Venue Address: 308 East 59th St. - New York, NY
Promotion: Elektra/Brad Pierce
Event: Venue Exclusive
Also Performing:
Unknown
Setlist (March 13th):
Break On Through
Back Door Man
People Are Strange
Soul Kitchen
The End
(Incomplete)
Recordings / Film:
Unavailable
Photographers:
Linda Eastman (March 13th)
Thomas Monaster (March 13th)
Reviews / Info:
-This venue has a nautical theme and claims to be New York's oldest discotheque.
-These shows are promoted by Elektra with radio, local media, and outdoor advertising.
-First album promotional posters with Ondine show info written at bottom are used for advertising in Greenwich Village.
-Radio promotional spots are taken out on WOR-FM.
-Andy Warhol's entourage are invited to attend The Doors opening night.
-Elektra vice president Steve Harris invites various photographers to attend opening night, offering to buy their best pictures afterward.
-The Doors rent stage equipment from the Carroll Musical Instrument Service Co. on March 13th.
-Jac and Nina Holzman host a party at this venue on opening night to mark the return of The Doors to New York.
-Disc jockey Rosko of WOR-FM stops by on opening night to offer praises for The Doors.
-Jim Morrison joins Rosko at his table, nervously discussing his upcoming career and record sales.
-Admission for these shows are $4.00 at the door and a minimum of $6.00 spent at the table by each attendee.
-Positive reviews of these performances are printed throughout the month.
-The Doors stay at the Great Northern Hotel while in New York.
-Pamela Courson joins Jim Morrison in New York.
-The Doors perform an unknown number of shows during the course of March/April.
RADIO PROMO SPOTS
Broadcast Date: Various - March 1967
Station ID: WOR New York - 98.7FM
Programming: Concert Promotion
Host: Various
Recording Date: Presumed March - 1967
Recording Location: WOR Studios - New York, NY
Info:
To promote The Doors upcoming March 1967 performances at Ondine in New York, Elektra's vice president Steve Harris takes out radio promo spots on WOR-FM. No recordings of these promotional spots are known to have survived.
PUBLISHED INTERVIEW
Publication: GO Magazine
Issue: April 28th - 1967
Interview Date: Exact Date Unknown - March 1967
Publish Date: April 28th - 1967
Interview Location: Ondine - New York, NY
Info:
In April of 1967, Debbi Smith of GO magazine publishes an article about The Doors as an upcoming band, and Robby Krieger is interviewed on an unknown date while the group is in New York for a three week tenancy at Ondine the previous month. Robby tells the interviewer that he did not plan on rock n' roll and that he wanted to learn jazz, but while also stating "with rock n' roll you can realize anything".
ARCHIVE/MEMORABILIA:
REVIEW #1:
Newspaper: Village VoiceAuthor: Richard Goldstein
Publish Date: March 23rd - 1967
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Contributed By: BTikellis
REVIEW #2:
Newspaper: Cash BoxAuthor: Unknown
Publish Date: March xx - 1967
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Contributed By: BTikellis
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