The Doors
The Doors - Morrison Hotel (Classic Album)
The Doors’ album Morrison Hotel is considered by many to be one of the greatest resurrection albums of all time. Released in 1970, opening with its iconic guitar lick from the breakout hit Roadhouse Blues, the album sold a million copies in less than 3 days. The band’s turbulent journey to the creation of Morrison Hotel was arduous at best, years in the making, and central to the story of The Doors. The story of how The Doors dug in and chose to start over from scratch is told by band members Robbie Krieger, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, and engineer Bruce Botnick. Legendary photographer Henry Diltz joins in to tell the story of the album’s iconic artwork. The album was an artistic comeback with a powerful collection of songs that ran together with frightening force making Morrison Hotel a Classic Album in every sense of the word.
The Doors - The Doors (Classic Album)
The Doors eponymous first album is universally regarded as their finest achievement and as one of the greatest debut albums in the history of rock music making it a worthy addition to the acclaimed Classic Albums series. The three surviving members of The Doors: Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore are all featured in new interviews along with original engineer Bruce Botnick, musicians Henry Rollins and Perry Farrell and executives Billy James (Columbia Records) and Jac Holzman (Elektra Records) plus many more. What emerges is the extraordinary story of the creation of a masterpiece.
R-Evolution
The Doors: R-Evolution tells the story of the band’s growth in front of the camera from accepting the formulaic to taking control of the medium.Revolution: From creating one of the early music videos, their approach to FM radio, billboard advertising, and the use of creative album art and advertising - the Doors helped to revolutionize the way rock bands were promoted.Evolution: From an unknown L.A. band to performing on pre-recorded television pop shows to international celebrity on the still emerging live television format. The Doors would take control of their own celluloid persona and create some of the most memorable promotional films in music television history.
The Doors - Mr. Mojo Rising the Story of L.A. Women
‘Mr. Mojo Risin’’ is the story of the making of the Doors’ last album with Jim Morrison ‘L. A. Woman’. 2016 is the 45th anniversary both of the album’s release and of the death of Jim Morrison and this film goes into detail of how the album came about, its recording and what was happening to the band at the time. The story is told through interviews with the three then-surviving Doors: Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore plus contributions from Jac Holzman, founder of their label Elektra Records, Bill Siddons, who was their manager, Bruce Botnick, engineer and co-producer of the album and others associated with the Doors at this time.
When You're Strange
Den kreative energien slo gnister mellom medlemmene av The Doors. En kort, men intens karriere sikret dem en evig plass som legender i rockehistorien.
The Story of the Doors
Explore the exciting story of The Doors. The band was signed in 1966 to Elektra Records. It was not until their second single “Light My Fire” that shot the band up to the top of the Rock ‘n’ Roll world, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. To this day, it is still regarded as one of the most popular rock songs ever recorded. Front man Jim Morrison’s poetic lyrics combined with the band’s unique psychedelic rock sound and outrageous stage performances made the Doors one of the most popular bands of their time. We are taken on a journey from the piecing together of the band, right up to the tragic death of Jim Morrison in a Paris bathtub in 1971. Jim Morrison’s legacy lives on to this day through the music of The Doors and this is their story.