The Doors: 1967 - 1978 (2018) [Audio DVD] Re-up

he Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and John Densmore on drums. The band got its name, at Morrison's suggestion from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, which itself was a reference to a quote made by William Blake, "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." They were unique and among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s, mostly because of Morrison's lyrics and charismatic but unpredictable stage persona. After Morrison's death in 1971, the remaining members continued as a trio until disbanding in 1973.

Signing with Elektra Records in 1966, the Doors released eight albums between 1967 and 1971. All but one hit the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum or better. Their self-titled debut album (1967) was their first in a series of Top 10 albums in the United States, followed by Strange Days (also 1967), Waiting for the Sun (1968), The Soft Parade (1969), Morrison Hotel (1970), Absolutely Live (1970) and L.A. Woman (1971), with 20 Gold, 14 Platinum, 5 Multi-Platinum and 1 Diamond album awards in the United States alone.[9] By the end of 1971, it was reported that the Doors had sold 4,190,457 albums domestically and 7,750,642 singles. The band had three million-selling singles in the U.S. with "Light My Fire", "Hello, I Love You" and "Touch Me". After Morrison's death in 1971, the surviving trio released two albums Other Voices and Full Circle with Manzarek and Krieger sharing lead vocals. The three members also collaborated on the spoken word recording of Morrison's An American Prayer in 1978 and on the "Orange County Suite" for a 1997 boxed set. Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore reunited in 2000 for an episode of VH1's "Storytellers" and subsequently recorded Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors with a variety of vocalists.

Although the Doors' active career ended in 1973, their popularity has persisted. According to the RIAA, they have sold 33 million certified units in the US and over 80 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. The Doors have been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 41st on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".

In 2002, Manzarek and Krieger started playing together again, renaming themselves as the Doors of the 21st Century, with Ian Astbury of the Cult on vocals. Densmore opted to sit out and, along with the Morrison estate, sued the duo over proper use of the band's name and won. After a short time as Riders On the Storm, they settled on the name Manzarek-Krieger and continued to tour until Manzarek's death in 2013 at the age of 74.

Three of the band's studio albums, the self-titled debut, L.A. Woman, and Strange Days, were featured in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, at positions 42, 362, and 407 respectively. According to The Washington Post's Martin Weil, the band rose to the center of the counterculture of the 1960s. The Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993…

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Tracklist:

1967 - The Doors (West Germany - Elektra 74007-2 - 1984)

1. Break on through
2. Soul kitchen
3. The crystal ship
4. Twentieth century fox
5. Alabama song (whiskey bar)
6. Light my fire
7. Back door man
8. I looked at you
9. End of the night
10. Take it as it comes
11. The end

1967 - Strange Days (West Germany - Elektra 9 74014-2 - 1985)

1. Strange days
2. Youre lost little girl
3. Love me two times
4. Unhappy girl
5. Horse latitudes
6. Moonlight drive
7. People are strange
8. My eyes have seen you
9. I can't see your face in my mind
10. When the musics over

1968 - Waiting For The Sun (West Germany - Elektra Asylum 9 74024-2 - 1985)

1. Hello, I love you
2. Love street
3. Not to touch the earth
4. Summers almost gone
5. Wintertime love
6. The unknown soldier
7. Spanish caravan
8. My wild love
9. We could be so good together
10. Yes the river knows
11. Five to one

1969 - The Soft Parade (DE - Elektra 7559-75005-2 - 1991)

1. Tell all the people
2. Touch me
3. Shamans blues
4. Do it
5. Easy ride
6. Wild child
7. Runnin blue
8. Wishful sinful
9. The soft parade

1970 - Morrison Hotel (JP - Elektra 32XD-403 - 1986)

1. Roadhouse blues
2. Waiting for the sun
3. You make me real
4. Peace frog
5. Blue Sunday
6. Ship of fools
7. Land ho
8. The spy
9. Queen of the highway
10. Indian summer
11. Maggie M'Gill

1971 - L.A. Woman (West Germany - Elektra EKS-75011-2 - 1984)

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

1971 - Other Voices (RU - AL-DRCD 007 - 1999)

1. In the eye of the sun
2. Varieti is the spice of life
3. Ships W - sails
4. Tightrope ride
5. Down on the farm
6. I'm horny, I'm stoned
7. Wandering musician
8. Hang on to your life

1972 - Full Circle (RU - AL-DRCD 008 - 1999)

1. Get up and dance
2. 4 billion souls
3. Verdilac
4. Hardwood floor
5. Good rockin'
6. The mosquito
7. The piano bird
8. It slipped my mind
9. The peking king and the New York

1978 - An American Prayer_ Jim Morrison (Canada - Elektra E2 61812 - 1995)

Awake
1. Awake
2. Ghost song
3. Dawns highways
4. Newborn awakening
To Come of Age
5. To come of age
6. Black polished chrome
7. Latino chrom
8. Angels and sailors
9. Stoned immaculate
The Poet's Dream
10. The movie
11. Curses invocation
World on Fire
12. American night
13. Roadhouse blues
14. The world on fire
15. Lament
16. The hitchhiker
An American Prayer
17. An American prayer
18. Hour for magic
19. Freedom exists
20. A feast of friends
Bonus Tracks
21. Babylon fading
22. Bird of prey
23. The ghost song (extended version)