Doors: Bright Midnight Archives digital for the first time

For the first time i Doors will make i Bright Midnight Archivesuntil now these concerts only existed physically on limited edition LPs and CDs. The first release, immediately, concerns “Live At The Matrix 1967: The Original Masters”.

The series shows the evolution of the Californian band following their journey from small clubs to arenas.

Upcoming releases will be “Live In Boston, 1970,” on April 4, recorded at the Boston Arena on April 10, 1970. “Live In Philadelphia ’70,” recorded at The Spectrum on May 1, 1970 and “Live In Pittsburgh, 1970” , recorded at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena on May 2, 1970, will be released May 2; “Live In Detroit, 1970,” recorded May 8, 1970 at Cobo Arena, out May 8; “Live In Vancouver, 1970”, recorded at the Pacific Coliseum on June 6, 1970, featuring bluesman Albert King on June 6; “Live In Bakersfield”, California, 21 August 1970, available from 21 August and “Live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, September 20 1968”, on 19 September.

At the time of the first release, “Live At The Matrix, 1967”i Doors they were months away from stardom in March 1967 when they played five shows with small audiences at a small San Francisco club called The Matrix. These performances would have been lost if it were not for Peter Abramco-owner of the pizzeria turned nightclub with the founder of Jefferson Airplane Marty Balin. An avid recording enthusiast, Abram regularly recorded Matrix concerts and his own recordings Doorsmade between March 7 and 11, 1967, spawned one of the band’s most famous bootlegs.

THE Doors kicked off their 60th anniversary last year with the release of “The Doors 1967-1971”a 6-LP box set containing all six of the band’s original studio albums. Limited to 3,000 individually numbered copies, the collection sold out.

Tracklist:

Live at the Matrix, 1967

March 7, 1967 – First Sep

1. Bag’s Groove (Instrumental)

2. Back Door Man

3. My Eyes Have Seen You

4. Soul Kitchen

5. All Blues (Instrumental)

6. Get Out Of My Life Woman

7. When The Music’s Over

March 7, 1967 – Second Sep

1. Close To You

2. Crawling King Snake

3. I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind

4. People Are Strange

5. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

6. The Crystal Ship

7. Twentieth Century Fox

March 7, 1967 – Third Sep

1. Moonlight Drive

2. Summer’s Almost Gone

3. Unhappy Girl

4. Woman Is A Devil / Rock Me Baby

5. Break On Through (To The Other Side)

6. Light My Fire

7. The End

March 8 or 9, 1967

1. The End (Partial) / Let’s Feed Ice Cream To The Rats

March 10, 1967 – First Sep

1. My Eyes Have Seen You

2. Soul Kitchen

3. I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind

4. People Are Strange

5. When The Music’s Over

March 10, 1967 – Second Sep

1.Money

2. Who Do You Love

3. Moonlight Drive

4. Summer’s Almost Gone

5. I’m A King Bee

6. Glory

7. Break On Through (To The Other Side)

March 10, 1967 – Third Sep

1. Summertime (Instrumental)

2. Back Door Man

3. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

Live in Boston, 1970

First Show

1. Start

2. All Right, All Right, All Right

3. Roadhouse Moan

4. Roadhouse Blues

5. Ship Of Fools

6. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

7. Back Door Man

8. Five To One

9. When The Music’s Over

10. Rock Me

11. Mystery Train

12. Away In India

13. Crossroads

14. Prelude To Wake Up!

15. Wake Up!

16. Light My Fire

Second Show

1. Start

2. Break On Through

3. I Believe In Democracy

4. When The Music’s Over

5. Roadhouse Blues

6. The Spy

7. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

8. Back Door Man

9. Five To One

10. Astrology Rap

11. Build Me A Woman

12. You Make Me Real

13. Wait A Minute!

14. Mystery Train

15. Away In India

16. Crossroads

17. Band Intros

18. Adolf Hitler

19. Light My Fire

20. Fever (“Light My Fire” cont’d.)

21. Summertime (“Light My Fire” cont’d.)

22. St. James Infirmary Blues (“Light My Fire” cont’d.)

23. Graveyard Poem (“Light My Fire” cont’d.)

24. Light My Fire (Reprise)

25. More, More, More!

26. Ladies & Gentlemen

27. We Can’t Instigate

28. They Want More

29. Been Down So Long

30. Power Turned Off

Live in Philadelphia May 1, 1970

1. “Sit Down” Announcer

2. Tuning

3. Roadhouse Blues

4. Break On Through (To The Other Side)

5. Back Door Man / Love Hides

6. Ship Of Fools

7. Universal Mind

8. When The Music’s Over

9. Mystery Train

10. Wake Up!

11. Light My Fire

12. The Concert Continues

13. Maggie M’Gill

14. Roadhouse Blues (Reprise)

15. Been Down So Long / Rock Me Baby

16. The Music Capital Of The World, Philadelphia

17. Carol

18. Soul Kitchen

Live in Pittsburgh, May 2, 1970

1. Back Door Man

2. Love Hides

3. Five To One

4. Roadhouse Blues

5. Mystery Train

6. Away In India

7. Crossroads Blues

8. Universal Mind

9. Someday Soon

10. When The Music’s Over

11. Break On Through

12. Push Push

13. The Soft Parade Vamp

14. Tonight You’re In For A Special Treat

15. Close To You

16. Light My Fire

Live in Detroit May 8, 1970

1. Tuning

2. Roadhouse Vamp

3. Hello To The Cities

4. Dead Cats, Dead Rats

5. Break On Through (To The Other Side)

6. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

7. Back Door Man

8. Five To One

9. Roadhouse Blues

10. You Make Me Real

11. Ship Of Fools

12. When The Music’s Over

13. People Get Ready

14. Mystery Train

15. Away In India

16. Crossroads

17. Tuning

18. Carol

19. Light My Fire

20. Been Down So Long

21. Love Hides

22. Mean Mustard Blues

23. Carol (Reprise)

24. Close To You

25. I’m A King Bee

26. Rock Me Baby/Heartbreak Hotel

27. The End

Live in Vancouver, June 1970

1. Start Of Show

2. Roadhouse Blues

3. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

4. Back Door Man

5. Five To One

6. When The Music’s Over

7. Applause – Jim Talks

8. Love Me Two Times

9. Applause – Jim Talks

10. Little Red Rooster – with Albert King

11. Tuning

12. Money – with Albert King

13. Tuning

14. Rock Me – with Albert King

15. Tuning

16. Who Do You Love – with Albert King

17. Tuning

18. Petition The Lord With Prayer

19. Light My Fire

20. Tuning

21. The End

22. Thank You & Good Night

Live at Bakersfield, August 21, 1970

1. Roadhouse Blues

2. Medley: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) / Back Door Man / Five To One

3. Medley: Universal Mind / Afro Blue

4. When The Music’s Over

5. Love Me Two Times

6. Medley: Mystery Train / Away In India / Crossroads

7. Ship Of Fools

8. The End

Live at Konserthuset Stockholm, September 20, 1968

1.Introduction

2. Five To One

3. Love Street

4. Love Me Two Times

5. When The Music’s Over

6. A Little Game

7. The Hill Dwellers

8. Light My Fire

9. The Unknown Soldier

10. Five To One

11. Mack The Knife

12. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

13. Back Door Man

14. You’re Lost Little Girl

15. Love Me Two Times

16. When The Music’s Over

17. Wild Child

18. Money (That’s What I Want)

19. Wake Up!

20. Light My Fire

21. The End