Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance

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| name = Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance

| type = live

| artist = the Doors

| cover = LiveatAquariusTheatreTheDoors.jpg

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| released = 2006

| recorded = July 21, 1969

| venue = Aquarius Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles

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| genre = Rock

| length = 92:04

| label = *Rhino

| producer = Bruce Botnick

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Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance is a double live album by American rock band the Doors. It was recorded at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood on July 21, 1969. The album contains the band's first performance that day. The second show can be found on Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The Second Performance.

The album was released from the Bright Midnight Archives collection which contains a number of previously unreleased live concerts by the Doors.{{cite web|url=http://www.rhino.com/product/live-at-the-aquarius-theatre-the-first-performance|title=Live at the Aquarius Theater: The First Performance|website=Rhino|access-date=April 6, 2016}}

Track listing

All songs written by the Doors except where noted.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Doors-Live-At-The-Aquarius-Theatre-The-First-Performance/release/2129734|title=The Doors-Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance|website=Discogs|access-date=April 6, 2016}}

=Disc one=

  1. Tuning - 1:09
  2. Jim's Introduction - 0:54
  3. Back Door Man (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) - 5:38
  4. Break On Through (To the Other Side) (Jim Morrison) - 4:49
  5. What Do We Do Next? - 0:18
  6. Soul Kitchen (Morrison) - 4:44
  7. You Make Me Real (Morrison) - 3:11
  8. Tuning - 1:09
  9. I Will Never Be Untrue (Morrison) - 3:50
  10. The Crowd Humbly Requests - 0:59
  11. When the Music's Over - 11:32
  12. Universal Mind (Morrison) - 4:39
  13. The Crowd Requests Their Favorites and Tuning - 1:20
  14. Mystery Train/Crossroads (Junior Parker)/(Robert Johnson) - 6:45
  15. Build Me a Woman (Morrison) - 5:35

=Disc two=

  1. Tuning - 0:37
  2. Who Do You Love? (False Start) (Bo Diddley) - 0:37
  3. Who Do You Love? (Diddley) - 7:27
  4. Light My Fire (Robby Krieger), (Morrison){{Cite web|url=https://www.musicconnection.com/the-doors-break-on-thru-a-celebration-of-ray-manzarek/|title = The Doors: Break on Thru - A Celebration of Ray Manzarek|date = 16 January 2020}} - 10:53
  5. The Crowd Requests More - 1:15
  6. Celebration of the Lizard (Morrison) - 15:28

Personnel

References