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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Essential Rarities
| name = Essential Rarities
| type = compilation
| type = compilation
| artist = [[The Doors]]
| artist = [[the Doors]]
| cover = Essentials.jpg
| cover = Essential Rarities album cover.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = 2000
| released = 2000
| recorded = 1965–1970
| recorded = 1965–1977
| venue =
| genre =
*[[Psychedelic rock]]
| studio =
| genre = [[Psychedelic rock]], [[blues rock]], [[acid rock]]
*[[blues rock]]
*[[acid rock]]
| length = 71:01
| length = 71:01
| label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| producer = [[Bruce Botnick]], The Doors, Originally produced by [[Paul A. Rothchild]]
| producer =
*[[Bruce Botnick]]
*The Doors
*[[Paul A. Rothchild]]
| prev_title = [[The Doors (soundtrack)]]
| prev_title = [[The Complete Studio Recordings (The Doors album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]
| prev_year = 1991
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = [[The Best of The Doors (2000 album)|The Best of The Doors]]
| next_title = [[The Best of The Doors (2000 album)|The Best of The Doors]]
| next_year = 2000
| next_year = 2000
}}
}}

'''''Essential Rarities''''' is a [[compilation album]] by [[the Doors]], originally released as part of the [[Box set|boxed set]] ''[[The Complete Studio Recordings (The Doors album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]'' in 1999, but reissued in 2000 as a single [[Compact Disc|CD]], containing studio cuts, live cuts and [[Demo (music)|demos]] taken from the 1997 ''[[The Doors: Box Set]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-doors-42-1391831|title=THE DOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN &#124; NME|date=November 23, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNCGDwAAQBAJ&q=Essential+Rarities+doors+2000&pg=PT228|title=The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock|first=Rich|last=Weidman|date=October 1, 2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781617131141|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Releases==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/essential-rarities-mw0000067195|title=Essential Rarities - The Doors &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web
|first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine
|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/essential-rarities-mw0000067195|title=''Essential Rarities'' – Review|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA764&lpg=PA764&dq=Essential+Rarities+doors+2000&source=bl&ots=JcsOulYc0t&sig=ACfU3U3W1KSTjVCauzuS_sorIP9ZsauNdA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjn_pb84sDnAhWIbc0KHRryAYQ4MhDoATACegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=Essential+Rarities+doors+2000&f=false|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Essential+Rarities+doors+2000&pg=PA764|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}</ref>
}}
}}


All the tracks on the album had been officially released on the 1997 box set, with the exception of the bonus track "Woman Is a Devil," which was edited from the 1969 "[[Rock Is Dead (The Doors song)|Rock Is Dead]]" sessions from [[Elektra Records]]' [[Elektra Sound Recorders]], and was not included in the box set version of the album. Some songs appear in more complete form than their ''Box Set'' versions: "Roadhouse Blues" has a 35-second section that was cut from the bridge of the song, and "Who Scared You" has an extra verse.
'''''Essential Rarities''''' is a [[compilation album]] by [[The Doors]], originally released as part of the [[Box set|boxed set]] ''[[The Complete Studio Recordings (The Doors album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]'' in 1999, but reissued in 2000 as a single [[Compact Disc|CD]], containing studio cuts, live cuts and [[Demo (music)|demos]] taken from the 1997 ''[[The Doors: Box Set]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-doors-42-1391831|title=THE DOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN &#124; NME|date=November 23, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNCGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT228&lpg=PT228&dq=Essential+Rarities+doors+2000&source=bl&ots=hwE_czVEFK&sig=ACfU3U2knS4YzY6zzRykzxCa29dZYCr6uw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjn_pb84sDnAhWIbc0KHRryAYQ4MhDoATADegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=Essential+Rarities+doors+2000&f=false|title=The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock|first=Rich|last=Weidman|date=October 1, 2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|via=Google Books}}</ref>

All the tracks on this album have been officially released on the 1997 box set, with the exception of the bonus track "Woman Is a Devil", that was edited from the 1969 [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] Sound Recorders Studios, 962 [[La Cienega Boulevard]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], 90069, "Rock Is Dead" sessions, and was not included in the box set version of the album.

Also, some songs appear in more complete form than their ''Box Set'' versions: "Roadhouse Blues" has a 35-second section that was cut from the bridge of the song, and "Who Scared You" has an extra verse.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs written by [[The Doors]] ([[John Densmore]], [[Robby Krieger]], [[Ray Manzarek]], and [[Jim Morrison]]), except where noted.
All songs written by [[the Doors]] ([[John Densmore]], [[Robby Krieger]], [[Ray Manzarek]] and [[Jim Morrison]]), except where noted.


