The Doors - 1967-1968 Live (VAR/FLAC)

(various dates FLAC)

Info taken from the site: http://thedoors.50webs.com **except

**1967-09-22 "Murray The K" WPIX-TV - New York, NY

Lineage: SILVER CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC
Quality: A (Soundboard Recording)

01. Murray's Introduction (Various Takes)  
02. People are Strange (False Starts)
03. People are Strange (Take 1)
04. People are Strange (Take 2)
05. Murray Pleads - Jim Threatens
06. People are Strange (Take 3)
07. Directing the Doors
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1967-10-11 Danbury High School Auditorium - Danbury, CT

Source: 1st Generation (Master 7" Reel (3.75 ips)>Reel To Reel>DAT>CDR)
Quality: B (Audience Recording)

01. House announcer
02. Moonlight drive (cut) / Horse latitudes
03. Money
04. Break on through (to the other side) / There you sit
05. Back door man
06. People are strange
07. The crystal ship
08. Wake up
09. Light my fire
10. The end

Though labeled an audience recording, this was in fact recorded through the school's PA system by a faculty member. The sound quality, however, is comparable to a very good audience recording. Unlike bootleg releases of this show, this tape has no cuts during "Break On Through" and contains Jim Morrison's complete introduction to "The End."
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1967-11-03 Continental Ballroom - Santa Clara, CA

Source: 3rd Generation
Quality: B- (Audience Recording)

01. House announcer / Soul kitchen
02. Break on through (to the other side)
03. Alabama song (Whisky bar)
04. Back door man (cut)
05. The end (cut)

Nice low generation copy of this show. The end of "Back Door Man" is cut as is the beginning of "The End." For years, there was uncertainty as to the actual date of this performance. Collectors originally listed it as November 19, 1967 and then later as July 9, 1967. The date has finally been confirmed as November 3, 1967 after a fan recently discovered an old newspaper ad for the show. Another mystery solved!
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1967-12-16 Swing Auditorium - San Bernardino, CA

Source: 2nd Generation
Quality: B- (Audience Recording)

01. House announcer / When the music's over
02. Horse latitudes
03. Break on through (to the other side)
04. Alabama song (Whisky bar)
05. Light my fire

Problems with the PA system force The Doors to end this show early despite Jim Morrison's claim to the audience that they would be right back. The actual date and venue for this recording are uncertain. It does seem likely that it was taped in the summer of 1967 rather than in December. Some believe this show may be from the Kaiser Dome on July 4, 1967 as it was a venue on the same grounds as the larger Swing Auditorium; however, reviews of that show do not mention any PA problems and all say The Doors put on a great show. This tape simply does not match those reviews. While not conclusive, I'm hesitant to relabel this show at this time.
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1967-12-26 Winterland - San Francisco, CA

Source: 2nd Generation
Quality: B (Audience Recording)

01. Back door man
02. Break on through (to the other side)
03. When the music's over
04. Close to you
05. Mannish boy (cut)
06. Light my fire

The Doors were on the bill with Otis Redding for these December shows at the Winterland. Sadly, Redding was killed in a plane crash only two weeks before they happened. During "When The Music's Over," Jim Morrison debuts his "Poor Otis" lyric which will later be used as the introduction to the song "Runnin' Blue."
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1967-12-28 Winterland - San Francisco, CA

Source: 2nd Generation
Quality: B (Audience Recording)

01. Alabama song (Whisky bar) (cut)
02. Back door man (cut)
03. You're lost little girl (cut)
04. Love me two times (cut)
05. Wake up
06. Light my fire
07. The unknown soldier (cut)

An early show that includes a rare performance of "You're Lost Little Girl." Unfortunately, this recording has a lot of cuts on it.
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1968-03-17 Back Bay Theatre - Boston, MA

Source: 1st Generation
Quality: B+ (Audience Recording)

01. When the music's over
02. Back door man / Five to one (cut)
03. Break on through (to the other side) / There you sit
04. Love me two times (cut)
05. You're lost little girl (cut)
06. Light my fire (cut)
07. The end

Nice low generation copy that I recently remastered, repairing a large drop-out during "The End" and restoring the overall tape quality.
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1968-05-10 Chicago Coliseum - Chicago, IL

Source: 1st Generation
Quality: B (Audience Recording)

01. Soul kitchen
02. Break on through (to the other side) / There you sit
03. Talk
04. Alabama song (Whisky bar)
05. Back door man
06. Five to one
07. When the music's over
08. Talk
09. The crystal ship
10. Wake up
11. Light my fire

This is a first generation source from Greg Shaw. A nice upgrade to the high generation copies floating around.
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1968-07-09 Dallas Memorial Auditorium - Dallas, TX

