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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:03:40 GMT 10
March 22nd & 23rd, 1968: Fillmore East, New York
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:06:23 GMT 10
Also performing: The James Cotton Blues Band; Jagged Edge; The Crazy World of Arthur Brown May 11th, 1968: Cobo Arena, Detroit
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:07:00 GMT 10
May 11th, 1968: Cobo Arena, Detroit
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:10:13 GMT 10
Northern California Folk-Rock Festival - Family Park, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds - San Jose, CA The outdoor venue does nothing for The Doors magic and the show is lack lustre. The Doors are scheduled to close this two-day event with a one hour set at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. They come onto the stage after a long day of music and at least ten other bands had played before them. The crowd was a little tired and the band playing in the middle of the afternoon made for a less than outstanding performance that just wasn't received with much enthusiasm. Also performing during the two-day event: The Grateful Dead; The Animals; Big Brother and The Holding Company; the Youngbloods; the Electric Flag; Jefferson Airplane; Kaleidoscope; Country Joe and the Fish; Taj Mahal; and many other lesser known bands. A snapshot of Doors singer Jim Morrison, taken by Quarry from the stage of the San Jose Rock Festival, 1968. May 19th, 1968: Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:12:19 GMT 10
The entire concert was recorded using several cameras and is one of only two professionally recorded live performances of the band in colour (the other being Live at The Isle of Wight Festival 1970). The Doors' long-time sound engineer Bruce Botnick recorded the concert direct from the soundboard onto an 8-track machine. The recording of "The End" was used in the film project Feast of Friends, which was not released until November 2014. Initial sound problems with Morrison's microphone made the opening trio of songs ("Hello, I Love You", "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" and "Spanish Caravan") somewhat distorted. This was digitally rectified for the 2012 release by Bruce Botnick. The 2012 edition of the concert also made use of some different camera angles than the version released on video in 1987. July 5th, 1968: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:13:11 GMT 10
The show is touted as the event of the season and everyone who is anyone comes out to see the show. Mick Jagger and Jimmy Miller have dinner with the band at Mu Ling's Chinese restaurant before the show and are in the audience this night to see the big show. All 18,000 seats are sold out and the stage is tweaked with over 60,000 watts of power. The Doors hire a few additional cameramen to their crew who are filming tonight, one of which turns out to be a young Harrison Ford. Steppenwolf opens the evening followed by The Chambers Brothers and they blow the crowd away. The Doors follow and there is anticlimax in the air. Jim drops acid before the show and the band begins with a very long intro to "When the Music's Over" and what is supposed to be suspense turns into monotony. Throughout the night, the crowd awaits Jim to do something but, on this night, he just stands by the mic and sings his heart out concentrating on his vocal performance. Jim is performing professionally this night and the crowd, with plenty of left-over fireworks from the 4th, wants the crazy freak to do something they can tell their friends. Mick Jagger is interviewed after the show calling it a bore saying 'They (The Doors) were nice chaps, but they played a bit too long.' July 5th, 1968: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:13:54 GMT 10
July 5th, 1968: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:14:33 GMT 10
July 5th, 1968: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:15:13 GMT 10
July 5th, 1968: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:17:49 GMT 10
The Doors headline with opening act The Who. Jim's limo driver gets lost before the show in the traffic of the crowd and the limo is mobbed by fans. Jim gets out and the fans go crazy grabbing his clothes and hair forcing items, necklaces, etc. into his hands. He finally makes it backstage and decides to take a walk around the arena. He gets 10 yards down the hallway and is swarmed by hundreds of fans and is forced to go backstage. The Who refuses to play with The Doors equipment on stage during their set. They get there way and go on, but the rotating stage gets stuck and a quarter of the restless crowd cannot see the band infuriating many of the audience. They finish the set smashing their equipment and the crowd is roaring. Pete Townsend walks off telling The Doors people that the crowd is ready to explode! The Doors wait 30 minutes and finally take the stage with Jim waiting even longer as the others jam. Jim comes out swarmed by security and his film crew. The fans who cannot see begin to storm the stage and are thwarted back by security. Jim is animated and growls songs while dancing and gyrating, hopping and twirling in a shamanic tide often rapping obscenities during breaks and between songs. The crowd is hot, and Jim is in rare form. The tension builds with each song, each chant, each movement. Jim and the audience are one. He feels their emotions boiling and slowly turns up the heat. Jim throws himself down on the stage and crawls around on his belly driven by the music, the crowd, and his demons. The Doors finish with "The End" and as Jim sings the last note, falling back on the stage, the crowd as if being pulled back like an arrow, as if on cue, suddenly erupt and thunderously rush the stage. The crowd overtakes the stage and begins smashing the bands equipment. The riot rages on for over an hour with the band backstage drinking. Many fans are injured, hospitalized or arrested. August 2nd, 1968: The Singer Bowl, Flushing Meadows
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:21:07 GMT 10
The Doors do two shows a night selling out all 10,000 seats of the remodelled train station's 2,500 seat concert hall. Both concerts on Friday are filmed by Granada Television for the British television program "The Doors Are Open." (Note: The program airs on October 4th and only footage of the 2nd show is used) The concerts go extremely well. Jim is somewhat reserved in his performances but very involved and in good voice, control, and appearance. On the first night: The Doors open for The Jefferson Airplane. These Friday shows are attended by many London music scene artists, such as members of the Rolling Stones and Traffic. Jim is fabulous and sober! On the 2nd night: The Jefferson Airplane opens up for The Doors. Jim would later state that this 2nd show on Saturday night was probably one of the band's all-time best performances. September 6th & 7th, 1968: The Roundhouse, London
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:23:13 GMT 10
Jim runs into a few problems. Before the show, members of The Jefferson Airplane and The Doors are walking around town and, since drugs are legal in Amsterdam, the fans in the streets are giving the members all sorts of drugs to either try some or to take with them for later. Well, Jim takes everything that is given to him and later ends up on stage during the Airplane's opening set dancing around and soon passes out cold. Jim is taken to the hospital and upset with Jim the other three members perform and go on without him doing an outstanding show with Ray handling the singing sounding incredibly like him. Jim recovers the next morning and reads rave reviews of the band going on without him. He jokes about the show but something else is going on. Jim realizes that he is not The Doors. September 15th, 1968: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:25:04 GMT 10
The Doors play an early and late show this evening. This is The Doors final shows of their European Tour. Both performances are superb and indicative of the band on a good night, especially the late show. Also performing: The Jefferson Airplane September 20th, 1968: Konserthuset, Stockholm
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:27:29 GMT 10
Jim tells the other members in the band 'I want to see phoenix flip out' and right from the start he gets the crowd of 10,000 strong going by provoking nearly 500 teenagers into rushing the stage creating a war between concert goers and security. Jim comes very close to getting arrested himself for using obscenities and lewd behaviour. Charges are filed but later retracted as the city of Phoenix decides to rather ban The Doors from playing here ever again. November 7th, 1968: Veterans Coliseum, Phoenix
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 14:28:02 GMT 10
November 7th, 1968: Veterans Coliseum, Phoenix
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