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The Doors: Essential Rarities

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s

Artist: The Doors
Title: Essential Rarities
Released: 1999.06.20
Label: Elektra Entertainment
Time: 73:18
Producer(s): Paul A. Rothchild
Appears with: Ray Mazarek
Category: Pop/Rock
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2002.05.25
Price in €: 6,99
Web address: www.thedoors.com

 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Hello to the Cities [live] (Doors) - 0:56
[2] Break on Through (To the Other Side) [live] (Doors) - 4:32
[3] Roadhouse Blues [live] (Doors) - 4:19
[4] Hyacinth House [Demo Version] (Doors) - 2:40
[5] Who Scared You (Doors) - 3:16
[6] Whiskey, Mystics and Men [live] (Doors) - 2:19
[7] I Will Never Be Untrue [live] (Doors) - 3:56
[8] Moonlight Drive [Demo Version] (Doors) - 2:31
[9] Queen of the Highway [Alternative Version] (Doors) - 3:32
[10] Someday Soon [live] (Doors) - 3:41
[11] Hello, I Love You [demo version] (Doors) - 2:28
[12] Orange County Suite (Doors) - 5:27
[13] The Soft Parade [live] (Doors) - 10:03
[14] The End [live] (Doors) - 18:01

Bunus Track:
[15] Woman Is a Devil (Doors) - 4:09  

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


ROBBIE KRIEGER - Guitar, Producer
JIM MORRISON - Vocals, Producer
RAY MANZAREK - Keyboards, Producer
JOHN DENSMORE - Drums, Producer

BRUCE BOTNICK - Producer, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
PAUL ROTHCHILD - Original Producer on [6],[15]
RICHARD BOCK - Engineer
JOHN HANEY - Assistant Engineer
DANNY SUGERMAN - Management
TODD GRAY - Photo Archivist
RICHARD EVANS - Art Direction, Design

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1999 CD Elektra Entertainment 62530
1999 CD Wea International 62558



Originally released as part of the box set The Complete Studio Recordings, The Essential Rarities essentially gathers a bunch of odds and ends, not just previously unreleased studio cuts, but also live cuts, composites, stage chatter, alternate takes, and demos. In other words, it's a bunch of stuff that only hardcore fans need, and they've likely already purchased it as part of the box set or as bootlegs. If not, this is a good way to get a bunch of pretty good cuts, highlighted by the 1969 outtakes "Woman Is a Devil" and "Who Scared You" and the 1965 demo "Moonlight Drive." It must be said, however, that this is really just for the hardcore fans since there just isn't anything (apart from possibly those three previously mentioned tracks, yet those still are specialized items) that is noteworthy for the casual listener. As a way of tying up loose ends, The Essential Rarities is necessary for collectors, but for everybody else, it's hardly essential. [By the way, there are almost no liner notes to speak of, only four photos (not counting the cover shot) and two track listings, only one with the sources. The rest of the information details the reissue producers, but there are no liner notes to explain the origins of these cuts.]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2002 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



This collection, originally available only as a bonus disc in The Doors: The Complete Studio Recordings box set (fleshed out here with another outtake track, "Woman Is a Devil," from that set) is split just about evenly between a sometimes motley collection of outtakes and demos and a better slate of live material. It also argues that while most rock bands cut their teeth on blues and other roots music, then develop a distinct sound (or sell out to pop fashion trends), the Doors seemed to evolve ass-backwards, the band's, and particularly Jim Morrison's, college poet-nihilist pretensions slowly giving way to more blues-based influences. Indeed, after a few legendary years of late-1960s success and excess, Morrison had more than enough reasons to sing the blues. The studio leftovers here underscore why they're called "outtakes" (1965 demos of "Hello, I Love You" and "Moonlight Drive" are historically interesting, if a bit bubblegummy) though there are some highlights. "Whiskey, Mystics and Men" showcases another side of the band's tastefully odd Kurt Weill fetish; a '69 alternate of "Queen of the Highway" is almost lounge hipster chic; and "Orange County Suite" is a dirge from '70. Live cuts (all from '69 and '70) range from a baroque, affected PBS telecast of "The Soft Parade" to an apocalyptic, overwrought "The End."

