Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal

Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal
Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal
Live album by The Doors
Released	January 23, 2002
Recorded	July 22, 1969
Venue	Aquarius Theatre, Los Angeles Hollywood
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues-rock
Length	89:10
Label	Rhino - Bright Midnight Archives
Producer	Bruce Botnick
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Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal is a live album by the American rock band the Doors. It was recorded during a private rehearsal at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood on July 22, 1969, except "Jazzy Maggie M'Gill" (Disc 2 tracks 10 & 11) that was recorded during the concert soundcheck on July 21, 1969. Indeed, the band had played two concerts at the venue the previous day.

The album was released from the Bright Midnight Archives collection which contains a number of previously unreleased live concerts by the Doors.

Additional performance recordings made by the Doors at the Aquarius Theater appear on Live in Hollywood: Highlights from the Aquarius Theater Performances, Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance and Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The Second Performance.

Track listings[]

All songs written by the Doors except where noted.

Disc one[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We're Rolling"		0:08
2.	"I Will Never Be Untrue"	Jim Morrison	5:56
3.	"Peace Frog (instrumental)"	Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger	2:50
4.	"Blue Sunday"	Morrison	4:08
5.	"Maggie M'Gill"	Morrison	4:48
6.	"Arranging (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further"	Willie Dixon	1:16
7.	"(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further*"	Dixon	3:52
8.	"Arranging Close to You"	Dixon	0:21
9.	"Close to You*"	Dixon	3:46
10.	"Arranging Gloria"	Van Morrison	0:56
11.	"Gloria"	Van Morrison	8:58
12.	"Mystery Train Rehearsal"	Junior Parker	4:42
13.	"Mystery Train/Crossroads"	Parker, Robert Johnson	9:47

Disc two[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Continued"		0:15
2.	"Thousands of Dollars Rest Upon This Day"		0:21
3.	"I'm Your Doctor*"	St. Louis Jimmy Oden	2:37
4.	"Hyper Yachting"		0:30
5.	"Build Me a Woman"	Morrison	6:55
6.	"Yachting"		3:58
7.	"Cars Hiss by My Window"	Morrison	10:07
8.	"Money Beats Soul"	Morrison	0:47
9.	"Mental Floss"	Morrison	5:19
10.	"Jazzy Maggie M'Gill Rehearsal"	Morrison	2:04
11.	"Jazzy Maggie M'Gill"	Morrison	4:49

Vocals by Ray Manzarek

Personnel[]

External links[]

The album in Allmusic.

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Studio albums	The Doors (1967) Strange Days (1967) Waiting for the Sun (1968) The Soft Parade (1969) Morrison Hotel (1970) L.A. Woman (1971) Other Voices (1971) Full Circle (1972) An American Prayer (1978)
Live albums	Absolutely Live (1970) Alive, She Cried (1983) Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987) In Concert (1991) Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (1996)
Compilations and soundtracks	13 (1970) Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine (1972) The Best of The Doors (1973) Greatest Hits (1980) The Doors Classics (1985) The Best of The Doors (1985) The Doors (1991 film soundtrack) (1991) Greatest Hits (1996) Essential Rarities (1999) The Best of The Doors (2000) The Very Best of The Doors (2001) Legacy: The Absolute Best (2003) The Very Best of The Doors (2007) The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits (2008) The Platinum Collection (2008) When You're Strange: Music from the Motion Picture (2010) The Singles (2017)
Bright Midnight Archives	The Bright Midnight Sampler (2000) Live in Detroit (2000) Bright Midnight: Live in America (2001) Live in Hollywood: Highlights from the Aquarius Theater Performances (2001) Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance (2001) Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The Second Performance (2001) Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal (2002) Live in Hollywood (2002) Boot Yer Butt: The Doors Bootlegs (2003) Live in Philadelphia '70 (2005) Live in Boston (2007) Live in Pittsburgh 1970 (2008) Live at the Matrix 1967 (2008) Live in New York (2009) Live in Vancouver 1970 (2010) London Fog 1966 (2016) Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (2018)
Box sets	The Doors: Box Set (1997) The Complete Studio Recordings (1999) No One Here Gets Out Alive (2002) Boot Yer Butt: The Doors Bootlegs (2003) Love/Death/Travel Box Set (2005) Perception (2006) The Doors: Vinyl Box Set (2008) A Collection (2011)
Singles	"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" / "End of the Night" (1967) "Light My Fire" / "The Crystal Ship" (1967) "People Are Strange" (1967) "Love Me Two Times" / "Moonlight Drive" (1967) "The Unknown Soldier" / "We Could Be So Good Together" (1968) "Hello, I Love You" / "Love Street" (1968) "Touch Me" (1968) "Wishful Sinful" (1969) "Tell All the People" (1969) "Runnin' Blue" (1969) "Roadhouse Blues"(1970) "Love Her Madly" (1971) "Riders on the Storm" (1971) "The Mosquito" (1972) "Treetrunk" (1972) "Gloria" / "Moonlight Drive" (1983)
Featured singles	"Breakn' a Sweat" (2012)
Other songs	"Soul Kitchen" "Alabama Song" "Back Door Man" "The End" "Strange Days" "When the Music's Over" "Five to One" "Rock Is Dead" "Peace Frog" "L.A. Woman" "Hyacinth House" "Crawling King Snake"
Books	Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison The American Night No One Here Gets Out Alive
Video and film	The Doors Are Open (1968) A Tribute to Jim Morrison (1981) The Doors (1991) The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition (1999) Soundstage Performances (2002) When You're Strange (2009) R-Evolution (2013) Feast of Friends (2014)
Tours	Roadhouse Blues Tour
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