Live in New York (The Doors live album)


Live in New York is a six-disc box set of four complete concerts performed American rock band the Doors on January 17 and 18, 1970 at the Felt Forum in New York City. Two shows were played each night, with 8:00pm and 11:00pm scheduled start times on January 17, and 7:30pm and 10:00pm scheduled start times on January 18. The final show featured an extended encore with guests John Sebastian and Dallas Taylor that concluded around 2:30am. Select tracks were previously released on the Doors' live album In Concert and as part of . About a third of the material was previously unreleased.
The concerts were held a few weeks before the band released their fifth studio album Morrison Hotel on February 9, 1970.
The box set was released by Rhino Records from the Bright Midnight Archives collection which contains several previously unreleased live concerts by the Doors.

Production

The original 8-track and 2-track concert recordings had been used for the 1970 release of Absolutely Live. During this editing of the tapes, many cuts had been made which left the original running order severely compromised. To ensure the correct running order was used, the audience recorded bootlegs were used. However, this process has led to occasional dips in sound quality.
Additionally, John Sebastian's blues harmonica was recorded through the PA system on the final three songs and not recorded onto tape. Long-time Doors' sound engineer/producer Bruce Botnick got John Sebastian to re-record his performance four decades after the original concerts.

Track listing

Show One

Disc 1 (January 17, 1970, 1st show)

  2. Roadhouse Blues
  3. Ship of Fools
  4. Break On Through
  6. Peace Frog
  7. Blue Sunday
  8. Alabama Song
  9. Back Door Man
  10. Love Hides
  11. Five to One
  13. Who Do You Love?
  14. Little Red Rooster
  15. Money
  17. Light My Fire
  19. Soul Kitchen

  20. Show Two

Disc 2 (January 17, 1970, 2nd show)

  3. Roadhouse Blues
  4. Break On Through
  5. Ship of Fools
  6. Crawling King Snake
  7. Alabama Song
  8. Back Door Man including hummed vocal version of "Love Hides"
  9. Five to One
  11. Build Me a Woman including "Poontang Blues" and "Sunday Trucker"
  13. Who Do You Love?
  15. Wild Child
  17. When the Music's Over

    Disc 3 (January 17, 1970, 2nd show cont.)

  19. Light My Fire
  21. Soul Kitchen including "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep"
  23. The End

  24. Show Three

Disc 4 (January 18, 1970, 1st show)

  2. Roadhouse Blues
  3. Ship of Fools
  4. Break On Through
  6. Universal Mind
  7. Alabama Song
  8. Alabama Song
  9. Back Door Man including the instrumental version of "Love Hides"
  10. Five to One
  12. Moonlight Drive including "Horse Latitudes"
  13. Who Do You Love?
  15. Money
  17. Light My Fire
  19. When the Music's Over

  20. Show Four

Disc 5 (January 18, 1970, 2nd show)

  2. Roadhouse Blues
  3. Peace Frog
  4. Alabama Song
  5. Back Door Man
  6. Five to One
  8. Celebration of the Lizard
  10. Build Me a Woman
  11. When the Music's Over
Medley that contains: "Lions in the Street", "Wake Up!", "A Little Game", "The Hill Dwellers", "Not to Touch the Earth", "Names of the Kingdom" and "The Palace of Exile".

Disc 6 (January 18, 1970, 2nd show cont.)

  1. Soul Kitchen including "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep"
  3. Petition the Lord with Prayer
  4. Light My Fire
  6. Close to You
  8. Rock Me
  10. Going to N.Y. Blues
  12. Maggie M’Gill
  14. Gloria including lyrics from "Easy Ride" and "My Eyes Have Seen You"

    Personnel