Jerry McCulley - Amazon.com
   

 L y r i c s


HELLO TO THE CITIES (LIVE)

Hello Detroit
Hello Salt Lake
Hello Washington D.C.
How ya doin'?
Minneapolis, how ya doin'?
Hey Seattle, nice to see ya
Texas...howdy y'all


BREAK ON THROUGH (LIVE)

Break on through
You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day.
Tried to run, tried to hide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side.

We chased our pleasures here
Dug our treasures there.
Can you still recall the time we cried?
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side.

Everybody loves my baby
Everybody loves my baby
She gets (high), she gets (high), she gets (high).

I've found an island in your arms
A country in your eyes
Arms that chain, eyes that lie.
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through.

Made the scene, week to week
Day to day, hour to hour
The gate is straight, deep and wide.
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, break on through   
Break on through, break on through...


ROADHOUSE BLUES (LIVE)

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse, gonna have a real good time.

Yeah, the back of the roadhouse, they got some bungalows
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse, they got some bungalows
And that's for the people who like to go down slow.

Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll all night long.

You've got to roll, roll, roll
You've got to thrill my soul, all right
Roll, roll, roll, roll
Thrill my soul, etc.

Ashen lady
Ashen lady
Give up your vows
Give up your vows
Save our city
Save our city
Right now.

When I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
When I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
The future's uncertain and the end is always near.

Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll all night long.


HYACINTH HOUSE

What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?
What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?
To please the lions in this day
 
I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me
I need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me
I need someone and who doesn't need me
 
I see the bathroom is clear
I think that somebody's near
I'm sure that someone is following me, oh yeah
 
Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?
Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?
It was the only card in the deck that I had left to play
 
And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend
And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend
And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend, the end


WHO SCARED YOU

Who scared you and why were you born, my babe?
In two-time's arms with all of your charms, my love.
Why were you born, just to play with me,
To freak out or to be beautiful, my dear?
Load your head, blow it up, feeling good, baby
Load your head, blow it up, feeling good, baby.
Well my room is so cold, you know you don't have to go, my babe.
And if you want it up right, I'm gonna love you tonight, my love.
Well I'm glad that we came, I hope you're feeling the same.
Who scared you and why were you born? Please stay.
I see your rider coming down the road.
Got a virgin carrying a heavy load,
One sack of silver and one bag of gold.


WHISKEY, MYSTICS AND MEN

Well, I’ll tell you a story
of whiskey and mystics and men,
And about the believers and
how the whole thing began.
First there were women and
children obeying the moon,
Then daylight brought wisdom
and fever and sickness too soon.
You can try to remind me
instead of the other, you can.
You can help to insure
that we all insecure our command.
If you don’t give a listen,
I won’t try to tell your new hand.
This is it; can’t you see
that we all have our ends in the band.
 
And if all of the teachers and
preachers of wealth were arraigned,
We could see quite a future
for me in the literal sands.
And if all the people
could claime to inspect such regrets,
well, we’d have no forgiveness,
forgetfullness, faithful remorse.
So I tell you, I tell you,
I tell you we must send away.
We must try to find a
new answer instead of a way.


I WILL NEVER BE UNTRUE (LIVE)

I will never be untrue
Do anything you would want me to
Never stay out drinking
no later than two
(two thirty...)

I will never treat you mean
and I won't cause no kind of scene
Tell you all the people
all the places I have been

I will always treat you kind
try to give you peace of mind
Only you tell me that you love me
one more time

Now darling
please don't be sad
Don't run off like that
when you get mad
Cause if you do
you gonna lose
the best friend
that you ever had
That's no lie...