Source: "Live - The Music's Over" CD
Quality: B+ (Audience Recording)

01. Soul kitchen
02. Back door man
03. Five to one
04. Break on through (to the other side)
05. The crystal ship
06. The WASP (Texas radio & the big beat)
07. Hello, I love you
08. Moonlight drive
09. Money
10. When the music's over
11. Wake up
12. Light my fire

Very nice sounding audience recording from a low gen source. This version has been speed-corrected and remastered.
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1968-07-10 Sam Houston Coliseum - Houston, TX [Second Source]

Source: 1st Generation
Quality: B- (Audience Recording)

01. Tapers' Chat
02. Break On Through
03. Back Door Man
04. When The Music's Over
05. Texas Radio And The Big Beat
06. Hello, I Love You
07. Little Red Rooster
08. Who Do You Love
09. The Crystal Ship
10. Light My Fire

A rare alternate source recording that includes an uncut version of "Who Do You Love" and a longer version of "Light My Fire" (almost 9 minutes). Unfortunately, this source contains cut versions of other songs (it's also missing "Wake Up") and is slightly worse quality than the first source. The opening track features the tapers discussing how to work the recording device.


Source: 2nd Generation
Quality: B+ (Audience Recording)

01. Break on through (to the other side)
02. Back door man
03. When the music's over [cut]
04. The WASP (Texas radio & the big beat)
05. Hello, I love you
06. Little red rooster
07. Who do you love? [cut]
08. The crystal ship
09. Wake up
10. Light my fire [cut]

Another nice quality tape from a great show. Jim Morrison improvises a lot of lyrics in "Back Door Man" and "When The Music's Over." This version has been speed-corrected and remastered.
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1968-08-02 The New York Rock Festival, The Singer Bowl - Flushing, NY

Source: 1st Generation
Quality: B (Audience Recording)

01. Back door man
02. Five to one
03. Break on through (to the other side)
04. When the music's over
05. Wild child
06. Wake up
07. Light my fire
08. The end

A famous riot show. Tape speed still distorts toward the end of the recording, but this is the best version of this source available.

The Doors - 1968-05-10 - Chicago, IL (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Coliseum

AUD B/B+

01 Soul Kitchen (8:02) (Removed; Officially released on "Boot Yer Butt")
02 Break On Through (beginning cut) (5:40)
03 Jim Speaks (0:21)
04 Alabama Song (1:58)
05 Back Door Man (2:40)
06 Five To One (6:27)
07 When The Music's Over (15:51)
08 Jim Speaks (0:30)
09 The Crystal Ship (beginning cut) (2:41)
10 Wake Up! (2:34)
11 Light My Fire (9:08)

TT - 47:54

Confirmed lossless with TLH

The Doors - 1972-05-03 - Beat Club (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

German TV
Live in "Beat-Club"

Ray Manzarek - piano, vocals
Robby Krieger - guitar, vocals
John Densmore - drums
Bobby Ray - guitar, piano, vocals
Jack Conrad - bass

1.Intro
2.Tighrope Ride
3.In The Eye Of The Sun
4.I'm Horny, I'm Stoned
5.Love Me Two Times
6.Vertilac
7.Ships With Sails

Following the death of frontman Jim Morrison, the Doors continued on as an active recording and performing unit for a brief period. With Ray Manzarek now the band's main focal point, the Doors released two classic albums ("Other Voices" in 1971 and "Full Circle" in 1972) and toured. This performance is apparently the only professional document remaining of this sadly obscure period and was filmed for German television. The Doors perform songs old and new and thus this very good-quality video is essential for Doors fans as it presents a rarely seen chapter.

The Doors - 1969-04-28 - New York City, NY (TV/FLAC)

(TV FLAC)

THE DOORS

1969-04-28

"Critique TV Show"

PBS Studios

New York City

New York

U.S.A.

Television Recording

lineage

CDR > EAC > WAV > TLH > FLAC

Jim Morrison: Vocals 

Robby Krieger: Guitar

Ray Manzarek: Keyboards

John Densmore: Drums

01. Tell All The People

02. Alabama Song/Back Door Man

03. Wishful Sinful

04. Build Me A Woman

05. The Soft Parade 

06. Interview - Richard Goldstein (April 29Th 1969 "Critique Tv Show")

The Doors - 1970-04-18 - Honolulu, Hawaii (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

SOURCE
Very Good Audience recording - DCM version
Lineage: Aud > ? > "Doors Collector Magazine" CDR > Wav > Nero > Flac

CD1 [56:55]

01 - Back Door Man / Love Hides (5:58)

02 - Five To One (5:19)

03 - Roadhouse Blues (5:10)

