The Golden Scarab
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The Golden Scarab is the debut studio album by former Doors member Ray Manzarek as a solo artist. It was recorded in 1973 and released in 1974 on the Mercury label, one year after the Doors breakup (at that time a trio formed of the surviving members of the band: Manzarek himself, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore).
Reception
Template:Music ratings Joe Viglione of AllMusic gave The Golden Scarab a rating of three out of five stars.[1] He considered it to be the "best embodiment of the Doors by one of the three surviving members", concluding:
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It is amazing that such a fine work as The Golden Scarab escaped the masses, and shameful that classic hits stations don't add this to their incessant repertoire. Had Jim Morrison lived, this is the path the music of the Doors should have taken. Smooth and demanding of repeated spins.[1]
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Ray Manzarek except where indicated:[3]
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CD bonus tracks
- "Whirling Dervish" (Manzarek, Paul Davis) *
- "I Wake Up Screaming" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman) *
- "Bicentennial Blues (Love It or Leave It)" *
- Bonus tracks taken from Manzarek's 1974 LP The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control.[4]
Personnel
- Ray Manzarek – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, organ, synthesizer, kalimba
- Larry Carlton – guitar
- Tony Williams – drums
- Oscar Brashear – trumpet
- Mayuto Correa – wood block, bongos, congas
- Milt Holland – pandeiro, cabasa, quica, African cowbell
- Jerry Scheff – bass
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
- George Bohanon – trombone
- Steve Forman – tuned cowbells, whistles, guiro, tuned wood blocks
- Patti Smith – vocals on "I Wake Up Screaming"
References
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