I will never be untrue
Do everything you want me to do
Bring all my loving all my money
bring it all home to you

I never be untrue


MOONLIGHT DRIVE

Let's swim to the moon, uh huh
Let's climb through the tide
Penetrate the evenin' that the
City sleeps to hide Let's swim out tonight, love
It's our turn to try
Parked beside the ocean
On our moonlight drive
 
Let's swim to the moon, uh huh
Let's climb through the tide
Surrender to the waiting worlds
That lap against our side
 
Nothin' left open
And no time to decide
We've stepped into a river
On our moonlight drive
 
Let's swim to the moon
Let's climb through the tide
You reach your hand to hold me
But I can't be your guide
 
Easy, I love you
As I watch you glide
Falling through wet forests
On our moonlight drive, baby
Moonlight drive
 
Come on, baby, gonna take a little ride
Down, down by the ocean side
Gonna get real close
Get real tight
Baby gonna drown tonight
Goin' down, down, down


QUEEN OF THE HIGHWAY (ALTERNATE VERSION)

She was a princess, queen of the Highway.
Sign on the road said "Take us to Madre."
No one can save her save the Blind Tiger.
He was a monster, black dressed in leather.
She was a princess, Queen of the Highway.

Now they are wedded, she is a good girl.
Naked as children out in a meadow.
Naked as children, wild as can be.
Soon to have offspring
Start it all over, start it all over.

American boy, American girl
The most beautiful people in the world.
Son of a frontier, indian swirl
Dance into the midnight whirlpool
Formless.
Hope we can continue a little while longer.


SOMEDAY SOON (LIVE)

someday soon
someday soon
familiar breeze will
fill your living room
rugs lash out their
lizard tongues

but you're going to die
and you're going to be needing
all of your eyes

you'll be all alone
when the cannibals cry
all by yourself
inside infancy's lie

someday soon
someday soon
television bleeding like a
harvest moon
flush the scissors
down the hole
you're getting old
you're getting old

and i hate to remind you
but you're going to die
and you're going to be needing
all of your lies

you'll be all alone
when cannibals cry
all by yourself
inside infancy's lie

someday soon
someday soon
someday soon
someday soon


HELLO, I LOVE YOU

Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
 
She's walking down the street
Blind to every eye she meets
Do you think you'll be the guy
To make the queen of the angels sigh?
 
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
 
She holds her head so high
Like a statue in the sky
Her arms are wicked, and her legs are long
When she moves my brain screams out this song

Sidewalk crouches at her feet
Like a dog that begs for something sweet
Do you hope to make her see, you fool?
Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel?
 
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello
I want you
Hello
I need my baby
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello


ORANGE COUNTY SUITE

Well I used to know someone fair
She had orange ribbons in her hair
She was such a trip
She was hardly there
But I loved her
Just the same.
 
There was rain in our window,
The FM set was ragged
But she could talk, yeah,
We learned to speak
 
And one year
has gone by
 
Such a long long road to seek it
All we did was break and freak it
We had all
That lovers ever had
We just blew it
And I'm not sad
 
Well I'm mad
 
And I'm bad
 
And two years
have gone by
 
Now her world was bright orange
And the fire glowed
And her friend had a baby
And she lived with us
Yeah, we broke through the window
Yeah, we knocked on the door
Her phone would not answer,
Yeah, but she's still home
 
Now her father has passed over
and her sister is a star
and her mother smokes diamonds
and she sleeps out in the car
 
Yeah, but she remembers Chicago
The musicians & guitars
and grass by the lake
and people who laugh'd
and made her poor heart ache
 
Now we live down in the valley
We work out on the farm
We climb up to the mountains
and everything's fine
 
and I'm still here
and you're still there
and we're still around


THE SOFT PARADE (LIVE)

When I was back there in seminary school
There was a person there who put forth the proposition
That you can petition the lord with prayer
Petition the lord with prayer
Petition the lord with prayer
You can not petition the lord with prayer.

Can you give me sanctuary?
I must find a place to hide
A place for me to hide.
Can you find me soft asylum?
I can't make it anymore
The man is at the door.

