Despite Fred Ritzel’s review, listening to the audience recording of this show one would tend to think the quite the opposite. The group opened up with "Break On Through" and were well received by their Frankfurt audience. Similarly, "Alabama Song/Back Door Man" with it’s extended musical introduction got a good response from the audience and when "When The Music’s Over" reached it’s climaxing line, "We Want The World and We Want It Now" the audience had erupted and strongly applauded Morrison.

The following song had an interesting mix as the group had combined "Hello I Love You" straight after "The WASP" - in a similar but unique manner as they had once done at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium on July 9, 1968. This particular version of "The WASP" was different to the version that The Doors played on Television- Byen in Gladsaxe (Copenhagen), Denmark on September 18, 1968. Ray’s bass lines were much slower and spaced out with the mood of the song sounding more mellow and relaxed than the version of the same song that the group played on the Danish T.V Special. Despite the criticism that The Doors received when they released "Hello I Love You" as being a "racy jaunty pop song", this song works out to be much better when played live rather than the studio version they recorded. The live version of "Hello I Love You" sounds more raw and urgent than the studio version, particularly Densmore’s drumming and the omission of Morrison’s second vocal over dubs that are found on the studio version.

Following "Hello I Love You", the group paused for a short while and a few members of the audience were yelling out for "Light My Fire". No doubt The Doors didn’t want to disappoint their audience and gave them exactly what they wanted. Robbie’s guitar solo on this version of "Light My Fire" is excellent as he played some great extended guitar riffs. The group’s final song for their first set was "Unknown Soldier" which received a good reaction from the audience. Overall, The Doors played a fairly good set and the music the group played sounds as though it was fairly tight.

The only real criticism would be with the recording of this show and not the group’s performance. The recording of this concert sounds as though it was either recorded from a long distance within the concert hall or the recording levels were set too low. There is also an obvious presence of reverberation particularly heard with Morrison’s vocals. However bearing in mind that the recording of this show was done by an audience member, then not too much should really be expected.

The Doors played two sets on the same night at the Kongreshalle, but only the first set of this recording has been available amongst tape traders. The recording of the second set has not surfaced anywhere. There are some excerpts of the Kongreshalle concert that were filmed and can be seen on the video, "The Doors In Europe" which includes "Light My Fire" and "Five To One". Apparently, both sets were filmed by a T.V. camera man in Germany but are still under wraps - we can only hope that this footage is released at some point in time!