04 - Break On Through (4:04)

05 - When The Music's Over (14:43)

06 - Peace Frog (3:32)

07 - Crystal Ship (2:50)

08 - People Get Ready / Mystery Train / Away In India / Crossroads / People Get Ready (15:19)

CD2 [48:15]

01 - Love Me Two Times / Baby Please Don't Go (5:45)

02 - Rock Me (Cuts) (3:57)

03 - Wake Up / Light My Fire/Fever / "Love Hides" (Reprise) / Light My Fire (19:57)

encore

04 - The End / "Accident" / "Ensenada" / The End / "Coda Queen" / The End (18:36)

Total running time: 1:45:10

Supposedly taped by Bruce Botnick  for personal purposes.

"There are two versions circulating of this show, made from the same tape but through different transfers. The "Doors Collector Magazine" source, which is originated from the master is the most complete and has all the songs, but still comes with missing a couple of things. The other, 2nd generation copy floating around is less complete than the DCM copy but the sound is slightly better, not that bassy. Though it cuts up Mystery Train and 'The End' but leaves 'When The Music's Over' intact - the DCM copy fades out & in again in the silent part "What have they done to the earth..." and repeats the missing part (probably made during the copy of the tape due to a tape flip)." christophe

"I've put a copy of "The Doors On The Road" by Greg Shaw which will give you some informations about this performance. The recording was probably done by the Doors enginer Bruce Botnick on personal material, so it's not a soundboard recording but not really an audience one and it's quality is very good. I've got it from DCM before the Doors management ask Kerry Humpherys to stop his trades, except for the post Morrison's shows.
I've got it in a trade in 2004 from the "Doors Collector Magazine"." hugodemeline


NOTES
Excperts taken from Stephen Davis' book on Jim Morrison p370-371:
"In April 1970, the Doors went back out on the road in three-day weekend bursts. "We could tell his energy was giving out," Ray said later in a radio interview. "He was really depleting his energy with alcohol." but they all needed cash-Densmore had bought a house, and Themis was bleeding Jim dry. Some of the shows were ragged, a few were desperate. "The first night would be OK," Ray said. "The second night he was drinking during the show. By Sunday night he was mostly hanging on the mike," trying to stay upright.
...
Next weekend: Honolulu Convention Center, April 18. Someone brought "da kine" backstage, "Maui Wowie," the most potent marijuana known to man. The Doors played for two hours in an inspired ganja trance. Jim stopped "Roadhouse Blues" because he didn't like the lighting. He started singing "Love hides in the strangest places," a riff that he kept performing that year. After the jam "People Get Ready/Mystery Train/Away In India/Cross Roads/People Get Ready," Jim launched into "Baby, Please Don't Go." The encore of this stoned soul picnic was "The End," interrupted for a poetry reading: "Stop The Car/Ensenada/Coda Queen." The audience cheered for ten minutes after the band left the stage, but there was no encore. Two days later Jim was acquitted of assault charges when the Continental Airlines stewardess testified that she had made a mistake in identifying him as the man who had harrassed her."

The Doors - 1967-03-18 - Detroit, MI (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Source:
SBD > RtR > ? > CDR > EAC(as range) > SF > CDWAV > FLAC

CD1

01 - My eyes have seen you

02 - Soul Kitchen

03 - I Cant see your face in my mind

04 - People are Strange

05 - When the Music's Over

06 - Money Honey

07 - Who Do You Love?

08 - Moonlight Drive

09 - Summers Almost Gone

10 - King Bee

11 - Gloria

12 - Break On Through

13 - Instrumental

CD2

01 - Backdoor Man

02 - Alabama Song

03 - Light My Fire

04 - The End

05 - Close to You Baby

06 - Crawlin' King Snake

07 - The Crystal Ship

08 - Twentieth Century Fox

The Doors - 1967-03-10 - San Francisco, CA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

The Matrix

Source: SBD > 2nd generation Reel > DATs
Transfer: DAT 60ES > M-Audio Audiophile USB > WAV > Flac

CD1

01 - My Eyes Have seen You

02 - Soul Kitchen

03 - I Can't See your Face In My Mind

04 - People are Strange

05 - When The Music's Over

06 - Money

07 - Who Do You Love

08 - Moonlight Drive

09 - Summer's Almost Gone

10 - I'm a King Bee

11 - Gloria

12 - Break On Through

13 - Summertime

14 - Backdoor Man

CD2

01 - Alabama Song

02 - The End

Total time 85 mins.

Notes:
it is suggested that this is an upgrade to many boot CD sources for this material. "The End" ends abruptly, but I suspect this is how they did it and not a tape problem.

