The Doors – Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine
(Elektra Records K62009 Butterfly Elektra Labels)
Matrix No’s: A1/D1/B1/C2 – UK Pressing – US Sleeve
Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges
Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s, mostly because of Morrison’s lyrics and voice along with his erratic stage persona, and the group was widely regarded as an important part of the era’s counterculture.
The band took its name from the title of Aldous Huxley’s book The Doors of Perception, itself a reference to a quote by William Blake. After signing with Elektra Records, the Doors with Morrison released six albums in five years, some of which are considered among the greatest of all time, including The Doors (1967), Strange Days (1967), and L.A. Woman (1971). They were one of the most successful bands during that time and by 1972 the Doors had sold over 4 million albums domestically and nearly 8 million singles.
Morrison died in uncertain circumstances in 1971. The band continued as a trio until disbanding in 1973. They released three more albums in the 1970s, two of which featured earlier recordings by Morrison, and over the decades reunited on stage in various configurations. In 2002, Manzarek, Krieger and Ian Astbury of the Cult on vocals started performing as the Doors of the 21st Century. Densmore and the Morrison estate successfully sued them over the use of the band’s name. After a short time as Riders on the Storm, they settled on the name Manzarek–Krieger and toured until Manzarek’s death in 2013.
The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold LPs. According to the RIAA, they have sold 33 million records in the US and over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. The Doors have been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 41st on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”. In 1993, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine was The Doors’ second compilation album (following 13) and first to be released after the death of Jim Morrison. The album’s title is a lyric from the song “The End”. The album, like 13 and 1973’s The Best of the Doors, has not been released on Compact Disc. All of them were certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA.
Two of the songs on the compilation, “Who Scared You” and “(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further,” were originally released as B-sides to 1969’s “Wishful Sinful” and 1971’s “Love Her Madly,” respectively. They were not included on albums until “Who Scared You” appeared in the The Doors: Box Set in 1997 and “(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further” appeared in the 2006 Perception box set. The only non-album track to remain unreleased on any album is the song “Tree Trunk,” which was released as a B-side to “Get Up and Dance” in 1972.
The version of “Who Scared You” that was released on the The Doors: Box Set is an edited version, as part of the last verse is omitted. The full length song was released in 1999 on Essential Rarities and later on the 2006 remastered release of The Soft Parade as a bonus track.
Track listing
All tracks written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore, except as indicated.
Side one
- “Break on Through” – 2:25
- “Strange Days” – 3:05
- “Shaman’s Blues” (Jim Morrison) – 4:45
- “Love Street” – 3:06
- “Peace Frog/Blue Sunday” (Jim Morrison), (Robby Krieger) – 5:00
- “The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)” – 4:12
- “End of the Night” – 2:49
Side two
- “Love Her Madly” – 3:18
- “Spanish Caravan” – 2:58
- “Ship of Fools” (Jim Morrison), (Robby Krieger) – 3:06
- “The Spy” (Jim Morrison) – 4:15
- “The End” – 11:35
Side three
- “Take It as It Comes” – 2:13
- “Running Blue” (Robby Krieger) – 2:27
- “L.A. Woman” – 7:49
- “Five to One” – 4:22
- “Who Scared You” – 3:51 (previously released as single b-side only and otherwise unavailable on album; added to the 2006 release of The Soft Parade as bonus track)
- “(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further” (Willie Dixon) – 3:37 (previously released as single b-side only and otherwise unavailable on album; added to the 2007 release of L.A. Woman as bonus track, along with “Orange County Suite”)
Side four
- “Riders on the Storm” – 7:14
- “Maggie M’Gill” (Jim Morrison), (The Doors) – 4:25
- “Horse Latitudes” – 1:30
- “When the Music’s Over” – 11:00
Personnel
- Jim Morrison – vocals
- Robby Krieger – guitar
- Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, marimba, bass, vocals on “(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further”
- John Densmore – drums
Additional Personnel
- Doug Lubahn – bass
- Harvey Brooks – bass
- Jerry Scheff – bass
- Ray Neapolitan – bass
- Larry Vinegar – acoustic bass on 9
- Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements
- Curtis Amy – saxophone
- George Bohanon – trombone
- Champ Webb – english horn
- Jesse McReynolds – mandolin
- James Buchanan – fiddle
- Reinol Andindo – conga
- Marc Benno – rhythm guitar on 15
- Lonnie Mack – acoustic bass on 20
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