Live at the Hollywood Bowl (The Doors album)

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The entire concert was recorded using several cameras and is one of only two live performances of the band that was professionally recorded in color (the other being Live at The Isle of Wight Festival 1970). The Doors' longtime sound engineer Bruce Botnick recorded the concert direct from the soundboard onto an 8-track machine. The recording of "The End" was used in the film project Feast of Friends, which was not released until November 2014.

Problems with Morrison's microphone made the opening song ("When the Music's Over"), as well as three other songs ("Hello, I Love You", "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" and "Spanish Caravan") somewhat distorted. This was digitally rectified for the 2012 release by Bruce Botnick, using various clips of Morrison's voice from other recordings, including their 1970 live album Absolutely Live.{{cite web |title=Films Hollywood Bowl {{!}} Ray Manzarek of The Doors |url=https://raymanzarek.com/films-hollywood-bowl-2/ |website=raymanzarek.com}} The 2012 edition of the concert also made use of some different camera angles than the version released on video in 1987.

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Bruce Eder, in a review for AllMusic, gave the album three and a half out of five stars, calling it "a good companion to the other live archival issues of its era, although none of it holds a candle to the New York concert included in The Doors: Box Set [1997]".

All tracks are written by the Doors (Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore), except where noted. Details are taken from the 1987 Elektra Records album and may differ from other sources.{{cite AV media notes |title=Live at the Hollywood Bowl |others=The Doors |type=Liner notes |year=1987 |publisher=Elektra Records |id=60741-1 |at=LP labels}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Wake Up

| note1 =

| length1 = 1:40

| title2 = Light My Fire

| note2 =

| length2 = 8:15

| total_length = 9:55

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title3 = The Unknown Soldier

| note3 =

| length3 = 4:14

| title4 = A Little Game

| note4 =

| length4 = 1:20

| title5 = The Hill Dwellers

| note5 =

| length5 = 2:21

| title6 = Spanish Caravan

| note6 =

| length6 = 1:19

| total_length = 9:14

19:09

}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = Wake Up!

| length1 = 1:40

| title2 = Light My Fire

| length2 = 8:15

| title3 = The Unknown Soldier

| length3 = 4:23

| title4 = A Little Game

| length4 = 1:22

| title5 = The Hill Dwellers

| length5 = 2:20

| title6 = Spanish Caravan

| length6 = 1:19

| title7 = Light My Fire (edit of live version)

| length7 = 3:24

| total_length = 22:43

}}

• Tracks 1, 4, and 5 are from "Celebration of the Lizard".

{{Track listing

| all_writing = The Doors except tracks 3, 4 and 6

| title1 = Slow Start/Intro

| length1 = 0:19

| title2 = When the Music's Over

| length2 = 12:52

| title3 = Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

| note3 = Written by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill

| length3 = 1:33

| title4 = Back Door Man

| note4 = Written by Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett

| length4 = 2:33

| title5 = Five to One

| length5 = 1:29

| title6 = Back Door Man (reprise)

| note6 = Written by Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett

| length6 = 1:22

| title7 = The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)

| length7 = 1:52

| title8 = Hello, I Love You

| length8 = 2:14

| title9 = Moonlight Drive

| length9 = 3:21

| title10 = Horse Latitudes

| length10 = 1:08

| title11 = A Little Game

| length11 = 1:20

| title12 = The Hill Dwellers

| length12 = 2:22

| title13 = Spanish Caravan

| length13 = 3:04

| title14 = Hey, What Would You Guys Like to Hear?

| length14 = 0:40

| title15 = Wake Up!

| length15 = 1:30

| title16 = Light My Fire

| length16 = 9:32

| title17 = Light My Fire (segue)

| length17 = 0:38

| title18 = The Unknown Soldier

| length18 = 4:43

| title19 = The End (segue)

| length19 = 1:02

| title20 = The End

| length20 = 17:31

| total_length = 1:11:05

}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Live at the Hollywood Bowl

| type = video

| artist = the Doors

| cover =

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1987}}

| recorded = July 5, 1968

| venue = Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

| genre = Rock

| length = 62:00

| label = MCA Home Video

| director = Paul Ferrara

| producer = Rick Schmidlin

| chronology = The Doors videos

| prev_title = The Doors Are Open

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = The Doors - 30 Years Commemorative Edition

| next_year = 2001

}}

1. "When the Music's Over"
2. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)
3. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon)
4. "Five to One"
5. "Back Door Man" (Reprise)
6. "Moonlight Drive"
7. "Horse Latitudes"
8. "A Little Game" (Excerpt from "Celebration of the Lizard")
9. "The Hill Dwellers" (Excerpt from "The Celebration of the Lizard")
10. "Spanish Caravan" (Edited version)
11. "Wake Up"
12. "Light My Fire"
13. "The Unknown Soldier"
14. "The End"

1. Show Start/Intro
2. "When The Music’s Over"
3. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)
4. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon)
5. "Five To One"
6. "Back Door Man" (reprise) (Dixon)
7. "The WASP" (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
8. "Hello, I Love You"
9. "Moonlight Drive"
10. "Horse Latitudes"
11. "A Little Game"
12. "The Hill Dwellers"
13. "Spanish Caravan"
14. "Hey, What Would You Guys Like to Hear?"
15. "Wake Up!"
16. "Light My Fire" (Segue)
17. "Light My Fire"
18. "The Unknown Soldier"
19. "The End" (Segue)
20. "The End"

Special Features

• Echoes from the Bowl
• You Had to Be There
• Reworking the Doors
• Television Performances:

1. "Wild Child" (from The Smothers Brothers Show, 1968)
2. "Light My Fire" (from The Jonathan Winters Show, 1967)
3. "Gloria" (music video)

The Doors

• Jim Morrison – vocals, percussion
• Ray Manzarek – keyboards, keyboard bass, background vocals
• Robby Krieger – electric guitar
• John Densmore – drums

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