Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
Compilation album by The Doors
Released	January 1972
Recorded	1966–1971
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock, hard rock
Length	99:02
Label	Elektra
Producer	Paul A. Rothchild (tracks 1–5, 7–14, 16–17, 20–22) and Bruce Botnick & The Doors (tracks 6, 8, 15, 18, 19)
The Doors chronology
Other Voices (1971) Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine (1972) Full Circle (1972)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	B−[1]

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, in January of 1972. The album's title is a lyric from the song "The End". The album was released on compact disc for the first time on 19 May 2014 (almost exactly a year after keyboardist Ray Manzarek died). The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. The album cover was designed by Bill Hoffman, with inside band shots by Joel Brodsky.

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 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.

Record Store Day reissue

The album was reissued for the first time in over 40 years by Rhino Records, on special amber colored vinyl as part of Record Store Day on 19 April 2014,^[2] and as a double CD (for the first time) on 19 May 2014.

Track listing

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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"	Jim Morrison	The Doors, 1967	2:25
2.	"Strange Days"	Morrison	Strange Days, 1967	3:05
3.	"Shaman's Blues"	Morrison	The Soft Parade, 1969	4:45
4.	"Love Street"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun, 1968	3:06
5.	"Peace Frog/Blue Sunday"	Morrison, Robby Krieger/Morrison	Morrison Hotel, 1970	5:00
6.	"The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)"	Morrison	L.A. Woman, 1971	4:12
7.	"End of the Night"		The Doors	2:49

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Love Her Madly"	Krieger	L.A. Woman	3:18
2.	"Spanish Caravan"		Waiting for the Sun, 1968	2:58
3.	"Ship of Fools"	Morrison, Krieger	Morrison Hotel	3:06
4.	"The Spy"	Morrison	Morrison Hotel	4:15
5.	"The End"		The Doors	11:35

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Take It as It Comes"		The Doors	2:13
2.	"Runnin' Blue"	Krieger	The Soft Parade	2:27
3.	"L.A. Woman"	Morrison	L.A. Woman	7:49
4.	"Five to One"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun	4:22
5.	"Who Scared You"		"Wishful Sinful" single B-side, 1969	3:51
6.	"(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further"	Willie Dixon	"Love Her Madly" single B-side, 1971	3:37

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Riders on the Storm"		L.A. Woman	7:14
2.	"Maggie M'Gill"	Morrison	Morrison Hotel	4:25
3.	"Horse Latitudes"	Morrison	Strange Days	1:30
4.	"When the Music's Over"		Strange Days	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

• Paul A. Rothchild – producer of all the tracks except the ones from L.A. Woman
• Bruce Botnick – co-producer of the L.A. Woman tracks and engineer of all the tracks including the former mentioned
• Douglass Lubahn – bass on tracks 2, 4, 9, 16, & 21
• Harvey Brooks – bass on tracks 3 & 14
• Jerry Scheff – bass on all the L.A. Woman tracks
• Ray Neapolitan – bass on tracks 4 & 10-11
• Leroy Vinnegar – acoustic bass on track 9
• Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements on track 17
• George Bohanon – trombone on tracks 14 & 17
• Champ Webb – English horn on tracks 14 & 17
• Jesse McReynolds – mandolin on tracks 14 & 17
• James Buchanan – fiddle on track 14
• Marc Benno – rhythm guitar on track 15
• Lonnie Mack – acoustic bass on track 20

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard Pop Albums	55

Certifications

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

See also

13 - The Doors' first compilation released in 1970.

References

1. Christgau, Robert. "Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine". Robert Christgau.
2. "Record Store Day 2014". Record Store Day 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.