Broadcast Date: Unknown - June 1969 Station ID: WCFL - 1000AM Programming: Concert Promotion Host: Dick Biondi Recording Date: Unknown - 1969 Recording Location: WCFL Studio - Chicago, IL
Info:
A WCFL promotional advertisement by Dick Biondi from 1969 for The Doors concert on June 14th. Dick Biondi announces that Jimmy Staggs will MC the early show, and he himself will MC the late show. Most likely broadcast on various dates.
PROVIDENCE 1972 - AUDIENCE TAPE
An audience recording made by David C. of the Providence, RI performance at the Palace Theatre on August 19th, 1972! We'd like to give a very special thanks to David for providing MildEquator.com with a copy of the recording!
DETAILS:
RECORDING DATE: August 19th - 1972 TRACK TIME: 1:06:31 TRACKLIST:
Tightrope Ride
In The Eye Of The Sun
The Mosquito
Love Me Two Times
Verdilac
Close To You
Ships With Sails
Good Rockin'
Light My Fire
JIM MORRISON ON THE SET OF PEAU D'ANE 1970
These short color film clips of Jim Morrison were captured by Agnès Varda at the Château de Chambord in France in June 1970 on the set of Peau d'Ane (Donkey Skin) during a vacation to Europe taken by Jim and press agent Leon Barnard. Peau d'Ane is a french fairy-tale type film production directed by Jacques Demy, of whom Agnès Varda is married to. Although Jim Morrison does not appear in the film itself, he can be seen lazing about on set with friend Alain Ronay, and signing an autograph for actress Delphine Seyrig's son. Photographs of Jim Morrison taken on this day are also known and were likely taken by Alain Ronay as evident in the footage. These brief clips are featured in Agnès Varda's documentary L'Univers de Jacques Demy (The World Of Jacques Demy), released in 1995 and re-released on DVD in 2019.
PITTSBURGH 1969 - 8MM AUDIENCE FOOTAGE
Approximately 3 minutes of silent color 8mm footage shot at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena on September 20th, 1969. During the course of the show, the house lights are turned up as police attempt to control the audience. The original 8mm rolls of film received damage while being pulled through a projector by hand, but have now been restored and transferred for proper viewing. The master films are currently in the possession of MildEquator.com!
JIM MORRISON - TELEVISION DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Two prime time television death announcements of Jim Morrison are made by newscasters Walter Cronkite and Frank McGee of CBS and NBC on July 9th, 1971. Due to the circumstances of the event, news of Jim's death was usually not reported by the media until July 9th or later. These television broadcasts include what details are known about the incident in Paris following the official announcement from Bill Siddons. Filmed and broadcast in black & white.
CBC - THIS IS ROBERT FULFORD
Broadcast Date: July 12th - 1971 Station ID: CBC-FM Programming: This Is Robert Fulford Host: Robert Fulford Recording Date: July 12th - 1971 Recording Location: CBC Studios - Toronto, ON
Info:
This weekly CBC radio show aired on July 12th, 1971, three days after the announcement of Jim Morrison's death. Host Robert Fulford talks about Jim Morrison with guests Jack Batten of the Toronto Globe And Mail, and American journalist Fred Landerl. Subjects for discussion include the music of The Doors, Jim Morrison's poetry & films, and live performances including The Doors Philadelphia 1968 concert as witnessed by Fred Landerl. Music by The Doors is played for the audience throughout the broadcast, including The Unknown Soldier. This is the earliest known radio special on Jim Morrison following his death on July 3rd.
THE "IN" SOUND - U.S. ARMY RADIO SHOW
Broadcast Date: May 1967 > January 1968 Station ID: Various Programming: The "In" Sound Host: Harry Harrison Recording Date: Multiple Dates - 1967-1968 Recording Location: New York, NY
Info:
Beginning in May of 1967, The Doors are featured on a five minute U.S. Army radio program known as The "In" Sound. Vinyl records featuring five or six shows are pressed for weekly airplay, and each segment is hosted by Harry Harrison. A typical broadcast includes an introduction by Harry with a phone call to a listener, a hit song by the featured band, and a brief interview with a band member. For the programming featuring The Doors, Ray Manzarek is interviewed both via phone call from New York to California, and in-person at the New York studio. The Doors last known inclusion for this program is dated for the week of January 15th, 1968 and Love Me Two Times is the song in focus.
