Doors' Final New York Shows With Morrison Coming To CD

08/27/09 1:34pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The Doors played their final four New York shows with Jim Morrison on Jan. 17 and 18, 1970 at the city's Felt Forum. The songs played at those shows will be released as a six-CD set dubbed Live In New York on Nov. 10.

Many of the live tracks on the CDs are previously unreleased, and the set sees the band playing material just before the release of 1970's Morrison Hotel, their second last album with Morrison, who passed away from heart failure in Paris, France in 1971 at age 27.

"[The gigs were] more intimate, and you could feel the audience more," drummer John Densmore said in a statement. (The Felt Forum is an adjunct auditorium of Madison Square Garden that's now known as the WaMU Theatre.)

"There was more interaction, and the acoustics were much better because [the Felt Forum] was designed for music."

All the albums The Doors released with Morrison, from their 1967 self-titled debut to 1971's L.A. Woman, will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl through Rhino on Sept. 15.

Here are the songs on Live In New York:

Disc One — Jan. 17, 1970 (First show):

Start of show
"Roadhouse Blues"
"Ship Of Fools"
"Break On Through (To The Other Side)"
Tuning
"Peace Frog"
"Blue Sunday"
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"
"Back Door Man"
"Love Hides"
"Five To One"
Tuning/Breather
"Who Do You Love"
"Little Red Rooster"
"Money"
Tuning
"Light My Fire"
More, More More
"Soul Kitchen"
End of show

Disc Two — Jan. 17, 1970 (Second show):
Start of show
Jim: "How Ya Doing?"
"Roadhouse Blues"
"Break On Through (To The Other Side)"
"Ship Of Fools"
"Crawling King Snake"
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"
"Back Door Man"
"Five To One"
Pretty Neat, Pretty Good
"Build Me A Woman"
Tuning/Breather
"Who Do You Love"
Tuning/Breather
"Wild Child"
Cheering/Tuning
"When The Music's Over"

Disc Three — Jan. 17, 1970 (second show continued)
Tuning/Breather
"Light My Fire"
Hey, Mr. Light Man!
"Soul Kitchen"
Jim's Fish Joke
"The End"
End of show

Disc Four — Jan. 18, 1970 (Third show)
Start of show
"Roadhouse Blues"
"Ship Of Fools"
"Break On Through (To The Other Side)"
Tuning/Breather
"Universal Mind"
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (false start)
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"
"Back Door Man"
"Five To One"
Tuning/Breather
"Moonlight Drive"
"Who Do You Love"
Calling Our For Songs
"Money"
Tuning/Breather
"Light My Fire"
More, More More
"When The Music's Over"
End of show

Disc Five — Jan. 18, 1970 (fourth show)
Start of show
"Roadhouse Blues"
"Peace Frog"
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"
"Back Door Man"
"Five To One"
We Have A Special Treat
"Celebration Of The Lizard"
Alright, Let's Boogie
"Build Me A Woman"
"When The Music's Over"
More, More More

Disc Six — Jan. 18, 1970 (fourth show continued)
"Soul Kitchen"
For Fear Of Getting Too Patriotic
Petition The Lord With Prayer
"Light My Fire"
Only When The Moon Comes Out
"Close To You"
The Encore Begins
"Rock Me"
What To Do Next?
"Going To N.Y. Blues"
Tuning/Breather
"Maggic M'Gill"
Tuning/Breather
"Gloria"/End of show