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Live At The Matrix 1967: The Original Masters

    Very early on in their career, The Doors played at a small, hole-in-the-wall club called The Matrix, which was co-owned by Jefferson Airplane’s Marty Balin. The rule at the time was that bands from LA had to play The Matrix when they came to San Francisco as “tax” and homage to the bands that built the local scene. The Doors happily obliged, and co-owner Peter Abram recorded the band’s two shows – March 7 and March 10, 1967.

    The set features soon-to-be beloved covers by The Doors such as “Gloria” and blues favorites like “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) ” that would define their influence and sound as they worked out originals like “Break on Through (To the Other Side).” The complete set from both shows was released once before, but it was discovered after release that they were taken from third-generation tapes of the recordings. In the ensuing years, The Doors have located the first-generation recordings, and this is the first time the sets from those nights will be released in full.

    TRACK LISTING

    VINYL TRACKLISTING:
    Side 1- March 7, 1967 First Set
    1.) Back Door Man
    2.) My Eyes Have Seen You
    3.) Soul Kitchen
    4) All Blues (Instrumental)
    Side 2:
    1) Get Out Of My Life Woman
    2) When The Music’s Over
    Side 3: March 7, 1967 Second Set
    1) Close To You
    2) Crawling King Snake
    3) I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind
    4) People Are Strange
    5) Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
    Side 4:
    1) Crystal Ship
    2) Twentieth Century Fox
    March 7, 1967 – Third Set
    3) Moonlight Drive
    4) Summer’s Almost Gone
    5) Unhappy Girl
    Side 5:
    1) Woman Is A Devil / Rock Me Baby
    2) Break On Through (To The Other Side)
    3) Light My Fire
    Side 6:
    1) The End
    March 8 Or 9, 1967
    2) The End (Partial) / Let’s Feed Ice Cream To The Rats
    Side 7: March 10, 1967 – First Set
    1) My Eyes Have Seen You
    2) Soul Kitchen
    3) I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind
    4) People Are Strange
    Side 8:
    1) When The Music’s Over
    March 10, 1967 – Second Set
    2) Money
    3) Who Do You Love
    Side 9:
    1) Moonlight Drive
    2) Summer’s Almost Gone
    3) I’m A King Bee
    4) Gloria
    Side 10:
    1) Break On Through (To The Other Side)
    March 10, 1967 – Third Set
    2) Summertime
    3) Back Door Man
    4) Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
    7”:
    March 7, 1967 – First Set
    1) Bag’s Groove (Instrumental)

    CD TRACKLISTING:
    March 7, 1967 First Set
    Back Door Man
    My Eyes Have Seen You
    Soul Kitchen
    All Blues (Instrumental)
    Get Out Of My Life Woman
    When The Music’s Over

    March 7, 1967 Second Set
    Close To You
    Crawling King Snake
    I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind
    People Are Strange
    Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
    Crystal Ship
    Twentieth Century Fox

    March 7, 1967 – Third Set
    Moonlight Drive
    Summer’s Almost Gone
    Unhappy Girl
    Woman Is A Devil / Rock Me Baby
    Break On Through (To The Other Side)
    Light My Fire
    The End

    March 8 Or 9, 1967
    The End (Partial) / Let’s Feed Ice Cream To The Rats

    March 10, 1967 – First Set
    My Eyes Have Seen You
    Soul Kitchen
    I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind
    People Are Strange
    When The Music’s Over

    March 10, 1967 – Second Set
    Money
    Who Do You Love
    Moonlight Drive
    Summer’s Almost Gone
    I’m A King Bee
    Gloria
    Break On Through (To The Other Side)

    March 10, 1967 – Third Set
    Summertime
    Back Door Man
    Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

    Robby Krieger

    Set The Night On Fire : Living, Dying And Playing Guitar With The Doors

      'An attempt to retell an oft-told tale, this time informed by a desire to suck the hot air out of the more inflated earlier versions . . .

      this late-arriving history is perhaps the most reliable, and certainly the most entertaining, of all' GuardianFew bands are as shrouded in the murky haze of rock mythology as The Doors, and parsing fact from fiction has been a virtually impossible task. But now, after fifty years, The Doors' notoriously quiet guitarist is finally breaking his silence to set the record straight. Through a series of vignettes, Robby takes readers back to where it all happened: the pawn shop where he bought his first guitar; the jail cell he was tossed into after a teenage drug bust; his parents' living room where his first songwriting sessions with Jim Morrison took place; and the many concert venues that erupted into historic riots.

