The Bright Midnight Sampler (in Europe entitled Bright Midnight: Live in America), is a compilation CD of live performances by American
rock bandthe Doors, released September 25, 2000.[1][2]
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.[3]
Bright Midnight: Live in America is the British version of the album which was released by
Elektra on
CD as a
limited edition. 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.[2]