Peppermint miniskirt, chocolate candy
Champion sax and a girl named Sandy.
There's only four ways to get unraveled
One is to sleep and the other is travel
One is a bandit up in the hills
One is to love your neighbor till his wife gets home.

Catacombs, nursery bones
Winter women, growing stones
Carrying babies to the river.
Streets and shoes, avenues
Leather riders selling news.
The monk bought lunch.

He bought a little.
This is the best part of the trip,
This is the trip, the best part.

Succesfull hills are here to stay
Everything must be this way.
Gentle street where people play
Welcome to the soft parade.
All our lives we sweat and save   
Building for a shallow grave.
"Must be something else," we say
"Somehow to defend this place."
Everything must be this way
Everything must be this way.

The soft parade has now begun
Listen to the engines hum.
People out there have some fun.
Cobra on my left, leopard on my right.
Deer woman in a silk dress
Girls with beads around their necks.
Kiss the hunter of the green vest
Who has wrestled before
With lions in the night.

Out of sight!
The lights are getting brighter
The radio is moaning
Calling to the dogs.
There are still a few animals
Left out in the yard
But it's getting harder
To describe sailors to the underfed.

Tropic corridor, tropic treasure
What got us this far,
To this mild Equator?
We need someone or something new
Something else to get us through.
   
Calling on the dogs, calling on the dogs
But it's getting harder
Calling on the dogs.

You got to shoot a few animals
Left out in the yard.
You got to meet me
At the crossroad.
Too late, baby, too late.

But it's getting much harder.
Got to meet me at the edge of town.
Tropic corridor.
You'd better come along.
Just you and I.
Outskirts of the city.
We were so alone.
Tropic treasure.

Better bring your gun
You'd better bring your gun
Tropic corridor, tropic treasure.

When all else fails, we can whip
The horse's eyes and make them
Sleep and cry.


THE END (LIVE)

This is the end, beautiful friend.
This is the end, my only friend.  The end
of our elaborate plans.     The end
of everything that stands, the end.
No safety or surprise, the end.
I'll never look into your eyes again.

Can you picture what will be
so limitless and free.
Desperately in need
of some stranger's hand
in a desperate land.

Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain,
and all the children are insane;
all the children are insane
waiting for the summer rain.

There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's highway, baby
Wierd scenes inside the goldmine;
Ride the highway west, baby

Ride the snake.
Ride the snake, to the lake,
The ancient lake, baby
The snake he's long, seven miles
Ride the snake
He's old
And his skin is cold
The west is the best.
The west is the best.
Get here and we'll do the rest
The blue bus is calling us
The blue bus is calling us
Driver, where you takin' us?

The killer awoke before dawn.  He put his boots on.
He took a face from the ancient gallery and he
Walked on down the hall.
He went into the room where his sister lived.  And then he.
Paid a visit to his brother.  And then he, he
Walked on down the hall.
And he came to a door.  And he looked inside.
   
"Father."   "Yes son."   "I want to kill you."
"Mother, I want to..."

Come on baby, take a chance with us,
Come on baby, take a chance with us,
Come on baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus...

This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end
It hurts to set you free, but you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die
This is the end.


WOMAN IS A DEVIL

Me and the devil,
Walking side by side.
Me and the devil,
Going to take you on a long and evil ride.
 
The woman is a devil,
That's what I've been told.
Woman is a devil,
That's what I've been told.
She'll take all your money,
Then she'll spend all your gold.
 
All right.
 
The devil is a woman.
She's a woman.
Well I play my acts, honey
She take the whole damn role.
 
Keep on going, now, come on.
All right play it, yeah.
 
One more time.
 
Well she feel like dying.
Only twenty-one.
Well she feel like dying,
But she's only twenty-one.
She's not the only,
She's not the only one.
 
All right, all right, all right.
All right, all right.
Gonna save the whole world.
All right.
 

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