Airplay Dates:
For the broadcast week of May 15th, 1967 - Break On Through
For the broadcast week of July 3rd, 1967 - Light My Fire
For the broadcast week of July 10th, 1967 - Light My Fire
For the broadcast week of August 7th, 1967 - Light My Fire
For the broadcast week of October 16th, 1967 - People Are Strange
For the broadcast week of October 23rd, 1967 - People Are Strange
For the broadcast week of January 15th, 1968 - Love Me Two Times
MORRISON HOTEL - VENICE BEACH
DATE: 12/xx/1969
LOCATION: Venice Beach - CA
FORMAT: Publicity Film
COLOR: Yes
LENGTH: 15:00
AUDIO: No
FILMER: Henry Diltz
Info:
Silent color footage shot over 4 reels of 8mm footage by Henry Diltz on a Bauer camera shot in December 1969. The Doors had just finished shooting the Morrison Hotel album cover and were in need of publicity photos. They spent a day in Venice at the beach with Henry Diltz, and along with many photos, this film captures the event. With no official release, collectors are in need of complete, restored transfer of this footage.
KMPX - BERKELEY COMMUNITY THEATRE RADIO PROMOTION
Broadcast Date: October 12th - 1967 Station ID: KMPX - 106.9FM Programming: Unknown Host: Tom Donahue Recording Date: October 12th - 1967 Recording Location: KMPX Studio - San Francisco, CA
Info:
During KMPX's broadcast on Columbus Day in 1967, disc jockey Tom Donahue promotes The Doors upcoming performances in Berkeley with the mention that he will also be the master of ceremonies. Tom Donahue likely mentioned and advertised these performances multiple times in the days leading up to the show.
KHJ - FANTASY FAIRE FESTIVAL PROMO SPOT
Broadcast Date: Pre-July 15th - 1967 Station ID: KHJ - 93.5FM Programming: Concert Promotion Host: Unknown Recording Date: Presumed June - 1967 Recording Location: Unknown Location - Los Angeles, CA
Info:
A promotional advertisement for the 'Fantasy Faire & Magic Music Festival' broadcast by KHJ FM in Los Angeles in June or July of 1967. The Doors are listed in the line-up along with Jefferson Airplane, The Grass Roots, Canned Heat, and many more. Ticket prices, start times and other festival activities are also mentioned.
THE SOFT PARADE & COW PALACE - RADIO PROMO 1969
Broadcast Date: July 2x - 1969 Station ID: KYA Programming: Unknown Host: Unknown Recording Date: July 2x - 1969 Recording Location: KYA Studio - San Francisco, CA
Info:
In the weeks leading up to The Doors performance at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, local radio station KYA runs a promo to announce the "new album" The Soft Parade. Following the album ad, DJ's announce The Doors upcoming show at Cow Palace, with a mention of ticket prices and where to get them. The Doors performance at Cow Palace was likely advertised many times over the radio in the days leading up to the show.
THE GUARD SCENE - 1967
Broadcast Date: Week of October 15th - 1967 Station ID: WMCA - 570AM Programming: The Guard Scene Host: Ed Baer Recording Date: September xx - 1967 Recording Location: WMCA Studios - 13th floor, 415 Madison Avenue, New York - NY
Info:
In September 1967 The Doors are interviewed in New York by Ed Baer at WMCA Studios for a 15 minute radio program known as The Guard Scene, sponsored by the U.S. National Guard. The program features two songs, Light My Fire and People Are Strange, with an introduction by Jim Morrison, and interview cuts in between tracks with the entire band. This interview was broadcast by WMCA and syndicated on radio stations throughout the U.S. The Doors appear on show #110 for the week of October 15th, 1967, with Peaches & Herb featured for the last 5 minutes of the show. The master tapes used in the production of this radio show are considered lost, and were likely re-used by WMCA to record other artists and performers.
THE DOORS - MURRAY THE K - VINYL TRANSFER
ANAHEIM 1967 - KFWB RADIO PROMO SPOT
Broadcast Date: Pre-July 15th - 1967 Station ID: KFWB - 980AM Programming: Concert Promotion Host: Various Recording Date: Presumed Late June - 1967 Recording Location: KFWB Studios - Los Angeles, CA
A radio advertisement for The Doors and Jefferson Airplane's performances at the "New Anaheim Convention Center" on July 15th, 1967. This original promo runs for approximately one minute.
COLUMBUS 1968 - 8MM AUDIENCE FOOTAGE
Approximately 4 minutes of silent color 8mm footage shot at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio on November 2nd, 1968. Covering the show from start to finish, this footage features images of the marquee, The Doors arrival on-stage, close-ups of Jim Morrison performing in his red sweater and white pants, and the closing of the show. This film is mostly in focus and very easy to watch.