{{tracklist
#"Hello to the Cities" <small>(Live on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', 1967 and at [[Cobo Center|Cobo Hall]], [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], 1970)</small> – 0:57
|extra_column = Recording source
#"[[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]]" <small>(Jim Morrison) (Recorded live at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 1970|Isle of Wight Festival]], [[England]], [[UK]], 1970)</small> – 4:44
|title1 = Hello to the Cities
#"[[Roadhouse Blues]]" <small>(Morrison) (Recorded live at [[Madison Square Garden]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], 1970)</small> – 4:31
|extra1 = Live on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', 1967 and at [[Cobo Center|Cobo Hall]], 1970
#"[[Hyacinth House]]" <small>(Ray Manzarek, Morrison) (Demo recorded at Robby Krieger's home studio, 1969)</small> – 2:38
|length1 = 0:57
#"Who Scared You" <small>(Recorded at [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] Sound Recorders Studios, 962 [[La Cienega Boulevard]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], 90069, 1969)</small> – 3:55
|title2 = [[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]]
#"Whiskey, Mystics and Men" <small>(Recorded at [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] Sound Recorders Studios, 962 [[La Cienega Boulevard]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], 90069, 1970, though it was actually recorded the previous year with [[Overdubbing|overdubs]] put in by the surviving members in 1977)</small> – 2:23
|note2 = Jim Morrison
#"I Will Never Be Untrue" <small>(Morrison) (Recorded live at the Aquarius Theater, [[Hollywood]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], 1969)</small> – 3:58
|extra2 = Live at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 1970|Isle of Wight Festival]]
#"[[Moonlight Drive]]" <small>(Morrison) (Demo recorded at World Pacific Studios, 1965)</small> – 2:31
|length2 = 4:44
#"Queen of the Highway" <small>(Morrison, Krieger) (Alternate version recorded at [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] Sound Recorders Studios, 962 [[La Cienega Boulevard]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], 90069, 1969)</small> – 3:35
|title3 = [[Roadhouse Blues]]
#"Someday Soon" <small>(Recorded live at the [[Seattle Center]], [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], 1970)</small> – 3:49
|note3 = Morrison
#"[[Hello, I Love You]]" <small>(Morrison) (Demo recorded at World Pacific Studios, 1965)</small> – 2:31
|extra3 = Live at [[Madison Square Garden]], 1970
#"Orange County Suite" <small>(Morrison) (Recorded at [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] Sound Recorders Studios, 962 [[La Cienega Boulevard]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], 90069, 1970)</small> – 5:44
|length3 = 4:31
#"[[The Soft Parade (song)|The Soft Parade]]" <small>(Morrison) (Recorded live on [[PBS|PBS Television]], New York, 1969)</small> – 10:09
|title4 = [[Hyacinth House]] (Demo)
#"[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]" <small>(Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 1970)</small> – 17:46
|note4 = Ray Manzarek, Morrison
#"Woman Is a Devil" <small>(Morrison) (Recorded at [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] Sound Recorders Studios, 962 [[La Cienega Boulevard]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], 90069, 1969)</small> – 4:10
|extra4 = Robby Krieger's home studio, 1969
|length4 = 2:38
|title5 = Who Scared You
|extra5 = B-side of "[[Wishful Sinful]]" single
|length5 = 3:55
|title6 = Whiskey, Mystics and Men
|extra6 = ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' outtake
|length6 = 2:23
|title7 = I Will Never Be Untrue
|note7 = Morrison
|extra7 = Live at Aquarius Theater, 1969
|length7 = 3:58
|title8 = [[Moonlight Drive]]
|note8 = Morrison
|extra8 = 1965 demo
|length8 = 2:31
|title9 = Queen of the Highway (Alternate version)
|note9 = Morrison, Krieger
|extra9 = ''[[Morrison Hotel]]'' outtake
|length9 = 3:35
|title10 = Someday Soon
|extra10 = Live at [[Seattle Center]], 1970
|length10 = 3:49
|title11 = [[Hello, I Love You]]
|note11 = Morrison
|extra11 = 1965 demo
|length11 = 2:31
|title12 = Orange County Suite
|note12 = Morrison
|extra12 = ''[[L.A. Woman]]'' outtake
|length12 = 5:44
|title13 = [[The Soft Parade (song)|The Soft Parade]]
|note13 = Morrison
|extra13 = Live on [[PBS|PBS Television]], 1969
|length13 = 10:09
|title14 = [[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]
|extra14 = Live at Madison Square Garden, 1970
|length14 = 17:46
|title15 = Woman Is a Devil
|note15 = [[Robert Johnson]]
|extra15 = ''The Soft Parade'' outtake
|length15 = 4:10
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
'''The Doors'''
*[[Robby Krieger]] – [[guitar]], bass,
*[[Jim Morrison]] – [[Singing|vocals]], [[piano]] on "Orange County Suite"
* [[Jim Morrison]] – vocals, [[piano]] on "Orange County Suite"<ref>{{cite web
|first=Jordan |last=Runtagh
*[[Ray Manzarek]] – [[organ (music)|organ]], piano, [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], backing vocals
|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/doors-l-a-woman-10-things-you-didnt-know-41912/amp/ |title=Doors' ''L.A. Woman'': 10 Things You Didn't Know |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref>
*[[John Densmore]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], percussion, backing vocals
*[[Paul A. Rothchild]] – original producer
* [[Robby Krieger]] – guitar
* [[Ray Manzarek]] – [[organ (music)|organ]], piano, [[keyboard bass]], backing vocals
*[[Bruce Botnick]] – producer
* [[John Densmore]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals
*[[Danny Sugerman]] – management

