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..........THE.DOORS.-.THE.DOORS..........
The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band The Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967. It features the breakthrough single "Light My Fire", extended with a substantial instrumental section mostly omitted on the single release, and the lengthy song "The End" with its Oedipal spoken-word section.
The album was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in California over six days, with producer Paul Rothchild and audio engineer Bruce Botnick. A four track tape machine was used for recording using mostly three tracks, bass and drums on one, guitar and organ on another with Jim's voice on the third. The fourth track was used for overdubbing. During recording of the album a bass player was present on some of the songs, while on stage Ray Manzarek used a left-handed keyboard bass. For tracks "The End" and "Light My Fire" two takes were worked of each and cut together to achieve the final song.
The songs "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" and "The End" were both released censored on the album. During "Break on Through" the part where Jim Morrison sings "She gets, she gets" was originally recorded as "She gets high." The vocal interlude near the end of "The End" includes Morrison using the word fuck repeatedly and was taken out of the album's stereo release; however, it remains in the monophonic vinyl LP release of the album. Subsequent releases of the album have both of the original parts intact, although 1980s compact disc reissues kept the verses censored. The band accepted this censorship, but refused to reword "Light My Fire" in their infamous Ed Sullivan Show performance ("Girl we couldn't get much higher").
The running time of "Light My Fire", while listed correctly below, is incorrectly stated as 6:30 or 6:50 on some LP and CD versions of the album. An edited version of the song removing most of its organ and guitar solos, with a running time of 2:52, was issued as the Doors' second single in May 1967.
TRACK LISTING:
All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore, except where noted.
SIDE ONE:
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" – 2:29
"Soul Kitchen" – 3:35
"The Crystal Ship" – 2:34
"Twentieth Century Fox" – 2:33
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:20
"Light My Fire" – 7:06
[edit] Side two
"Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon) – 3:34
"I Looked at You" – 2:22
"End of the Night" – 2:52
"Take It As It Comes" – 2:17
"The End" – 11:41
PERSONNEL:
Jim Morrison – vocals
Robby Krieger – guitar, backing vocals
Ray Manzarek – Vox Continental organ, piano, keyboards, keyboard bass, backing vocals
John Densmore – drums
Larry Knechtel (uncredited) – bass ("Soul Kitchen", "Twentieth Century Fox", "Light My Fire", "Back Door Man", "I Looked At You", "Take It As It Comes"
1967
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