ONDINE - 04/01-02/1967

NEW YORK, NY - U.S.A.



Venue Address: 308 East 59th St. - New York, NY 
Promotion: Elektra/Brad Pierce
Event: Venue Exclusive

Also Performing:
Unknown

Setlist:
(Unknown)

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.
-This is the final weekend of The Doors engagement at Ondine and will become their last appearances at this venue.
-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.
-Admission for these shows is $4.00 at the door and a minimum of $6.00 spent at the table.
-Positive reviews of these performances are printed throughout the month of March.
-The Doors stay at the Great Northern Hotel while in New York.
-The Doors perform an unknown number of shows during the course of March/April.
-Steve Curry and the Denims begin a three week engagement at this venue on April 3rd.

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 Voice
Author: Richard Goldstein
Publish Date: March 23rd - 1967
Copyright © Unknown
Ondine 1967 - Review
Contributed By: BTikellis


REVIEW #2:

Newspaper: Cash Box
Author: Unknown
Publish Date: March xx - 1967
Copyright © Unknown
Ondine 1967 - Review
Contributed By: BTikellis


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