Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine

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Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
Compilation album by The Doors
Released	January 1972
Recorded	1966–1971
Genre	Rock
Length	99:11
Label	Elektra
Producer	Paul A. Rothchild (tracks 1-5, 7-14, 16-17, 20-22) and Bruce Botnick & The Doors (tracks 6, 15, 18, 19)
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The Doors chronology
13 (1970) Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine (1972) The Best of The Doors (1973)

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine was The Doors' second compilation album (following 13), released in 1972. The album's title is a lyric from the song "The End." The album, like 13 and the 1973 The Best of the Doors, all of which were certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA has not been released on compact disc.

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. "Who Scared You" was later released on the Doors' Box Set in shorter, edited form; the last verse is omitted. The 2006 remastered release of The Soft Parade has the full length song as a bonus track.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 1.3 Side three 1.4 Side four 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional Personnel 3 Charts 4 Certifications

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore except as indicated.

[edit] Side one

1. "Break on Through" – 2:29
2. "Strange Days" – 3:09
3. "Shaman's Blues" (Jim Morrison) – 4:48
4. "Love Street" – 2:52
5. "Peace Frog/Blue Sunday" – 5:02
6. "The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" – 3:04
7. "End of the Night" – 2:52

[edit] Side two

8. "Love Her Madly" – 3:18
9. "Spanish Caravan" – 3:01
10. "Ship of Fools" – 3:08
11. "The Spy" – 4:17
12. "The End" – 11:48

[edit] Side three

13. "Take It As It Comes" – 2:17
14. "Runnin' Blue" (Robby Krieger) – 2:27
15. "L.A. Woman" – 7:51
16. "Five to One" – 4:27
17. "Who Scared You" – 3:58
18. "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" (Willie Dixon) – 3:41

[edit] Side four

19. "Riders on the Storm" – 7:11
20. "Maggie M'Gill" – 4:11
21. "Horse Latitudes" – 1:35
22. "When the Music's Over" – 11:01

[edit] Personnel

• Jim Morrison – vocals
• Robby Krieger – guitar
• Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, marimba, bass
• John Densmore – drums

[edit] Additional Personnel

• Doug Lubhan – bass
• Harvey Brooks – bass
• Jerry Scheff – bass
• Roy 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
• Jimmy Buchanan – fiddle
• Reinol Andindo – conga
• Marc Benno – rhythm guitar on 15
• Lonnie Mack – acoustic bass on 20

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard Pop Albums	55

[edit] Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	September 15, 1980

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