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Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
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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)
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Review scores
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Allmusic 3/5 stars link
Robert Christgau B−

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 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 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.

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, and as a double CD (for the first time) on 19 May 2014.

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


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