''The Bright Midnight Sampler'' (in Europe entitled Bright Midnight: Live in America), is a compilation CD of live performances by American rock band

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, released September 25, 2000.

Background

Recorded between July 1969 and August 1970, the collection contains 14 songs from 8 concerts performed in the United States. The CD, remastered by long-time Doors sound engineer and producer Bruce Botnick, was the first official publication released from the Bright Midnight Archives collection containing previously unreleased live concerts by the Doors.

Bright Midnight: Live in America

''Bright Midnight: Live in America'' is the British version of the album which was released by Elektra on CD as a

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. The CD is the first American production by Bright Midnight Archives, and features an extract from the extensive archival material recorded live, which the band released in the following years with the label Bright Midnight Archives.

Track listings

Personnel

Jim Morrison James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, poet and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his wild personality, poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, unpredictable and err ...

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" * Ray Manzarek –

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Robby Krieger Robert Alan Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is an American guitarist and founding member of the rock band the Doors. Krieger wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors' songs, including the hits " Light My Fire", " Love Me Two Times", " Touch Me", and ...

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John Densmore John Paul Densmore (born December 1, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band the Doors, and as such is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He appeared on every recordi ...

– drums * Bruce Botnick – production and mastering *

Danny Sugerman Daniel Stephen Sugerman (October 11, 1954 – January 5, 2005) was the second manager of the Los Angeles-based rock band the Doors. He wrote several books about Jim Morrison and the Doors, including ''No One Here Gets Out Alive'' (co-authored with ...

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References

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