Essential Rarities

Infobox Album
Name = Essential Rarities
Type = compilation
Artist = The Doors


Released = June 20 1999
Recorded = 1965–1970
Genre = Rock
Length = 71:01
Label = Elektra
Producer = Bruce Botnick, The Doors, Originally produced by Paul A. Rothchild
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3nftxqtkldke link]
Last album = "The Best of The Doors" (1985)
This album = "Essential Rarities" (2000)
Next album = "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.

Most of the tracks on this album have been officially released, or circulated as bootlegs prior to its release. The single CD release of the album includes "Woman Is a Devil" as a bonus track. The song is edited from the 1969 Elektra Studios "Rock Is Dead" sessions, and was not included in the box set version of the album.

Track listing

(All songs written by The Doors)
#"Hello To The Cities" (Live on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1967 and at Cobo Hall, Detroit, 1970) 0:57
#"Break on Through" (recorded live at the Isle of Wight Festival, England 1970) – 4:32
#"Roadhouse Blues" (recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York 1970) – 4:19
#"Hyacinth House" (demo recorded at Robby Krieger's home studio 1969) – 2:40
#"Who Scared You" (recorded at Elektra Studios 1969) – 3:16
#"Whiskey, Mystics & Men" (recorded at Elektra Studios 1970) – 2:19
#"I Will Never Be Untrue" (recorded live at the Aquarius Theater, Hollywood 1969) – 3:56
#"Moonlight Drive" (demo recorded at World Pacific Studios 1965) – 2:31
#"Queen of the Highway" (alternative version recorded at Elektra Studios 1969) – 3:32
#"Someday Soon" (recorded live at the Seattle Center 1970) – 3:41
#"Hello, I Love You" (demo recorded at World Pacific Studios 1965) – 2:28
#"Orange County Suite" (recorded at Elektra Studios 1970) – 5:27
#"The Soft Parade" (recorded live on PBS Television, New York 1969) – 10:03
#"The End" (recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York 1970) – 18:01
#"Woman Is a Devil" (recorded at Elektra Studios 1969) – 4:08

Personnel

*Robby Krieger – guitar
*Jim Morrison – vocals
*Ray Manzarek – organ, piano, keyboards & bass
*John Densmore – drums
*Paul A. Rothchild – original producer
*Bruce Botnick – producer
*Danny Sugerman - Management
*Richard Evans - Art Direction and Design
*Todd Gray - Photo Archivist