Essential Rarities
Compilation album by
the Doors
Released2000
Recorded1965–1977
Genre
Length71:01
LabelElektra
Producer
The Doors chronology
The Complete Studio Recordings
(1999)		 Essential Rarities
(2000)		 The Best of The Doors
(2000)

Essential Rarities is a compilation album by the Doors, originally released as part of the boxed set The Complete Studio Recordings in 1999, but reissued in 2000 as a single CD, containing studio cuts, live cuts and demos taken from the 1997 The Doors: Box Set.[1][2]

Releases

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

All the tracks on the album had been officially released on the 1997 box set, with the exception of the bonus track "Woman Is a Devil," which was edited from the 1969 "Rock Is Dead" sessions from Elektra Records' Elektra Sound Recorders, and was not included in the box set version of the album. Some songs appear in more complete form than their Box Set versions: "Roadhouse Blues" has a 35-second section that was cut from the bridge of the song, and "Who Scared You" has an extra verse.

Track listing

All songs written by the Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison), except where noted.

  1. "Hello to the Cities" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1967 and at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, 1970) – 0:57
  2. "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Jim Morrison) (Recorded live at the Isle of Wight Festival, England, UK, 1970) – 4:44
  3. "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) (Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 1970) – 4:31
  4. "Hyacinth House" (Ray Manzarek, Morrison) (Demo recorded at Robby Krieger's home studio, 1969) – 2:38
  5. "Who Scared You" (Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders Studios, 962 La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90069, 1969) – 3:55
  6. "Whiskey, Mystics and Men" (Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders Studios, 962 La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90069, 1970, though it was actually recorded the previous year with overdubs put in by the surviving members in 1977) – 2:23
  7. "I Will Never Be Untrue" (Morrison) (Recorded live at the Aquarius Theater, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, 1969) – 3:58
  8. "Moonlight Drive" (Morrison) (Demo recorded at World Pacific Studios, 1965) – 2:31
  9. "Queen of the Highway" (Morrison, Krieger) (Alternate version recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders Studios, 962 La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90069, 1969) – 3:35
  10. "Someday Soon" (Recorded live at the Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington, 1970) – 3:49
  11. "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) (Demo recorded at World Pacific Studios, 1965) – 2:31
  12. "Orange County Suite" (Morrison) (Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders Studios, 962 La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90069, 1970) – 5:44
  13. "The Soft Parade" (Morrison) (Recorded live on PBS Television, New York, 1969) – 10:09
  14. "The End" (Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 1970) – 17:46
  15. "Woman Is a Devil" (Morrison) (Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders Studios, 962 La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90069, 1969) – 4:10

Personnel

The Doors

Technical

References

  1. ↑ "THE DOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN | NME". November 23, 1999.
  2. ↑ Weidman, Rich (October 1, 2011). The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781617131141 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Essential Rarities – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Runtagh, Jordan. "Doors' L.A. Woman: 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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