*[[Richard Evans (designer)|Richard Evans]] – art direction and design
'''Technical'''
*Todd Gray – photo archivist
* [[Paul A. Rothchild]] – original producer
* [[Bruce Botnick]] – producer
* [[Danny Sugerman]] – management
* [[Richard Evans (designer)|Richard Evans]] – art direction and design
* Todd Gray – photo archivist


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 07:53, 8 August 2024

Essential Rarities
Compilation album by
the Doors
Released2000
Recorded1965–1977
Genre
Length71:01
LabelElektra
Producer
The Doors chronology
The Complete Studio Recordings
(1999) 		Essential Rarities
(2000) 		The Best of The Doors
(2000)

Essential Rarities is a compilation album by the Doors, originally released as part of the boxed set The Complete Studio Recordings in 1999, but reissued in 2000 as a single CD, containing studio cuts, live cuts and demos taken from the 1997 The Doors: Box Set.[1][2]

Releases

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

All the tracks on the album had been officially released on the 1997 box set, with the exception of the bonus track "Woman Is a Devil," which was edited from the 1969 "Rock Is Dead" sessions from Elektra Records' Elektra Sound Recorders, and was not included in the box set version of the album. Some songs appear in more complete form than their Box Set versions: "Roadhouse Blues" has a 35-second section that was cut from the bridge of the song, and "Who Scared You" has an extra verse.

Track listing

[edit]

All songs written by the Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison), except where noted.

No.TitleRecording sourceLength
1."Hello to the Cities"Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1967 and at Cobo Hall, 19700:57
2."Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Jim Morrison)Live at the Isle of Wight Festival4:44
3."Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison)Live at Madison Square Garden, 19704:31
4."Hyacinth House (Demo)" (Ray Manzarek, Morrison)Robby Krieger's home studio, 19692:38
5."Who Scared You"B-side of "Wishful Sinful" single3:55
6."Whiskey, Mystics and Men"The Soft Parade outtake2:23
7."I Will Never Be Untrue" (Morrison)Live at Aquarius Theater, 19693:58
8."Moonlight Drive" (Morrison)1965 demo2:31
9."Queen of the Highway (Alternate version)" (Morrison, Krieger)Morrison Hotel outtake3:35
10."Someday Soon"Live at Seattle Center, 19703:49
11."Hello, I Love You" (Morrison)1965 demo2:31
12."Orange County Suite" (Morrison)L.A. Woman outtake5:44
13."The Soft Parade" (Morrison)Live on PBS Television, 196910:09
14."The End"Live at Madison Square Garden, 197017:46
15."Woman Is a Devil" (Robert Johnson)The Soft Parade outtake4:10

Personnel

[edit]

The Doors

Technical

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "THE DOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN | NME". November 23, 1999.
  2. ^ Weidman, Rich (October 1, 2011). The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781617131141 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Essential Rarities – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Runtagh, Jordan. "Doors' L.A. Woman: 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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