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| Live in Pittsburgh 1970 | 
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| Creator: The Doors
Label: Bright Midnight Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $8.41
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 3093
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 5 x 0.2
MPN: 271548
UPC: 081227997076
EAN: 0081227997076
ASIN: B0011U8NZ2
Release Date: March 4, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Back Door Man - The Doors, Dixon, Willie | | • | Love Hides | | • | Five to One | | • | Roadhouse Blues - The Doors, Morrison, Jim | | • | Mystery Train - The Doors, Parker, Junior | | • | Away in India | | • | Crossroads Blues - The Doors, Johnson, Robert | | • | Universal Mind | | • | Someday Soon | | • | When the Music's Over | | • | Break on Through | | • | The Soft Parade Vamp - The Doors, Morrison, Jim | | • | Tonight You're in for a Special Treat - The Doors, Morrison, Jim | | • | Close to You - The Doors, Dixon, Willie | | • | Light My Fire |
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Product Description
Recorded on May 2, 1970 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena during
The Doors final tour with Jim Morrison as lead vocalist, LIVE IN
PITTSBURGH captures a spectacular concert performance from the
legendary quartet. A single-disc tour de force, the album features
over an hour of incendiary energy from Morrison, keyboardist Ray
Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger as
they take the audience on an epic musical journey. The powerful
recording was expertyly mixed and mastered by the Doors longtime
engineer/producer Bruce Botnick, who recorded several shows
from the band s now-historic 70 tour on multitrack tape for the
Absolutely Live album. Along with classic Doors hits and choice
covers, highlights include Morrison s improvisational riffing during
an exciting 22-plus minute version of When The Music s Over,
leading the band into bits of songs they d never played live.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 Yet another excellent, complete Absolutely Live show March 9, 2008
35 out of 37 found this review helpful
Another Doors show recorded for the Absolutely Live album makes its appearance from Bright Midnight Records, once again uncut and complete. (Actually, Doors engineer Bruce Botnick notes in the liner notes that a couple of snippets are forever gone, so a portion of Light My Fire has been inserted from the Philadelphia '70 show, as well as another short piece).
Shorter than the previously released shows, this is nonetheless excellent. Unlike the recently released Boston 1970 3-CD set, Morrison is completely with it here, and the band is spot on. The singer becomes more talkative as the show goes on, and the set list is fantastic, a true gem for any Doors fan. This is the first and by far the best recording of the ultra-rare Someday Soon. (The other version, recorded in Seattle weeks later, pales in comparison with a drunk and distant Morrison). This version has appeared before on the bootleg boxset Stages, though it was incorrectly labeled Baltimore, 1970.
Highly recommended for fans new and old. The liner notes and packaging are very nice, in keeping with the fresh job done for the Boston shows. Looks like the bulk of the material recorded for Absolutely Live has been released, with Detroit, Philly, Boston, two Aquarius double-disc sets, and some (but not all) of the Felt Forum material having already appeared over the last decade. A complete set of those four Felt Forum shows are ripe for proper release.
Apparently, no overdubs on this one, either. Just the original tapes, remastered by Botnick, who continues to be involved with every Doors release. Skip the 50th greatest hits package they've put out, and get this instead. Much credit to the band for releasing these shows. Though they still release far too many redundant packages of the studio albums, they finally got to the vaults for the material fans have been asking about for decades. Easily one of their best live albums.
Another great Doors release March 6, 2008
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
Live In Pittsburgh 1970, the newest release from Bright Midnight Archives is yet another masterful recording. Although somewhat shorter than the Doors' other 1970 concert releases, this show does not cease to entertain. With a 22+ minute version of "When the Music's Over", including snippets from "The Soft Parade" and a completely unreleased track "Push Push" that was ONLY ever recorded live here and never made it onto that album. This release is well worth the money. If you are even a casual Doors fan, for the price you definatly need to check this out.
 Another Exciting Doors Live Album March 6, 2008
12 out of 18 found this review helpful
Like the other releases in this series, it is as it was recorded, with the show pretty much exactly as it was presented, hopefully this will keep up or until they run out of concert material. I highly recommend this one for the collector more so then the average fan. It is a golden time for hardcore Doors fans to bask in all these previous un-released recordings. So take a chance & get it and the other "Live" Doors in this series. Search our site Judemac Forever on msn, Yahoo or Google it.
 I WAS THERE March 29, 2008
11 out of 29 found this review helpful
I was there and what a disappointment this concert was! Morrison had recently been busted in Miami and the lizard king was mo more. This concert was not the hearty macho poetic youthful self assertion one associates with Morrison, but an exhibition of drunken self indulgence that failed to impress even my 16 year old self, who was looking to be impressed. It began with an already somewhat drunken Morrison clumsily sauntering onstage with a bottle of brown liquor which he continually quaffed in a swinish manner. The concert proceded to spiral downward from there. The band tried to hold the show together but there was no stopping Morrison fom his progressive degeneration. I believe this concert is where my perception of rock heros being driven by tragic character flaws codified. We were young, we were high and we deserved better! I'd be interested in listening to this CD for the sake of recollection and review of my perceptions of the time, but certainly not as nostalgia or enjoyed memories. This concert was the last act before the epilogue: the hero of a greek tragedy after his fall.
Great Live Concert March 8, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure what to expect when I first got this cd. But I certainly wasn't dissappointed. The sound quality is very good. The concert was very good, and the overall feel is excellent. If your a Doors fan I highly recommend it. If your a casual fan, I still recommend it, if you want to hear something different from a legendary band.
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