CLEVELAND 1970 AUDIENCE RECORDING - February 13th 1970
Contributed By: Doc West via Chris Simondet
On February 13th, 1970 The Doors late show performance at Cleveland's Allen Theatre is captured on cassette tape by audience member Doc West. Highlights from this mostly complete recording of the show include a lengthy performance of When The Music's Over, a tour rarity Will The Circle Be Unbroken, and a comedic pastor-like sermon from Jim Morrison himself. We'd like to give a very special thanks to Doc West for his loaning of the master tape to Chris Simondet who has in turn released to the world a fantastic digital transfer of this unique concert recording!
TAPER'S NOTES:
"The opening act was 'Eli Radish', a band from the Cleveland area...Jim was wearing black, head to toe...he had a lot of fun and alluded to the Miami concert when said "I've got something to show you tonight, and it's bigger than a breadbox" and was quite sober....the show was longer than usual Doors concerts....the show ended, we headed for the exits when Jim came back onstage and told some of the motorcycle gang that was in front of the stage to stop people from leaving...Jim said that someone had stolen one of their jackets and then flipped the audience the finger and said 'thanks Cleveland' and went back behind the curtain....we were shocked but it was post Miami, so we were looking at each other wondering if this was over or not....then Jim came back onstage and said there had been a mistake and The Doors wanted to play longer, but their drummer's hands had been taped up....was there a drummer in the house who could play with them....a minute or so later he came back and they had the opening act's drummer playing for them....at one point Ray Manzarek sat on a chair and played slide guitar on i believe 'Little Red Rooster'....I was only 19 years old and totally sober....don't believe they served alcohol at concerts back then, but I do think I saw the motorcycle dudes carry a case of beer to the front."
Tracklist:
Roadhouse Blues "I Feel Good Tonight"
Break On Through
Alabama Song >
Backdoor Man >
Five To One
Ship Of Fools "Hey, Listen..."
Love Me Two Times
-Baby, Please Don't Go
When The Music's Over
-Something Wrong
-Away In India
-Why Won't You Boogie "I'm Not Gonna Leave This Place..."
-You Gotta Boogie
-Build Me A Woman
-Sunday Trucker
(Tape Flip)
When The Music's Over
Rock Me
Will The Circle Be Unbroken >
Petition The Lord With Prayer >
-Pastor Jim
Wake Up! >
Light My Fire
-Summertime
-Fever
Soul Kitchen
"Who's In Charge Around Here?"
"Are Any Of You A Drummer?"
Maggie M'Gill* (Cut)
* Featuring Skip Heil on Drums
DALLAS STATE FAIR MUSIC HALL - December 11th 1970
Contributed By: Jim Bayliss via Chris Simondet
THE LATE SHOW - BY JIM BAYLISS:
"I found out that The Doors were going to be in Dallas by chance. I mentioned to a friend that the only concert I ever felt like I missed was The Doors. He had just been to a Moody Blues concert in Dallas and told me that The Doors were going to be there soon. A couple of days later, I made a slurry of calls to Dallas and was finally hooked to the Fairpark Music Hall, where I was told that the concert was that night, and that there were still front section seats for the 10:30pm performance. I told them I'd be there, and made a reservation.
The night before, a norther had unexpectedly chilled that day's warm air. I met it with two coats and my yellow Maverick, and left Austin after dinner at 6:30pm, If I had found out about it earlier, I would have taken somebody with me, but it was too late for that now. I sped north, and questioned my ability to stay awake on the road until 5:00am or so the next morning. I drove on through Georgetown, Temple, Waco, plowing the slithery asphalt with my headlights. Darkness hides reality, you know. The car then moves protoplasm through a void. Hillsboro, Waxahachie - I will wake up the next morning and nothing will have happened.
I entered Dallas at 9:45pm and headed toward the Fairgrounds. I found a near vacant parking lot alongside a radio station building, and left the car. I weaved through parked cars and around to the front of the building. There were a lot of people waiting to get in. I entered a line for paid reservations and received a ticket saying "row C". I wandered about in the crowd a bit. The police pushed us back from the doors to let the first show out. 45 minutes late, we were let in.
