version
12. "Wake Up"
13. "Light My Fire"
14. "The Unknown Soldier"
15. "The End"

2012 version

1. Show Start/Intro
2. "When The Music’s Over"
3. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)
4. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon)
5. "Five To One"
6. "Back Door Man" (reprise) (Willie Dixon)
7. "The WASP" (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
8. "Hello, I Love You"
9. "Moonlight Drive"
10. "Horse Latitudes"
11. "A Little Game"
12. "The Hill Dwellers"
13. "Spanish Caravan"
14. "Hey, What Would You Guys Like To Hear?"
15. "Wake Up!"
16. "Light My Fire" (Segue)
17. "Light My Fire"
18. "The Unknown Soldier"
19. "The End" (Segue)
20. "The End"

Special Features

• Echoes From The Bowl
• You Had To Be There
• Reworking The Doors
• Television Performances:

1. "Wild Child" (from The Smothers Brothers Show, 1968)
2. "Light My Fire" (from The Jonathan Winters Show, 1967)
3. "Gloria" (music video)

Personnel

• Jim Morrison – vocals, percussion
• Ray Manzarek – keyboards, keyboard bass, background vocals
• Robby Krieger – guitar
• John Densmore – drums

References