      Both a time capsule of the 1960s counterculture and a moving reflection on what it means to find oneself as a musician, Set the Night on Fire is a must-read for Doors fans and an essential volume of American pop. 'The very best . .

      . A well-told classic tale' Mojo'Eschewing mythologising for unvarnished, often amusing memories, this is a book that Doors fans will love madly' Classic Rock Magazine

      The Doors

      L.A. Woman - 2022 Reissue

        L.A. Woman is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on April 19, 1971, on Elektra Records. L.A. Woman was recorded in November 1970 over six days at the Workshop, the band’s rehearsal space on Santa Monica Boulevard. A success both critically and commercially, the album contains some of the band’s most enduring music, including hits “Riders On The Storm,” “Love Her Madly,” and the title track.

        December 2021 saw the release of L.A. Woman (50th Anniversary Deluxe), a new 3-CD/1-LP set to commemorate the album's 50-year anniversary. Featured on the album anniversary set, this 1LP, 180g black vinyl release is the newly remastered breakout of the original studio album.


        The Doors

        L.A. Woman - 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

          The Doors found their mojo (and Mr. Mojo Risin’) in November 1970 as they recorded L.A. Woman over six days at the Workshop, the band’s rehearsal space on Santa Monica Boulevard. A success both critically and commercially, the album was certified double-platinum and contains some of the band’s most enduring music, including the Top 20 hit “Love Her Madly,” “Riders On The Storm,” and the title track.

          To commemorate the album’s 50-year anniversary, Rhino keeps on risin’ with a 3-CD/1-LP set that will be available on December 3rd. L.A. WOMAN: 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION includes the original album newly remastered by The Doors’ longtime engineer and mixer Bruce Botnick, two bonus discs of unreleased studio outtakes, and the stereo mix of the original album on 180-gram virgin vinyl.

          For this new collection, the original album has been expanded with more than two hours of unreleased recordings taken from the sessions for L.A. Woman, allowing the listener to experience the progression of each song as it developed in the studio. An early demo for “Hyacinth House” recorded at Robby Krieger’s home studio in 1969 is also included.

          The outtakes feature Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, and Ray Manzarek working in the studio with two additional musicians. The first was rhythm guitarist Marc Benno, who worked with Leon Russell in The Asylum Choir. The other was bassist Jerry Scheff, who was a member of Elvis Presley’s TCB band. 


          TRACK LISTING

          CD Track Listing
          Disc One: Original Stereo Mix Remastered
          1. “The Changeling”
          2. “Love Her Madly”
          3. “Been Down So Long”
          4. “Cars Hiss By My Window”
          5. “L.A. Woman”
          6. “L’America”
          7. “Hyacinth House”
          8. “Crawling King Snake”
          9. “The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)”
          10. “Riders On The Storm”
          Bonus Tracks
          11. “Hyacinth House” – Demo
          12. “Riders On The Storm” – Sunset Sound Version - Original Demo*

          Disc Two: L.A. Woman Sessions, Part 1
          1. “The Changeling” *
          2. “Love Her Madly” *
          3. “Riders On The Storm” *
          4. “L.A. Woman” (Part 1) *

          Disc Three: L.A. Woman Sessions, Part 2
          1. “L.A. Woman” (Part 2) *
          2. “She Smells So Nice” *
          3. “Rock Me Baby” *
          4. “Mr. Mojo Risin’” *
          5. “Baby Please Don’t Go” *
          6. “L.A. Woman” (Part 3) *
          7. “Been Down So Long” *
          8. “Get Out Of My Life Woman” *
          9. “Crawling King Snake” *
          10. “The Bastard Son Of Jimmy & Mama Reed (Cars Hiss By My Window)” *
          11. “Been Down So Long” *
          12. “Mystery Train” *
          13. “The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)” *
          L.A. WOMAN (ORIGINAL STEREO MIX REMASTERED)

          LP Track Listing
          Side One
          1. “The Changeling”
          2. “Love Her Madly”
          3. “Been Down So Long”
          4. “Cars Hiss By My Window”
          5. “L.A. Woman”
          Side Two
          1. “L’America”
          2. “Hyacinth House”
          3. “Crawling King Snake”
          4. “The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)”
          5. “Riders On The Storm”

          The Doors

          13 - Vinyl Reissue

            13 was The Doors’ first compilation album, featuring tracks from the psychedelic rock legends’ first five albums.

            The compilation starts with the epic Light My Fire, written by Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, and features other classics such as People Are Strange from Strange Days, Touch Me from The Soft Parade. It also contains the blues rock classic Roadhouse Blues from Morrison Hotel; which last year celebrated its 50th anniversary.

