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NET (predecessor to PBS) Critique's color broadcast performance titled "A Profile of Jim Morrison and The Doors - On And Off Stage" was filmed on April 28th, 1969 with the interview of the band filmed on April 29th. A panel discussion is later filmed on May 23rd. This episode was originally broadcast at 9:00pm on WNDT-TV Channel 13 in New York on June 25th, and re-broadcast on June 29th at 7:00pm, however other broadcasts in the U.S. are known to have taken place on these dates. Critique is reported to have been a 26-episode series produced by Stephen Rabin, Directed by Jack Ofield, and made from the National Endowment for the Humanities, along with the Old Dominion Foundation and The Louis Calder Foundation.
Hosted by Richard Goldstein with an introduction by film critic Stanley Kauffmann, this program includes the only known complete and professionally recorded live performance of The Soft Parade. Other notable tracks include Tell All The People, Wishful Sinful, and Build Me A Woman. At the time of this production, Build Me A Woman is titled Blues, Blues. Frank Lisciandro, who was in the studio photographing the event, recalled in his book An Hour For Magic that Light
My Fire was performed, however Frank has since indicated that it wasn't definitively known that Light My Fire was played at the time of publication. Also featured midway through the program is a ten minute interview with the band by Richard Goldstein, followed by a panel discussion featuring the host, journalists Patricia Kennealy, Alfred G. Aronowitz, and radio personality William 'Rosko' Mercer of WNEW-FM.
Reflecting on the panel discussion in August 1969, Richard Goldstein tells the press, "They had all these beautiful wires and lights. I said, 'Let's have all this stuff showing.' They were shocked and said, 'That's what we avoid having them see!' So we ended up with Marcel Breuer chairs."
It is unknown whether or not any original broadcast reels or copies exist of this performance. Generated VHS tape copies have been released officially. An audiotape recording made from an original TV broadcast is known to collectors, and rehearsal footage is said to have been salvaged by a PBS employee during a PBS archives cleanout, however confirmation is still needed.
Tracklist:
Tell All The People > Alabama Song > Backdoor Man > Wishful Sinful > Blues, Blues (Build Me A Woman) > Interview > The Soft Parade
Photographers:
Frank Lisciandro
Broadcasts:
06/25/1969 - WNDT 9:00pm (Channel 13) - New York, NY
06/26/1969 - WCBB 9:00pm (Channel 10) - Portland, ME
06/29/1969 - WNDT 7:00pm (Channel 13) - New York, NY
07/10/1969 - WEDH - Hartford, CT
07/19/1969 - KCET - Los Angeles, CA
08/24/1969 - KQED - San Francisco, CA
09/07/1969 - KDIN - Des Moines, IO
11/01/1969 - KVIE - Sacramento, CA
01/25/1970 - KCET - Los Angeles, CA
03/10/1970 - WNET (Channel 13) - New York, NY
PHOTOGRAPH:
The Doors Are Interviewed On Critique © Frank Lisciandro
PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS:
ARTICLE #1:
Newspaper: Los Angeles TimesAuthor: Joyce Haber
Publish Date: April 21st - 1969
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ARTICLE #2:
Newspaper: The RecordAuthor: Unknown
Publish Date: June 19th - 1969
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ARTICLE #3:
Newspaper: The Hartford CourantAuthor: Unknown
Publish Date: July 10th - 1969
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ARTICLE #4:
Newspaper: The Modesto BeeAuthor: Unknown
Publish Date: October 26th - 1969
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