Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine



Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine is the second compilation album by American rock band The Doors (following 13) and the first following the death of singer Jim Morrison, released in January 1972.

The album's title is a lyric from the song "The End." The cover was designed by Bill Hoffman, with a gatefold jacket containing band shots by Joel Brodsky and liner notes by Bruce Harris, national publicist for Elektra Records.

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" singles, respectively. They were not available again until an edited version of "Who Scared You" appeared in The Doors: Box Set in 1997 (missing part of the last verse) and "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" appeared in the 2006 Perception box set. The full length version of "Who Scared You" was also reissued on the Essential Rarities compilation in 1999 and was later included as a bonus track on the remastered release of The Soft Parade in 2006.

Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine was certified Gold by the RIAA on September 15, 1980.

Record Store Day reissue
The album was reissued for the first time in over 40 years by Rhino Records as part of Record Store Day 2014. It was issued on April 19, 2014, on special amber colored vinyl, and was subsequently issued on CD for the first time on May 19, 2014.

Personnel

 * Jim Morrison – vocals
 * Robby Krieger – guitar, lead vocal on chorus of "Runnin' Blue"
 * Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, marimba, bass, lead vocals on "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further," backing vocal on "Five To One"
 * 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

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