Problems
29:54 reel flip removed - not much music missing
35:40 0.5 second dropout removed

The Doors - 1967-03-07/10 - The Complete Matrix Club Tapes (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Date: 03/07/67 and 03/10/67

Location: San Francisco, CA

Venue: Matrix Club

Title: Complete Matrix Club Tapes

CDs: 4

Quality: st-sb 9

Source: sb>?>CDR

MyGen: unknown gen CDR

CD1 [55:53]

01 Back Door Man 05:49.06 03/07 Set 1

02 My Eyes Have Seen You 03:01.05 03/07 Set 1

03 Soul Kitchen 04:19.00 03/07 Set 1

04 Get Off My Life, Woman 04:25.00 03/07 Set 1

05 When The Music's Over 13:09.82 03/07 Set 1

06 Close To You 03:08.50 03/07 Set 2

07 Crawling Snake King 05:08.16 03/07 Set 2

08 I Can't See You Face In My Mind 03:27.17 03/07 Set 2

09 People Are Strange 02:22.33 03/07 Set 2

10 Who Do You Love 03:57.00 03/07 Set 2

11 Alabama Song 03:48.16 03/07 Set 2

12 Crystal Ship 03:16.80 03/07 Set 2

CD2 [53:53]

01 Twentieth Century Fox 02:57.37 03/07 Set 2

02 Moonlight Drive 06:41.00 03/07 Set 2

03 Summer's Almost Gone 03:53.33 03/07 Set 2

04 Unhappy Girl 04:12.00 03/07 Set 2

5a The Devil Is A Woman 08:36.66 03/07 Set 3

5b Sittn' Round Thinkin' 03/07 Set 3

5c Rock Me 03/07 Set 3

06 Break On Through 04:25.82 03/07 Set 3

07 Light My Fire 08:36.17 03/07 Set 3

08 The End 14:29.29 03/07 Set 3

CD3 [42:53]

01 My Eyes Have Seen You 03:58.49 03/10 Set 2

02 Soul Kitchen 06:15.50 03/10 Set 2

03 I Can't See You Face In My Mind 03:23.49 03/10 Set 2

04 People Are Strange 02:22.66 03/10 Set 2

05 When The Music's Over 12:27.33 03/10 Set 2

06 Money 03:31.50 03/10 Set 3

07 Who Do You Love 04:50.00 03/10 Set 3

08 Moonlight Drive 06:03.96 03/10 Set 3

CD4 [44:24]

01 Summer's Almost Gone 04:04.00 03/10 Set 3

02 I'm A King Bee 05:20.33 03/10 Set 3

03 Gloria 06:04.00 03/10 Set 3

04 Break On Through 05:02.00 03/10 Set 3

05 Summertime 09:42.00 03/10 Set 3

06 Back Door Man 05:45.49 03/10 Set 3

07 Who Do You Love 03:30.17 03/10 Set 3

08 The End 04:55.96 03/10 Set 3

Notes:

After The Doors had returned from their two day concert at Chet Helm's Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, they were booked in to play at the Matrix Club, situated at 3138 Fillmore Street, San Francisco. The Doors played there from Tuesday, March 7 until Saturday, March 11 performing three sets a night with fifteen minute breaks in between each set. The Doors were scheduled to play at the Matrix Club from "9.30 p.m - 2a.m." with "Minors welcome", as advertised in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The owner of this club, Marty Balin, vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, had installed a reel to reel tape recorder to tape his own group, but The Doors took up the opportunity and decided to record their own performances as well. All of the three sets that were played on Tuesday night were recorded. Unfortunately on Friday night, after The Doors had completed their second set and returned to play the third set, the sound engineer had apparently forgotten to turn on the tape recorder and only got to record the last portion of "The End".

These recordings at present are the most complete recordings available in their entirety with no over dubbing or shoddy recordings, just in the same way The Doors had played them during

their one week performance in March. By far, these shows are one of the best live recordings that The Doors have ever recorded.

The Doors - Complete Matrix Club Tapes

The Doors - 1967-03-07 - San Francisco, CA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

The Doors 

Matrix Club Tapes

3-7-67

Bedrock Records

my orignal silvers>Eac>wav>flac>you

CD1

01 - Back Door Man - 5:47 (1st set)

02 - My Eyes Have Seen You - 3:01

03 - Soul Kitchen - 4:18

04 - Get Out Of My Life - 4:24

05 - When The Music's Over - 12:54

06 - Close To You - 3:21 (2nd set)

