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| Classic Albums: The Doors |
| The Doors |
első megjelenés éve: 2008
88 perc |
| Rock |
| (2008)
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DVD video |
| 4.901 Ft
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| 1. | Intro
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| 2. | Break on Through (To the Other Side)
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| 3. | The Crystal Ship
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| 4. | Back Door Man
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| 5. | Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
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| 6. | Light My Fire
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| 7. | End of the Night
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| 8. | The End
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| 9. | Bonus Material
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If the Doors had only recorded their debut album they would still have been assured a place in rock and roll history. Released in 1967 the album sounds just as fresh and exciting today as it did then. A mix of blues, rock and jazz, together with the voice and lyrics of Jim Morrison made the album one of the greatest debut albums of all time.
By the use of interviews, musical demonstration, rare archive footage and live performances, the program tells the story behind the conception and recording of this groundbreaking album. The surviving members of the Doors share their memories of the bands early days, the making of this album, and throw essential light onto living with the lyrical genius Jim Morrison.
With musical demonstrations from Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore we hear some of the elements that went into creating the unique sound of the Doors.
In exclusive interviews the leading players in this story add insight to the Doors as musicians, composers and leaders of a generation. These include manager Bill Siddons, friend and Beat Poet Michael McClure and Jac Holzman who signed them to Elektra Records. Further insight is provided by musicians Henry Rollins, Perry Farrell, legendary Los Angeles DJ Jim Ladd, fellow film student Paul Ferrara, and music writer Ben Fong Torres. Bruce Botnick, the engineer on this and every subsequent Doors album, guides us through the process of how it was recorded.
There have been many myths built up around the Doors, and Jim Morrison in particular. In this program, which features cuts from Break On Through, Light My Fire, End Of The Night, Alabama Song, The Crystal Ship, Back Door Man, Soul Kitchen, and The End, the music takes center stage, confirming the undeniable fact that the Doors eponymous record was and remains a true Classic Album.
Features:
* Contains Over 38 Minutes Of Additional Material Not Included In The TV Broadcast
In this edition of the Bob Smeaton-directed audiovisual Classic Albums series, viewers are taken beyond the grooves of the Doors' 1967 self-titled debut long-player. Joining us for the journey are the recollections of many of those who were intimately involved in the creation of the quartet's eponymous platter, namely the three surviving Doors Ray Manzarek (keyboards/vocals), Robbie Krieger (guitar), and John Densmore (percussion). Plus, their manager Bill Siddons, original engineer/producer Bruce Botnick, and Elektra Records' founder Jac Holzman. Also on hand is beat era poet Michael McClure -- who was an admitted influence on Jim Morrison (vocals) and one of the earliest proponents of Morrison's lyrics as pure poetry. Subsequent generations of Los Angeles-based rockers -- most notably Perry Farrell and Henry Rollins -- as well as famed L.A. disc jockey Jim Ladd (aka "The Last DJ") offer up a view of choice insights on the Lizard King. Farrell makes an astute comparison of Morrison's musical guise as a crooner to the likes of Frank Sinatra's world-weary, rode-hard-and-put-up-wet persona. That leads into Botnick's retelling of Morrison's first encounter with a Neumann U4 vocal microphone. A fair amount of screen time is dedicated to Botnick's manipulation of the multitrack tapes as he emphasizes particular instruments such as Densmore's unforgettable samba lick commencing "Break on Through," Morrison's a cappella introduction to "The Crystal Ship," or Manzarek's performance on the Marxophone during "Alabama Song." Additional fascinating insights uncover Krieger's open-tuning, which was incorporated into the ethereal "End of the Night." He also talks about his considerable background playing flamenco-style guitar, which he had taught on a University level. He then launches into the beguiling and haunting introduction to "Spanish Caravan." Other extras of note center around the retelling of how one of Morrison's hallucination-informed incidents nearly sidelined the making of the first LP. Plus, Manzarek's transcendent recollections as "Ray Tells the Story of the Night They Played 'The End' at the Whisky-A-Go-Go." Remarkably revealing is the concluding "John Tells His Tricks of the Trade," which -- despite being a fascinating aside -- might be of specific interest to percussionists rather than casual fans. Which brings up the double-edge that simultaneously blesses and plagues many of the entries in the Classic Albums canon: that being the sheer exclusion of key deep album tracks, presumably by time restrictions. There is nary a mention of "I Looked at You" -- which would have been great for dissection by McClure as opposed to the lengthy supplementary "Michael McClure Reads 'Break on Through (To the Other Side)." Similar dismissals are given to "Take It as It Comes" and "20th Century Fox." That said, one would certainly rather have it "as is" than not at all.
---Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide |
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