            13 is now on vinyl for the first time in 37 years and includes newly remastered audio on 180gram black vinyl. 


            TRACK LISTING

            Side One
            1. "Light My Fire" 
            2. "People Are Strange" 
            3. "Back Door Man" 
            4. "Moonlight Drive" 
            5. "The Crystal Ship" 
            6. "Roadhouse Blues" 

            Side Two
            1. "Touch Me" 
            2. "Love Me Two Times" 
            3. "You're Lost Little Girl" 
            4. "Hello, I Love You" 
            5. "Land Ho" 
            6. "Wild Child" 
            7. "The Unknown Soldier" 

            The Doors

            The Soft Parade (50th Anniversary)

              The Doors’ fourth studio album, The Soft Parade was released 50 years ago today on July 18, 1969. Despite featuring one of the group’s biggest hits – “Touch Me” – it remains the most-polarizing record of The Doors’ career thanks to the brass and string arrangements that embellish several tracks. The album features newly remastered by Bruce Botnick, The Doors’ longtime engineer and mixer

              Jim Morrison & The Doors

              An American Prayer

                An American Prayer was The Doors’ 9th and final studio album and posthumously features Jim Morrison. The band reunited 7 years after Morrison’s death and 5 years after the remaining members broke up. They recorded backing tracks over Morrison’s poetry, originally recorded between 1969-1970. Other pieces of music and audio include dialogue from Morrison’s film HWY: An American Pastoral and snippets from jam sessions

                The Doors

                Strange Days (50th Anniversary Edition)

                  "Strange Days" (50th Anniversary Edition) was produced by the album’s original engineer Bruce Botnick. Accompanying the set are liner notes by music journalist David Fricke, as well as a selection of rare and previously unseen photographs.

                  Having a larger budget for Strange Days allowed the band to spend more time experimenting in the studio. They used an eight-track recorder for the first time, which resulted in some memorable overdubs like Krieger’s double-tracked guitar on “When The Music’s Over.” Surprisingly, the trippy keyboard sound heard on the album’s title track is actually one of the earliest appearances of a Moog synthesizer in a rock song.

                  Strange Days mixed new songs written on the road with some written before the band’s 1967 debut. In fact, the band performed “Strange Days” during its 1966 residency at the London Fog in L.A., while “My Eyes Have Seen You” dates back to 1965. Another early track is “Moonlight Drive,” which was one of the very first songs that the band practiced together, and where the band heard Krieger’s haunting bottleneck guitar playing for the first time. It’s also the song Morrison sang to Manzarek at Venice Beach in 1965 when the two former UCLA film students reconnected and decided to start the Doors.


                  TRACK LISTING

                  A1 Strange Days 3:05
                  A2 You're Lost Little Girl 3:01
                  A3 Love Me Two Times 3:23
                  A4 Unhappy Girl 2:00
                  A5 Horse Latitudes 1:30
                  A6 Moonlight Drive 3:00
                  B1 People Are Strange 2:10
                  B2 My Eyes Have Seen You 2:22
                  B3 I Can't See Your Face In My Mind 3:18
                  B4 When The Music's Over 11:00

                  The Doors

                  The Doors - 180 Gram Stereo Version

                    Originally released in January 1967, and one of the most impressive debuts in rock history. 

                    "A tremendous debut album, and indeed one of the best first-time outings in rock history, introducing the band's fusion of rock, blues, classical, jazz, and poetry with a knockout punch. The lean, spidery guitar and organ riffs interweave with a hypnotic menace, providing a seductive backdrop for Jim Morrison's captivating vocals and probing prose. "Light My Fire" was the cut that topped the charts and established the group as stars, but most of the rest of the album is just as impressive, including some of their best songs: the propulsive "Break on Through" (their first single), the beguiling mystery of "The Crystal Ship," the mysterious "End of the Night," "Take It as It Comes" (one of several tunes besides "Light My Fire" that also had hit potential), and the stomping rock of "Soul Kitchen" and "Twentieth Century Fox." The 11-minute Oedipal drama "The End" was the group at its most daring and, some would contend, overambitious. It was nonetheless a haunting cap to an album whose nonstop melodicism and dynamic tension would never be equaled by the group again, let alone bettered." - AllMusic.

                    The Doors

                    The Singles

                      The Doors’ 50th anniversary celebration continues this summer with a new Singles collections that spotlight every single and B-side the band released in the U.S., all gathered together for the first time.

                      THE SINGLES shows the creative chemistry shared by drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and vocalist Jim Morrison; four brilliant artists who made The Doors one of America’s most iconic and influential rock bands.