07 - Crawling King Snake -5:07

08 - I Can't See Your Face In My Mind - 3:27

09 - People Are Strange - 2:22

10 - Who Do You Love - 3:57

11 - Alabama Song - 3:46

12 - The Crystal Ship - 3:14

CD2

01 - Twentieth Century Fox - 2:55

02 - Moonlight Drive - 6:40

03 - Summer's Almost Gone - 3:51

04 - Unhappy Girl - 4:11

05 - Me & The Devil Blues - Sittin' Here Thinkin'- RocK Me Baby- 8:34 (3rd set)

06 - Break On Through - 3:46

07 - Light My Fire - 9:21

08 - The End - 14:27

The Doors - 1967-03-04 - San Francisco, CA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard Recording)

Avalon Ballrooms

01 - Moonlight Drive (6:57)

02 - Back Door Man (5:30)

03 - Who Do You Love (3:49)

Tracks 1 & 2: MASTER

ANA2 > CDR > EAC > WAV > FLAC (lvl 8, SBE aligned)

Track 3: "It Crawled Out Of The Vaults Of The KSAN" Bootleg

EAC > WAV > FLAC (lvl 8, SBE aligned)

FLAC Fingerprints:

01 - Moonlight Drive.flac:d00cb7b5ba8e0a7e6a868632b4c737af

02 - Back Door Man.flac:1625689231e725d7d02e1ab45b3f4bc6

03 - Who Do You Love.flac:4b229deb6347afe04ee9f28b99e90805

The Doors - 1969-02-25 - In The Studio (STU/FLAC)

(Studio FLAC)

In The Studio - Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA

This version has two tapes mixed into one to provide a high quality (where possible) and complete recording.
Info on the two tapes:

CD1
Version no, 1
2nd gen. cass.
all have been slightly EQ'd
all have corrected speed

CD2
Version no. 3 (RK/BB tape)
1st gen. "with Edits"

NO noise removal had been done!
(only slight EQ)

01 - Love Me Tender => Save the whole world

02 - Rock Is Dead P1

03 - Woman Is A Devil

04 - No impablimations...let's roll!

05 - Boogie All Night Long => rap

06 - No impablimations

07 - Rock and Roll Woman

08 - Queen of the Magazines & Madison Fragment

09 - Wipe out (Ventures song)(also known as Pipeline)

10 - Naked Woman (jim talking)

11 - Naked Woman (jam) =>

12 - Rock Me

13 - Mystery train  train jam (with JM Harp) => big black train

14 - A little piece

15 - I could not help my self

16 - Rock and Roll is dead P2

17 - We had some good times, but there gone!

18 - The Death of Rock conclusion (JM harp)

19 - final words

EXTRAS

20 - Roadhouse blues vocal vamp fragment

21 - seminary school (playback over bit of track)

22 - talk

23 - seminary school/whisky mystics...(full take)

24 - Whiskey, Mystics and Men (with "petition..." intro)

(same as track before but diffrent mix)
DIFFRENT MIXES (B takes)(They are diffrent in the way they are mixed/edited. They can be used inplace of the other tracks with out creating SBEs)
25. Boogie All Night Long (not listed as a b take because it's not the same length and will create SBEs)
(same as 05 but cut out talking at the end, more 1gen pieces added and unfixed organ solo)
B 07. Rock and Roll Woman
(same as track 07 but the 2gen source was mixed to mono and put to the right and the left side of the 1gen was used for the left)
B 08. Queen of the Magazines & Madison Fragment
(same as track 08 but the 2gen source was mixed to mono and put to the right and the left side of the 1gen was used for the left)
B 09.Wipe out (Ventures song)(also known as Pipeline)
(same as track 09 but the 2gen source was mixed to mono and put to the right and the left side of the 1gen was used for the left)

Run time:71:19 (without B07-B09)

The Doors - Studio Outtakes (STU/SHN)

(Studio SHN)

Studio Outtakes
Elektra Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA

01. We're Going to Push These Machines Too Far 00:04
02. Push-Push (Morrison Hotel outtake) 05:53
03. The Spy (jazz version) (Morrison Hotel outtake) 03:49
04. Queen Of The Highway - instr. (Morrison Hotel outtake) 05:05
05. Indian Summer '66 02:31
06. Blues Jam (Morrison Hotel outtake) 06:40
07. Blues Jam*   00:58
08. Dirty Roadhouse Blues (Morrison Hotel outtake) 07:49
09. Dirty Roadhouse Blues* 01:00
10. Shaman's Blues (Soft Parade outtake) 00:32
11. Celebration Of The Lizard (Waiting For The Sun outtake) 16:47
12. KHJ Radio Promo with Jim Morrison (Oct 11, 1967) 00:47

Total running time: 51:55

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame - 1993-01-12 - Los Angeles, CA (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

Lineage:
1st/2nd Gen tape > Toshiba 6 head HiFi VCR > Canopus ADVC100 > Firewire > Premiere 6 > Frameserved to Canopus Procoder > DVD Lab Pro

