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Classic Rock Special: The Doors
Editorial
MR MOJO RISIN' • Long before he joined The Doors, Jim Morrison was a volatile kid with a whole lot of attitude. This is the story of the birth of The Lizard King.
CAN YOU PICTURE WHAT WILL BE? • In late August 1966, The Doors entered the studio to record their debut album. Released five months later, it laid down a singular marker that still resonates today.
The Doors Light My Fire • Although it was the spark that set the career of the then-struggling Doors alight, Jim Morrison, irked by it not being one of his songs, thought it was throwaway.
The Changeling • Breaking on through to the other side of Jim Morrison. In 2007, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore and producer Bruce Botnick told the story of the man and the myth.
LET US PRAY • No Doors album collection is complete without a copy of An American Prayer.
THE DOORS OF AFFECTION • Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore choose their favourite Doors songs.
IT WASN’T ALL RAY MANZAREK’S LEFT HAND • Think Jim Morrison and co never had a bass player? Think again.
Year of the Lizard • They started the Summer Of Love as a pop phenomeon and ended it in whirlwind of booze, LSD and out-of-control hedonism. Yet in between, The Doors still managed to make their unsung masterpiece. This is the story of Strange Days and the madness of Jim Morrison.
Jimi Hendrix jams with Jim Morrison • When the guitar icon met The Doors singer in a small New York club, the on-stage jamming soon turned into a full-on, bottle-breaking brawl – thanks to Janis Joplin.
SUMMER′S END • In 1968, The Doors were riding high on the success of their first two albums – but Jim Morrison was already on the path to self-destruction. What emerged was Waiting For The Sun, the album where The Doors first started to crack.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD • More than just the bespectacled yin to Jim Morrison’s leather-clad yang, keyboard maestro Ray Manzarek was The Doors’ co-founder, architect and greatest cheerleader.
ROUNDHOUSE BLUES • The Doors brought controversy with them when they played their debut UK gigs in September 1968, but over two unforgettable nights at London’s Roundhouse it was their incendiary music that did the talking.
SHAMEN’S BLUES • Recorded during a period of problems, unease and controversy, The Doors’ fourth album, The Soft Parade, was not the record that anyone expected them to make – including the band.
RIDING OUT THE STORM • With Jim Morrison in the grip of alcoholism and at times barely able to perform live, facing a possible 13 years in jail, on a downward spiral and threatening to take the rest of The Doors with him, it was decided that the best thing to do was get back in the studio. Against the odds, they came out with one of their greatest albums: Morrison Hotel.
1970 TIMELINE
ROBBY KRIEGER • He might have become a trumpet player. Instead he swapped the horn for guitar, joined The Doors and became part of one of the most influential and legendary bands of the 70s, with whom he wrote enduring classics including Light My Fire and wrote his name large in rock history.
The Doors Love Her Madly • The Doors’ last single before Jim Morrison died wouldn’t even have been recorded if their producer had had his way. Guitarist Robby Krieger, who wrote the song, explains why.
L.A. WOMAN and the last days of JIM MORRISON • Forget what you think you know. All-new interviews with Jim Morrison’s bandmates and Parisian friends and associates shine new light on the making of the Doors’ final album – and the mysterious death of their singer in July 1971.
When The Music’s Over • The...