Venue Address: 305 Harrison St. - Seattle, WA 
Promotion: West Coast Promotions
Event: In Concert

Also Performing:
Albert King

Setlist:
Back Door Man
      -Love Hides
Adolf Hitler (Poem)
Roadhouse Blues
When The Music's Over
Trains / Tempus Fugit (Dialogue)
Mystery Train (Instrumental)
      -People Get Ready
      -Baby Please Don't Go
Mystery Train
      -Away In India (Instrumental)
      -Crossroads
Break On Through
Someday Soon
Five To One
Petition The Lord With Prayer
Light My Fire
The End (Power Cut)

Recordings / Film:
Stage Recording

Photographers:
Frank Lisciandro

Reviews / Info:
-The Doors stay at The Edgewater Hotel.
-Promotional artwork by John Van Hamersveld (Poster;Handbill;).
-8:00pm scheduled start time.
-Approx. 4,000 in attendance.
-Setlist includes a rare performance of Someday Soon.
-Ray Manzarek's organ has technical problems and disrupts the show.
-Jim Morrison shakes maracas and makes obnoxious vocal and feedback noises during When The Music's Over.
-Jim Morrison interacts heavily with the audience at the beginning of Mystery Train.
-Halfway through The Doors performance of The End, the power is cut and the house lights are turned on.
-This performance is recorded by The Doors road manager Vince Treanor through stage microphones. (See Below)
-The Doors are photographed at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport by Frank Lisciandro.
-This is The Doors 5th and final appearance in Seattle.

VINCE TREANOR III - STAGE RECORDINGS

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In the first half of 1970, The Doors road manager Vince Treanor III is gifted a consumer grade 4-track Sony TC-630 Reel-To-Reel tape recorder by The Doors themselves, and the deck is put to use capturing three of The Doors 1970 concerts on tape. Two-track 1/4" stereo tape and two AKG Acoustic D 1000E cardioid microphones are selected for the recording of these performances, and the microphones are placed selectively around the stage for optimal recording quality. Various tape speeds are used throughout the shows, and although the intention is to capture these shows in their entirety, two of the performances run on for a short while after the night's tape has run out. Concerts recorded by Vince Treanor include Seattle (Unknown Speed), Vancouver at 1 7/8 ips, and Bakersfield at 3 3/4 ips.

Hidden away as personal possessions for almost three decades, the Vince Treanor tapes are offered up for sale in late 1997 to the general public, along with a roll of 16mm film shot in 1969. The Doors Music Co. quickly seizes the opportunity to acquire the tapes for future release, and a deal is struck for all three shows. Although many bootlegs go into circulation since the deal is made, 2010 sees the first complete and official issue of the tapes with The Doors Live In Vancouver on a two-disc set. On November 24th, 2023 The Doors release Live In Bakersfield on Vinyl and CD.

ARCHIVE/MEMORABILIA:

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REVIEW:

Newspaper: Seattle Times
Author: Victor Stredicke
Publish Date: June 8th - 1970
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Newspaper: Seattle Times
Author: Unknown
Publish Date: June 4th - 1970
Copyright © Seattle Times

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