Video:
NTSC 2 pass 6800 avg (3500 min 8500 Max)

Audio:
448 kbps 6ch DD 5.1 AC3

VHSRip
DVD Video
MPEG2
AC3
NTSC 4:3 (720 x 480) VBR 6800 Kbps (3500 Kbps min / 8500 Kbps max)
Dolby AC3, 6 ch, 448 Kbps

The Doors Induction
Creedence Clearwater Revival Induction
Cream Induction

The Doors with Eddie Vedder
01. Roadhouse Blues
02. Break On Through
03. Light My Fire

John Fogerty & Friends
01. Who'll Stop The Rain
02. Green River
03. Born On The Bayou

Cream
01. Sunshine Of Your Love
02. Born Under A Bad Sign
03. Crossroads

01:23:53

DVD authoring
Got this tape from Chung@ (if I remember his user name correctly) back in the STG days to convert from his 1st/2nd Gen VHS to DVD (Tape might be slightly higher Gen than that... looks pretty good though). STG closed down before he had a chance to seed it. I'm not sure if it ever got shared so here is the DVD I put together for him. It seems to be sourced from the closed circuit feed rather than the TV broadcast. This is all the info I can give about the tape or the performances, as I'm not a big fan of any of the groups.

The Doors - 1967-12-26 - San Francisco, CA (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Winterland

AUD B

Lineage: 

Master Reel > Reel to Reel > Cassette > CDR(x) > EAC > WAV > FLAC

01 Back Door Man (5:45)

02 Break On Through (5:35)

03 When The Music's Over (14:54)

04 Close To You (2:51)

05 Mannish Boy (8:29)

06 Light My Fire (9:34)

TT - 47:10

The Doors - 1967-10-11 - Danbury, CT (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

THE DOORS 

live at Danbury High School, 

Danbury Connecticut 

October 11, 1967 

1967-10-11 

3rd generation cassette 

P.A. recording by faculty member. 

Edited - officially-released track omitted 

2006 transfer and seed by (unknown)* 

January 2015 reseed: 

FLAC files renamed but otherwise unaltered. 

This appears to be a copy of the raw unremixed audio 

including tape hiss, mic-pops, channel volume differences, 

and other flaws. 

Other versions circulating have attempts at remixing 

with noise-reduction used. 

info 

soundboard reel tape>3rd gen. cassette>FLAC>Dime 2006 

reseed: 

FLAC files renamed but otherwise unaltered, new checksum files created and this info file revised, 

* original info file with the wrong performance date included. 

Jim Morrison; vocals 

Robbie Krieger: guitar 

Ran Manzarek: keyboards 

John Densmore: drums 

01 stage announcements and threats 1:04 

02 Moonlight Drive (includes Horse Latitudes) 6:57 

03 Money 3:49 

04 Break on Through 6:05 

05 Backdoor Man 5:33 

- People are Strange [released on "Boot Your Butt" and not included here] 

06 Crystal Ship 3:34 

07 Wake Up!> 1:52 

08 Light My Fire 10:01 

09 The End 20:56 

59:55 minutes

The Doors - 1968-09-20 - Stockholm, SWE (pre-FM/FLAC)

(pre-FM FLAC)

Early and Late shows
Konserthuset 

Lineage: 
Pre-broadcast Radio Stockholm reel > reel > my Dolby B encoded reel. 

Transfer: 
Tandberg 9241XD (Dolby B decoded) > Macintosh with Digidesign Audiomedia III sound card > Pro Tools (minor "nip and tuck" edits, normalization and tracking) > AIFF > xACT (flac level 8 files with sector boundaries verified). 

early show
CD1 [44:00]
01 [04:49] announcer > Five To One 
02 [03:09] Love Street > 
03 [03:27] Love Me Two Times 
04 [09:54] When The Music's Over 
05 [01:35] A Little Game > 
06 [02:46] The Hill Dwellers 
07 [11:02] Light My Fire 
08 [01:58] announcer, tuning and talk 
09 [05:20] The Unknown Soldier 

late show
CD2 [70:08]
01 [06:07] Five To One 
02 [03:02] Alabama Song [with Mack The Knife lyrics] 
03 [04:22] Back Door Man 
04 [03:15] You're Lost Little Girl 
05 [03:37] Love Me Two Times 
06 [13:27] When The Music's Over 
07 [03:22] Wild Child 
08 [03:14] Money 
09 [01:44] Celebration of The Lizard 
10 [11:23] Light My Fire 
11 [01:43] talk and tuning 
12 [14:52] The End 

This version of these shows is known lineage from a pre-broadcast source and does not have vinyl or bootleg CD in the lineage. It is also a bit less edited than the most recent torrent (the top link listed), with a few more seconds at the beginning of the early show before the announcer intro and some additional announcer comments and tuning in track 108. 

