The Doors - 30 Years Commemorative Edition
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This Doors DVD compiles three films Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Dance on Fire and The Soft Parade - A Retrospective . The first was filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl
in the summer of 1968. The second is a collection of 14 videos, including some rare footage from television performances. The third includes the Doors' last televised appearance on PBS in 1969 in the aftermath of the infamous Miami concert that resulted in Morrison's arrest for "indecent exposure
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Live at the Hollywood Bowl
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The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
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This Doors DVD compiles three films Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Dance on Fire and The Soft Parade - A Retrospective . The first was filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States that is used primarily for music performances...
in the summer of 1968. The second is a collection of 14 videos, including some rare footage from television performances. The third includes the Doors' last televised appearance on PBS in 1969 in the aftermath of the infamous Miami concert that resulted in Morrison's arrest for "indecent exposure
Indecent exposure
Indecent exposure is the deliberate exposure in public or in view of the general public by a person of a portion or portions of his or her body, in circumstances where the exposure is contrary to local moral or other standards of appropriate behavior. Indecent exposure laws vary in different...
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Live at the Hollywood BowlLive at the Hollywood Bowl (The Doors album)Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a live album by the American rock band The Doors. It was recorded on July 5, 1968 but not released until 1987. The video of the concert is still available, now in the DVD format on The Doors - 30 Years Commemorative Edition...
- "When the Music's Over"
- "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)"
- "Back Door Man"
- "Five to One"
- "Hello, I Love You" - Video & Audio was damaged during recording, and subsequently removed from all recordings
- "Moonlight Drive"
- "Horse Latitudes"
- "A Little Game" - Excerpt From The Celebration OF The Lizard
- "The Hill Dwellers" - Excerpt From The Celebration Of The Lizard
- "Spanish Caravan"
- "Wake Up"
- "Light My Fire"
- "The Unknown Soldier"
- The End
Dance on Fire
- "Break on Through" - Elektra Promo Clip - November 1966
- "People Are Strange" - On Murray The K and The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City - August 17th, 1967 & Early August-September 1967
- "Light My Fire" - On The Ed Sullivan Show - September 17th, 1967
- "Wild Child" - October 1968, Recording Studio
- "L.A. Woman" - 1985 short film by Ray Manzarek
- "The Unknown Soldier" - Elektra promo Clip - March 1968
- "Roadhouse Blues" - Excerpts from "Feast Of Friends", the unreleased concert documentary of the 1968 tour
- "Texas Radio and the Big Beat" Filmed for Danish Television - 09-18-1968. Jim famously passed out on stage the day before after ingesting anything that was given to him on the streets of Amsterdam. Notice the stool.
- "Love Me Two Times" same performance as above
- "Touch Me" Filmed on The Smothers Brothers Comedy hour - December 6th,1968
- "Horse Latitudes" - Jonathan Winters Show - December 4th, 1967
- "Moonlight Drive" Same performance as above
- "The End" - Filmed Live at The Hollywood Bowl - July 5th, 1968
- "Crystal Ship" American Bandstand, July 7th,1967
- "Adagio" - Instrumental piece recorded during "Waiting For The Sun", played while home movies are shown
- "Riders on the Storm" - Plays over the credits
The Soft Parade
- "The Changeling" - 1991 short film by The Doors
- "Wishful Sinful" PBS TV Show Critique - April 28th, 1969
- "Wild Child" October 1968, Recording Studio
- "Build Me a Woman" PBS TV Show Critique - April 28th, 1969
- "The Unknown Soldier" - Elektra promo Clip - March 1968, July 5 1968 & September 6 & 18 1968
- "The Soft Parade" PBS TV Show Critique - April 28th, 1969
- "Hello I Love You" September 13th, 1968, Frankfurt TV Show
Bonus
- "Break on Through" (Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970Isle of Wight Festival 1970The 1970 Isle of Wight Festival was held between 26 and 31 August 1970 at East Afton Farm an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight. It was the last of three consecutive music festivals to take place on the island between 1968 and 1970 and widely acknowledged as the largest musical event of...
) - "The Ghost Song" (from An American PrayerAn American PrayerAn American Prayer is the last studio album by The Doors. In 1978, seven years after lead singer Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison's poetry...
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Personnel
- 1966-1971 - Jim MorrisonJim MorrisonJames Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American musician, singer, and poet, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors...
, Robbie Krieger, John DensmoreJohn DensmoreJohn Paul Densmore is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer of the rock group The Doors.-Early life and The Doors:Born in Los Angeles, Densmore attended Santa Monica City College and Cal...
, Ray ManzarekRay ManzarekRaymond Daniel Manzarek, Jr., better known as Ray Manzarek , is an American musician, singer, producer, film director, writer, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, Nite City from 1977–1978 and Manzarek-Krieger since 2001.Manzarek is listed #4 on Digital Dreamdoor's "100...