THE DOORS
Wednesday September 18, 1968
Television-Byen, Gladsaxe, Copenhagen, Denmark
- First European tour (September 5, 1968 - September 20, 1968) -
1. Alabama Song 1:41
2. Back Door Man 3:32
3. The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) 1:56
4. Love Me Two Times 3:30
5. When The Music's Over 12:46
6. The Unknown Soldier 4:08
Total running time: 27:34
SOURCE
Soundboard recording
Lineage: SBD > Silver CD 'All Hail The American Night' Disc I (Tracks 1-5) > EAC > WAV > Flac (retracked)
'All Hail The American Night' 2 CD bootleg released by Tuff-Bites
Tracks 1-5: Television Byen, Gladsaxe, Copenhagen, Denmark TV-studios - September 18, 1968
Tracks 6-11: Critique Show at PBS studios, New York - April 28, 1969
Disc II includes the December 12, 1970 Dallas recording, but a better version is available
Although the Doors used 'The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)' as an intro to 'Hello, I Love You,' this time they opted for 'Light My Fire.' Jim's vocal performance is over-the-top. After the last tune is performed, he acknowledges: "That was a good one."
NOTES
THE DOORS' FIRST EUROPEAN TOUR ITINEARY
September 5, 1968 - September 20, 1968
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Thu. Sept. 5th BBC-1 TV "Top of The Pops," London, England (with Canned Heat)
Fri. Sept. 6th The Roundhouse, London, England (Early & Late Show with Jefferson Airplane)
Sat. Sept. 7th The Roundhouse, London, England (Early & Late Show with Jefferson Airplane)
Fri. Sept. 13th ZDF-TV "4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet," Römerberg Square, Frankfurt, West Germany
Sat. Sept. 14th Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, West Germany (Early & Late Show with Canned Heat)
Sun. Sept. 15th Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Early & Late Show with Jefferson Airplane)
Tue. Sept. 17th Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark (Early & Late Show with Savoy Brown)
Wed. Sept. 18th Television-Byen, Gladsaxe, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fri. Sept. 20th Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden (Early & Late Show with Jefferson Airplane)
"The Doors appear at 10:00 a.m. to do a live performance of six songs to nothing but a camera crew. The band is obviously tired as they performed two shows last night at the Falkoner Concerthall in Copenhagen plus there is no audience to feed off. The recordings of "Love Me Two Times" and "Texas Radio and The Big Beat" are included in the album Alive She Cried and the video "Dance on Fire"."
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The Doors' road manager, Vince Treanor's recollections taken from www.thefreedomman.com forums, 2006:
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"Jim was rested after his hospital stay in Amsterdam. He was also a bit more subdued than usual. He was intent on showing the guys that he could perform well - when it suited him. Of course, knowing that it was for TV and would ve heavily censored should he step out of line, also kept his behavior in more tolerable limits. They guys liked performing live because they could relate to the audience. Of course I was on that tour. I was on every Doors tour from December 26, 1967 until January 19, 1972 when Siddons dismissed me summarily."