The Doors - 1968-09-20 - Stockholm, SWE (SBD/FLAC) Early and Late

(Soundboard FLAC)

Konserthuset

CD1 (Early Show) Lineage:
"The Beautiful Die Young" LP > CDR > EAC > WAV > FLAC
"Live In Stockholm 1968" CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC
"Apocalypse Now" CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC

CD2 (Late Show) Lineage:
"Apocalypse Now" CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC

CD1
01 Introduction
02 Five to One
03 Love Street
04 Love Me Two Times
05 When the Music's Over
06 A Little Game
07 The Hill Dwellers
08 Light My Fire
09 The Unknown Soldier

CD2
01 Five to One
02 Mack the Knife
03 Alabama Song
04 Back Door Man
05 You're Lost Little Girl
06 Love Me Two Times
07 When the Music's Over
08 Wild Child
09 Money
10 Wake Up
11 Light My Fire
12 Turn Out The Lights
13 The End

Notes
Here are both of The Doors' 1968 Stockholm shows on 2 CDs. They were originally broadcast on Stockholm's Radiothuset radio station. The first CD contains the complete early show recording and comes from three different bootleg sources. The opening track is from "The Beautiful Die Young" LP which has a few extra seconds before the announcer comes on. The bulk of the show comes from the "Live In Stockholm 1968" CD release. The bass was really high on this bootleg so I did some slight EQing to bring the bass down and bring up the high ends. I also swapped the channels to match up with the Stockholm master tapes and to match with the late show recording. The last track from the early show comes from the "Apocalypse Now" bootleg and has been speed-corrected. Note on the early show: Jim's mic cuts out during "When The Music's Over" due to a technical glitch on the original recording and his vocals are buried for most of the song.

The second CD contains the complete late show recording and comes from a speed-corrected version of the "Apocalypse Now" bootleg. I also did some amplification to get the best sound.

These both seem to be the best sources currently available for the Stockholm shows. The Doors have yet to release these shows because they still seem to be working out a deal with Swedish Radio for the rights. Until then, these bootleg recordings are the best we have.

The Doors - 1969-09-13 - Toronto, Ontario (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Varsity Stadium
"Toronto Rock & Roll Revival"

[Audience Recording]

Lineage:
Master Reel > ANA1 > CDR > EAC > WAV > Flac Frontend > FLAC (lvl 8, SBE aligned)

01. When The Music's Over - 12:18 
02. Break On Through - 3:52 
03. Back Door Man - 6:58 
04. The Crystal Ship - 3:09 +++ REMOVED +++ ("Crystal Ship" was released on Disc 3 of "Boot Yer Butt") 
05. Wake Up - 1:49 
06. Light My Fire - 12:04 
07. The End - 15:48 

A rare audience recording from 1969 (rare in the sense that few recordings from 1969 exist since The Doors didn't play many shows in the aftermath of the Miami incident). This is a first generation recording. There are a few bootlegs out there that feature songs from this night and none of them sound quite this good. The drums come through terrifically and Jim's vocals are right up in the mix. The guy who taped this show must have been right near the stage.

This show contains a unique "Back Door Man" medley where Jim includes lyrics from "Roadhouse Blues" and "Maggie M'Gill." Definitely worth a listen. Though only 7 tracks, the show lasts for about an hour thanks in part to a long version of "The End," where Jim explains how proud he feels to be performing "on the same stage with so many illustrious musical geniuses."

Unfortunately, while much of the festival was filmed, it doesn't appear that The Doors' set was (rumors persist that footage exists but no concrete information has ever surfaced). The Doors were the last to go on that night after John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band, and by all accounts, the camera crew was already packing its gear by then. The only footage that's known to exist are shots of The Doors arriving in their car during the opening sequence to D.A. Pennebaker's 1972 film "Sweet Toronto." Watch the opening here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DcJSjR8K8) and see if you can spot Ray and Jim at about the 2:50 mark (Jim is in the front passenger seat with his back to the camera; Ray is directly behind him and spots the camera).

The Doors - 1970-08-30 - Isle Of Wight Festival (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Complete DAT Master

East Afton Farm

"The Isle Of Wight Festival"

Isle Of Wight, England

Lineage:

Multi-Track Master > DAT > DAT > CDR > WAV > Flac Frontend > FLAC (lvl 8, SBE aligned)

01. Introduction - 0:18

02. Back Door Man - 4:18

03. Break On Through - 4:53

04. When The Music's Over - 13:31

05. Ship Of Fools - 7:37

06. Roadhouse Blues - 6:07

06. Light My Fire - 14:21

07. The End - 18:18

Notes:

Dust out your Doors collection. Finally, from the vault of an anonymous Doors fan, comes a previously unsurfaced audio recording. Consider it a surprise present to Doors fans on Jim Morrison's birthday.

