Live in Pittsburgh 1970
Live album by The Doors
Released	March 4, 2008
Recorded	May 2, 1970;
Venue	Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh PA
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock
Length	79:46
Label	Rhino, Bright Midnight Archives, Doors Music Company
Producer	Bruce Botnick
The Doors chronology
Live in Boston (2007) Live in Pittsburgh 1970 (2008) Live at the Matrix 1967 (2008)

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Live in Pittsburgh 1970 is a live album by the American rock band the Doors. The concert was recorded at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh on May 2, 1970 and released in 2008 on Rhino Records. It is the sixth full-length live set released from the Bright Midnight Archives collection which contains a number of previously unreleased live concerts by the Doors.^[1]

The concert is considered one of the better performances by the Doors with lead singer Jim Morrison providing a focused delivery of the songs.^[1] The album includes a 22-plus-minute version of "When the Music's Over" plus "Five to One" and "Break on Through". The group also performed covers of Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" and the band’s signature cover of "Back Door Man". Before closing with an extended take of "Light My Fire", Manzarek took the microphone with backup by Morrison for "Close to You".^[2]

Production

Live In Pittsburgh 1970 was mixed and mastered by long-time Doors' sound engineer/producer Bruce Botnick. He had recorded several shows from the Doors’ 1970 Roadhouse Blues Tour on multi-track tape for the Absolutely Live album released in July 1970.

The concert would have been released sooner if it were not for two missing sections from the 8-track masters. The dialogue section that comes before "Close To You" has been replaced using the live 2-track stereo tapes and titled here as "Tonight You’re In For A Special Treat". The other missing section was of the first 16 bars of music from the beginning of Manzarek’s solo on "Light My Fire". Instead of allowing the missing music to prevent the release of this show, the band decided to insert the missing music from one of the other 1970 concerts.

According to Bruce Botnick, "Jim was as clear as he could be onstage, and the guys moved to and fro with him, trusting the journey. Sometimes The Doors were raging with fire and energy; at other times, when Jim jumped into the lyric of a different song, in the middle of something else, they were right there with him." ^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by the Doors, except where noted.

Personnel

• Jim Morrison - vocals
• Ray Manzarek - organ, keyboard bass & vocals on "Close to You"
• Robby Krieger - electric guitar
• John Densmore - drums

Technical staff

• Produced, Recorded & Mixed by – Bruce Botnick^[5]
• Production Supervisor – Jeffrey Jampol
• A&R– Robin Hurley ^[6]
• Product Manager – Kenny Nemes
• Project Coordinator – Cory Lashever
• Art Direction & Design – Bryan Lasley
• Liner Notes – Bruce Botnick

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