                      The collection includes the single versions from all six of the landmark studio albums the quartet released between 1967 and 1971, including classics like “People Are Strange,” “Love Her Madly” and “Riders On The Storm.” Also included on the CD versions are four mono radio versions of some of the band’s biggest hits, such as “Hello, I Love You” and “Touch Me,” which have never been made available anywhere after being sent to radio around their original release. The B-sides – many of which are making their CD debut – add another dimension to the band’s legacy with such stellar tracks as “Who Scared You,” which appeared in March 1969 as the flipside to “Wishful Sinful,” and a cover of Willie Dixon’s “(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further,” which was paired with the 1971 smash “Love Her Madly.”

                      THE SINGLES also features several songs released after Morrison’s passing in 1971. Among those recordings are tracks the surviving trio recorded together (“Tightrope Ride” and “The Mosquito”), as well as live selections from posthumous releases (“Roadhouse Blues” and “Gloria.”)

                      The Blu-ray disc that accompanies the expanded version of THE SINGLES features a high-resolution Quadraphonic mix of The Best Of The Doors. This 11-song compilation, available on Blu-ray for the first time, was remixed specifically for Quad in 1973 and offers a unique sonic experience on songs like “Soul Kitchen,” “Moonlight Drive” and “Love Me Two Times.”

                      The Doors

                      Morrison Hotel

                        Released in 1970 in the wake of Morrison's infamous indecency bust, Morrison Hotel introduced "Waiting For The Sun," "Roadhouse Blues," and "Ship Of Fools."

                        This vinyl reissue on 180-gram HQ virgin vinyl presents the original stereo mixes, artwork and inner sleeves.

                        The laquers were cut at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, CA under the direct supervision of original Doors producer/engineer Bruce Botnick and Electra Records founder Jac Holzman.


                        TRACK LISTING


                        Side A
                        1 Roadhouse Blues
                        2 Waiting For The Sun
                        3 You Make Me Real
                        4 Peace Frog
                        5 Blue Sunday
                        6 Ship Of Fools
                        Side B
                        1 Land Ho!
                        2 The Spy
                        3 Queen Of The Highway
                        4 Indian Summer
                        5 Maggie M’Gill

                        The Doors

                        LA Woman

                          1971's L.A. Woman, released shortly before Morrison's death in Paris, delivered the signature songs "Love Her Madly," "Riders On The Storm," and the title track.

                          This superb vinyl reissue on 180-gram HQ virgin vinyl presents the original stereo mixes, artwork and inner sleeves (including die-cut and embossed outer sleeve).

                          The laquers were cut at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, CA under the direct supervision of original Doors producer/engineer Bruce Botnick and Electra Records founder Jac Holzman.


                          TRACK LISTING


                          Side A
                          1 The Changeling
                          2 Love Her Madly
                          3 Been Down So Long
                          4 Cars Hiss By My Window
                          5 LA Woman
                          Side B
                          1 L’America
                          2 Hyacinth House
                          3 Crawling King Snake
                          4 The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
                          5 Riders On The Storm

                          The Doors

                          Strange Days

                            First released in October 1967, Strange Days introduced the Doors classics "People Are Strange," "Love Me Two Times" and "Strange Days."

                            This vinyl reissue on 180-gram HQ virgin vinyl presents the original stereo mixes, artwork and inner sleeves.

                            The laquers were cut at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, CA under the direct supervision of original Doors producer/engineer Bruce Botnick and Electra Records founder Jac Holzman.

                            The Doors

                            Waiting For The Sun




                              TRACK LISTING


                              Side A
                              1 Hello I Love You
                              2 Love Street
                              3 Not To Touch The Earth
                              4 Summer’s Almost Gone
                              5 Wintertime Love
                              6 The Unknown Soldier
                              Side B
                              1 Spanish Caravan
                              2 My Wild Love
                              3 We Could Be So Good Together
                              4 Yes The River Knows
                              5 Five To One

                              The Doors

                              Morrison Hotel

                                Released in 1970. This expanded remastered edition includes insightful liner notes from David Fricke and bonus tracks "Talking Blues", "Roadhouse Blues (11/4/69,1-3)", "Roadhouse Blues (11/4/69, Take 6)", "Carol (11/4/69)", "Roadhouse Blues (Take 1)", "Money Beats Soul (11/5/69)", "Roadhouse Blues (11/5/69, Takes 13-15)", "Peace Frog (False Starts & Dialogue)", "The Spy (Version 2)" and "Queen Of The Highway (Jazz Version)".


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