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The Doors - Long Beach Sports Arena (First Source) (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Roadhouse Blues 4:35
  2. Alabama Song 1:48
  3. Back Door Man 2:20
  4. Five To One 5:58
  5. Ship Of Fools 6:54
  6. When The Music's Over 18:10
  7. The Spy 5:29
  8. Break On Through 4:23
  9. Is There Any Left? 0:55
  10. Peace Frog 3:05
  11. Blue Sunday 2:26
  12. Petition The Lord With Prayer 0:59
  13. Light My Fire 13:37
  14. Soul Kitchen 5:26
  15. Turn Those Lights Off 1:16
  16. Love Me Two Times 3:44
  17. Maggie M'gill 5:37

Notes

Audience Recording

First Source: Master Reel > Cassette

Second Source: Master Reel > Cassette(2) > DAT


Two low gen sources for The Doors' performance at the Long Beach Sports Arena on February 7, 1970. After perfoming 4 concerts over 2 days at the Felt Forum in New York City in the middle of January and shows at the Winterland Arena the previous two nights, Jim Morrison's voice is noticeably hoarse during this performance in Long Beach. Still, it doesn't keep him or the band from delivering a dynamic performance. This concert is possibly the longest Doors concert ever performed. Unfortunately, no complete tape exists/has surfaced. Only two sources are known and they are both presented here in the best sound quality currently available -- namely 1st and 2nd generation copies.

Unfortunately, whoever transferred the first source tape did so at too high a volume. It's still very listenable for an audience recording, but it should be better.

While the first source is the most complete, the second source was taped much closer to the stage and compares to audience recordings from the Felt Forum. Sadly, the recording device used by the taper had some severe problems. Every song on the second source is cut -- some horribly so. There's really no way to enjoy listening to the second source without having heard the first source to help orient yourself. While many people say the second source is for completists only, there are some worthwhile snippets in there that make for a more than worthy addition to fans' collections (Jim's dialogue with the audience, for example). The second source is also the only source that includes clips of the songs "Universal Mind," "Carol," and "The End." Unlike circulating versions of this copy, all the songs are in their correct order.