For years, The Doors' performance at the Isle Of Wight has only been available in an edited or incomplete form. The most popular release, "Palace Of Exile," is missing over a minute in the middle of "The End" and the intro to "When The Music's Over" is severly edited. Audience recordings of the show are missing "Roadhouse Blues." Previously on this site someone offered a matrix of the audience and soundboard sources in order to recreate the complete concert in the best quality available. Now for the first time, we have a master DAT source for the COMPLETE Isle Of Wight concert in perfect soundboard quality. At almost 70 minutes total, this is as good as it gets until an official release gets made -- if one is ever made.

This comes direct from the multi-track master recording. Quality is near perfect. The only downside is that the stereo separation isn't very good. It sounds like it's an unmixed copy of the multi-track master. So you'll hear Ray's organ more in the center than it should be and Ray's vocals are mixed way down so you don't hear them at all during "Break On Through" and other songs. (A good thing for some?) Still, I would place the overall quality as better than "Palace Of Exile." Little to no hiss. Bass level is much more reasonable. Sharper sound quality overall.

Now just what did I do to the original recording before posting it here? Thankfully, not much. There were a handful of clicks/pops throughout the recording that I removed individually using Adobe Audition. (The glitch during the announcer's introduction is on the original tape and couldn't be repaired without cutting it down.) I also swapped the channels so that Robby's guitar is in the right channel where it should be. The biggest change I made was balancing the channel levels and bringing everything up. This small change really punched up the sound compared to the original transfer. There was no EQ or other tricky business involved. Sounds pretty damn good, if I do say so myself. If anyone wants the original transfer, I'm open to trades.

One small note: About 4:29 into "The End," the music drops out for about 5 seconds and you only hear Jim's voice. Not sure why, but "Palace" doesn't have this mixing error. Also, regarding the date of this performance: The Doors were scheduled to play on August 29th, Saturday night, but didn't actually get on stage until 2:00am on Sunday morning, August 30th. Hence the date I have listed. (Date information taken from Greg Shaw's book, The Doors On The Road.)

The Doors - 1970-08-21 - Bakersfield, CA (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

The Doors 

Civic Auditorium 

Bakersfield, CA, USA 

August 21, 1970 

STAGE A- 

01 Roadhouse Blues (beginning cut) (5:35) 

02 Alabama Song (2:04) 

03 Back Door Man > Old Stone Road > Five To One (10:11) 

04 Universal Mind (8:24) 

05 When The Music's Over (13:04) 

06 Tune Up (0:58) 

07 Mystery Train (14:49) 

08 Ship Of Fools (8:15) 

TT - 63:24 

Confirmed lossless with TLH 

Firstly, please note that my copy of this show does not contain the "Love Me Two Times > Baby Please Don't Go > St James Infirmary" used on the Bright Midnight set. That is either on the missing second reel mentioned below (but which the band still presumably have) or that track is actually from the following night at the San Diego Sports Arena. I have that show, but it isn't a stage recording as used on Bright Midnight, it's an awful sounding audience recording (even though it's a 2nd gen), probably the worst sounding Doors show I have. 

Anyway, back to this show. This is a stage recording made by the band's road manager. The original notes I got with this show are below. I'm a little confused as it says it's a 2nd gen at the top but then claims it's a 1st gen lower down so I don't know which is right. Either way it sounds pretty good and it's in stereo. 

1970-08-21 Bakersfield Civic Auditorium - Bakersfield, CA 

Source: 2nd gen stage recording 

Lineage: 2nd gen tape > WAV > CDR > FLAC (level 8) 

01. Roadhouse blues (cut) 

02. Alabama song (Whisky bar) 

03. Back door man / Old stone road / Five to one 

04. Universal mind 

05. When the music's over 

06. Tuning 

07. Mystery train 

08. Ship of fools 

Great show. This is the third and final concert taped by road manager Vince Treanor. Vince used a Sony TC-630 stereo tape recorder running at 3 3/4 ips with a pair of AKG-D1000E cardioid microphones placed on either side of the stage to capture the audio from the vocal and instrument amps. This copy is an uncirculated 1st gen source with "Mystery Train" in stereo (circulating copies feature the song in mono). The first few seconds of "Roadhouse Blues" are cut. 

This is only the first reel of the recording. The unsurfaced second reel is said to contain "Light My Fire" and "The End".