The Doors - Jim's Alive (The Ultimate Seattle Tapes) (Live) (Bootleg)
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Label : Tuff Bites
Style : Rock
Grabber: EAC
Encoder: LAME
Quality: VBR/44,1kHz
Reldate: 22.Apr.2010
Street : 00.00.1994
Songs : 09
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Release Notes:
Excellent bootleg recorded at Center Coliseum, Seattle, June
5th, 1970. It's the complete concert.
Review:"Remember Miami", somebody shouts from the audience.
"What was that?" Jim asks, because he did not get what the
girl had shouted. But nobody responds. Instead of that,
squeaking noises from Ray's keyboard bother Jim. "That's a
terrible sound", he says. What a horrible start for one of
the worst Doors concerts ever taped. Now on this European
bootleg you can hear the entire show in excellent stereo
quality, just Light My Fire is missed, they say this song
was not taped by Vince Treanor, former Doors roadmanager,
who recorded the show. Jim sounds tired, not to say bored;
his singing is sloppy. "Get the singer some", he says after
Back Door Man as an excuse, and also: "Thank you for your
patience, you know, it takes a ... - it takes a few songs to
get warmed up, you know what I'm talking about? Alright!"
Jim was aware of the fact this would be a concert people
could have easily missed. Talking about bad versions: When
The Music's Over from Seattle is probably the worst version
of the song that ever came out on bootleg. I do not mean all
the feedback coming through the speakers, but Jim Morrison
himself, who seems to be at his worst during that particular
song. His imitating of guitar- and mike-feedback with his
voice, which (for the audience) is more or less just boring,
is painfully ridiculous. But Jim gets some applause for all
those funny noises. What an audience! And the other three
Doors should have hidden Jim's maracas, if you know what I
mean: just listen to his rhythm. Twenty minutes of nothing
but embarrassment. But on this CD you'll find the complete
version of Someday Soon, with all the guitar chords at the
beginning plus the long ending. The 28-minute-version (!) of
Mystery Train will blow your mind away. This jam definitely
is absolutely worth buying this CD and features nice covers
of Curtis Mayfield's People Get Ready (have you heard Rod
Stewart's soap version?), Baby Please Don't Go (an Animals
classic) and also Robert Johnson's Crossroads. Five To One
is somewhat uninspired, and if there wasn't Ray's organ,
Break On Through would be a very boring song. The liner
notes talk about previous versions of the Seattle concert
having two songs from The Doors' Toronto Show on, and it was
the complete show minus Light My Fire. The bootlegger is
right, except the fact that those two songs on the other
boots were from Vancouver. On Jim's Alive - The Ultimative
Seattle Tapes you have the right tracks. Okay, people,
here's a Doors concert with some highlights, but also bad
versions. The soundquality is perfect stereo, and the CD is
78 minutes (!!!) long. Recommended and a definitive must for
each collection, not only for the songs but definitely for
the fine cover, too!
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Track List:
01. Hitler (Poem) (Live) 02:23
02. Roadhouse Blues (Live) 04:53
03. Back Door Man (Live) 07:27
04. When The Music's Over (Live) 20:06
05. Someday Soon (Live) 04:18
06. Train Jam I (People Get Ready, Baby Please Don't Go) 07:14
(Live)
07. Train Jam II (Mystery Train, Crossroads) (Live) 20:18
08. Five To One (Live) 06:03
09. Break On Through (Live) 05:16
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Total
77:58 min