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The Doors - Live in Detroit (Cobo Hall, 05/08/1970) Audio CD

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The Doors Band: The Doors
Title: Live in Detroit (Cobo Hall, 05/08/1970)
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Release Date: 2004-05-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Tuning [*] 2: Roadhouse Vamp [*] 3: Hello to the Cities 4: Dead Cats, Dead Rats 5: Break on Through (To the Other Side) 6: Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) 7: Back Door Man [*] 8: Five to One [*] 9: Roadhouse Blues [*] 10: You Make Me Real [*] 11: Ship of Fools [*] 12: When the Music's Over [*] 13: People Get Ready [*] 14: Mystery Train [*] 15: Away in India [*] 16: Crossroads [*] 17: Tuning [*] 18: Carol [*] 19: Light My Fire [*] 20: Been Down So Long 21: Love Hides [*] 22: Mean Mustard Blues [*] 23: Carol (Reprise) 24: Close to You [*] 25: I'm a King Bee [*] 26: Rock Me Baby/Heartbreak Hotel [*] 27: End

Excellent Live Doors .
It is excellent . I just received this . Buy it if you want to hear the Doors Live . This is the Stones " Get yer ya yas out " or Jerry Lee Lewis's " Palomino Club " . Excellent Live Doors .


I Was There
Back in the day, you got three acts on a Cobo Hall bill. It's too bad they didn't include the entire show. That night, it was Blues Image(who were better than their AM hit "Ride, Captain, Ride"), John B. Sebastian(who did a helluva second set on harp and guitar with the Doors), and the Doors themselves. Definitely worth the $5. 50 admission. Buy the CD.


The "real" Doors
Good price; shipping and handling very fair. Rough, but a "must have" for the dedicated fan.


Wow...the band is on fire playing to a midwest audience only 4 days after the Kent State Shootings
The lyric of "get together one more time" from Five To One has a certain resonance with the band and audience. I cannot help but assume this performance is informed by the Kent State Shootings a mere 4 days before. .


Not for the uninitiated
I have had, in one form or another, all of their records or CDs for over thirty years, as well as an original hard copy of Morrison's, "The Lords and The New Creatures". I've long considered myself an avid Doors fan. To introduce the idea that Morrison was as much a poet as a rock star would be nothing new. A biography that was done on the band years ago talked at length about his poetry, and his frustrations with being a musician, when it appeared that he was more interested in poetry and theatre, or at least threatrics than being a rock star. The music that we have enjoyed from the band since their first release came to us by way all other music generally came to us - edited. There is a lot to be said about editing: it can destroy a good piece, or bring it to light and keep an audience listening. Having finished listening to "Live in Detroit" (twice now), it appears evident why that music sat for so many years away from the publics ears. That needs to be qualified. The recording and digital transfer is excellent. Really, considering its' age and what the music comes from (1 inch 8 track tape), it is truely remarkable that it sounds as good as it does. Any discrepencies that are in the recording as a result of glitches in the system at the time of the show just make the experience of listening to it all the more real. However, Morrison's carnal screams, once only the stuff of legend (unless you happened to actually catch one of their shows) make listening to both CDs a bit of a challenge, unless one is alone, or with those who could only be described as true, fanatical fans. The idea that their shows were intense and full of theatrics due to Morrison's rants and screaming are clearly a moot point now. It's good music to have for the archives, and there are many great renditions here. Also, as one reviewer suggested, listening to this two CD set clearly puts us as close to the real thing as we'll ever get. It's poetry in motion. However, if some one was to ask me what I'd prefer to listen to (for the usual put-on-a-CD-sort-of-fare), either their original studio sets, or Live in Detroit, I think that I'd have to go with their original studio releases, or their In Concert or Absolutely Live CDs. Its the editing. Maybe it has something to do with being 47, and not 18 years old, but my ears and nervs wince when Morrison screams like an alley cat being run through by a chain saw, and if my wife or daughter walk in the house when this is on, it comes off immediately, unlike The Morrison Hotel, LA Woman, Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, The Doors, The Soft Parade.


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