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The Doors, one of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the 1960s, were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film students Ray Manzarek, keyboards, and Jim Morrison, vocals; with drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger. The group never added a bass player, and their sound was dominated by Manzarek's electric organ work and Morrison's deep, sonorous voice, with which he sang and intoned his highly poetic lyrics. ...
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	The Very Best Of The Doors (2007)		Strange Days (1985)
	The Soft Parade (1988)		Greatest Hits (1996)
	Morrison Hotel (1985)		The Absolute Best Of The Doors (2003)
	In Concert (1991)		CD Back Trax (1967)
	An American Prayer (2004)		Greatest Hits (1996)
	Strange Days (2006)		The Soft Parade (2006)
	Greatest Hits: 1980 (2006)		Greatest Hits: 1996 (2006)
	The Doors (2006)		Perception: 40th Anniversary Box Set (2006)
	The Bright Midnight Sampler (Live) (2006)		The Lost Interview Tapes Featuring Jim Morrison, Volume One (2006)
	Live In Detroit (2006)		No One Here Gets Out Alive, Parts I-IV (An Audio Documentary) (2006)
	Live In Hollywood: Highlights From The Aquarius Theatre Performances (2006)		The Lost Interview Tapes Featuring Jim Morrison, Volume Two: The Circus Magazine Interview (2006)
	Backstage & Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal (2006)		Live At The Aquarius Theater: The Second Performance (2006)
	Boot Yer Butt!: The Doors Bootlegs (2006)		Live At The Aquarius Theater: The First Performance (2006)
	Absolutely Live (2006)		Set The Night On Fire: The Doors Bright Midnight Archives Concerts (Live) (2007)
	The Doors (40th Anniversary Mixes) (2007)		Strange Days (40th Anniversary Mixes) (2007)
	The Soft Parade (40th Anniversary Mixes) (2007)		L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary Mixes) (2007)
	Morrison Hotel (40th Anniversary Mixes) (2007)		Waiting For The Sun (40th Anniversary Mixes) (2007)
	Morrison Hotel (2003)		Friday April 10 At Boston Arena (2007)
	Live In Philadelphia: '70 (2007)		Essential Rarities (2003)
	The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits (New Stereo Mix) (2008)		Karaoke Tribute: More Tribute To The Doors, Vol.1 (2007)
	Live In Pittsburgh: May 2, 1970 (2008)

The Doors, one of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the 1960s, were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film students Ray Manzarek, keyboards, and Jim Morrison, vocals; with drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger. The group never added a bass player, and their sound was dominated by Manzarek's electric organ work and Morrison's deep, sonorous voice, with which he sang and intoned his highly poetic lyrics. The group signed to Elektra Records in 1966 and released its first album, The Doors, featuring the hit "Light My Fire," in 1967.
Like "Light My Fire," the debut album was a massive hit, and endures as one of the most exciting, groundbreaking recordings of the psychedelic era. Blending blues, classical, Eastern music, and pop into sinister but beguiling melodies, the band sounded like no other. With his rich, chilling vocals and somber poetic visions, Morrison explored the depths of the darkest and most thrilling aspects of the psychedelic experience. Their first effort was so stellar, in fact, that the Doors were hard-pressed to match it, and although their next few albums contained a wealth of first-rate material, the group also began running up against the limitations of their recklessly disturbing visions. By their third album, they had exhausted their initial reservoir of compositions, and some of the tracks they hurriedly devised to meet public demand were clearly inferior to, and imitative of, their best early work.
On The Soft Parade, the group experimented with brass sections, with mixed results. Accused (without much merit) by much of the rock underground as pop sellouts, the group charged back hard with the final two albums they recorded with Morrison, on which they drew upon stone-cold blues for much of their inspiration, especially on 1971's L.A. Woman.
From the start, the Doors' focus was the charismatic Morrison, who proved increasingly unstable over the group's brief career. In 1969, Morrison was arrested for indecent exposure during a concert in Miami, an incident that nearly derailed the band. Nevertheless, the Doors managed to turn out a series of successful albums and singles through 1971, when, upon the completion of L.A. Woman, Morrison decamped for Paris. He died there, apparently of a drug overdose. The three surviving Doors tried to carry on without him, but ultimately disbanded. Yet the Doors' music and Morrison's legend continued to fascinate succeeding generations of rock fans: In the mid-'80s, Morrison was as big a star as he'd been in the mid-'60s, and Elektra has sold numerous quantities of the Doors' original albums plus reissues and releases of live material over the years, while publishers have flooded bookstores with Doors and Morrison biographies. In 1991, director Oliver Stone made The Doors, a feature film about the group starring Val Kilmer as Morrison.

William Ruhlmann & Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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