Hoping the police wouldn't say anything to me about the contents of my knapsack (a tape recorder), I moved straight down to the third row, got comfortable, and looked around. I was seated in a large auditorium with cushioned seats, operatic balconies and an orchestral pit. People were shuffling about below in the orchestral pit. One, who could have passed for Densmore, was talking to a gal in the front row. Occasionally, a well-proportioned blonde, with a neckline slivered to low sternum, shuffled up and down the aisle. A gal in an opera balcony smiled and puffed on a cigarette. A couple of Frisbees were circulating. The lights flickered and went out.
The opening band, the Courtship (I think), was introduced. They were good, professional, and did some Motownish sounding numbers with a heavy band sound, reminiscent of Vanilla Fudge. After a short performance (half an hour perhaps), they left. The audience wanted the Doors and were asked to wait 10 minutes. Frisbees resumed flight, and the well-proportioned blonde made another trip to the front row to talk to a gal who was talking to the guy who looked like Densmore.
The curtain parted on five silhouettes. One announced "The Doors" and left, and four figures were revealed. On the left was Manzarek, wearing blue jeans and a black, pajama-like top. Elevated on a stand in back was Densmore, poised and ready. Krieger, with a peculiar smile, was wearing yellow, palm-tree patterned bell-bottoms, and looked like a tourist in Palm Springs. With his back to the audience was Morrison, in black cotton pants and a pink shirt. With a maraca tucked into his pants, he turned to the audience to find the mic.
Krieger ripped off the bass line for Roadhouse Blues, and the others waited and entered. They then headed toward unrecorded numbers and did "Crawling King Snake". Morrison snarled for requests, and promptly heard half of their recorded songs barked back at them. "Yeah, yeah, I know but that comes later on in the show." "Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, one at a time." "Thank you very much. Very kind of you." They broke into "Ship of Fools". Morrison did his part, sat beneath the drums, waited, traced the wire back to the mic, finished the song, and began anew.
There's a palace in the canyon
Where you and I were born
Now I'm a lonely man
Take me back into the garden
In the shadows of the canyon
I met you and now you're gone
And now my dream is gone
Let me back into the garden
Picking up a tambourine, Morrison shook its circumference over the mic. "L.A woman, she's all mine, L.A. woman, don't let me catch you with mine." The song ended and Ray immediately led into "When The Music's Over." Morrison sometimes whistles the scream of the butterfly, you know. They then went into "Riders on the Storm" and ended with an improvised version of "The End", which they finished with a frenzied, ear-ripping climax, and Morrison, Krieger, and Manzarek fell to the floor. They then arose and departed. The auditorium lights were turned on. The audience rose to its feet in applause. It was late. No encore. We left into the cool, clear night, and I started the trek back to Austin."
A Very pecial Thanks to Jim Bayliss for providing his tape and review of the concert to MildEquator.com!
DETAILS:
RECORDING DATE: December 11th - 1970 TRACK TIME: 34:47 TRACKLIST:
Ship Of Fools (Cut)
Palace In The Canyon >
L.A. Woman (Cut)
Riders On The Storm (Cut)
The End (Cut) "Squeeze My Lemon"
-I'd Be Your Penman (Poetry)
-Mystery Train
-Away In India
WINTERLAND ARENA AUDIENCE TAPES - December 26th & 28th 1967
Contributed By: George B. Feist via Chris Simondet
In late December 1967, George B. Feist attends two of the three performances by The Doors at Winterland Arena in San Francisco, capturing both performances on a Wollensak cassette recorder. While these recordings were previously known to collectors and fans, new transfers of the master tapes reveal the excellent sound quality still preserved on the tapes today. We'd like to give a special thanks to George B. Feist for loaning out his tapes, and we extend our gratitude to Chris Simondet for his professional handling and transferring of the tapes to digital format for our viewers to listen to right here on the site!
DETAILS:
RECORDING DATE: December 26th - 1967 TRACK TIME: 45:32 TRACKLIST:
Back Door Man
Break On Through
-Don't Fight It
When The Music's Over
-Poor Otis, Dead And Gone
Close To You (Ray On Vocals) >
I'm A Man (Ray On Vocals)
Light My Fire
DETAILS:
RECORDING DATE: December 28th - 1967 TRACK TIME: 22:01 TRACKLIST:
Alabama Song >
Back Door Man (Cut)
You're Lost Little Girl (Cut)
Love Me Two Times (Cut)
Wake Up! (Cut)
Light My Fire
The Unknown Soldier (Cut)
Howard Smith Talks About The Doors - WABC-FM January 20th, 1970
Contributed By: MildEquator.com with thanks to The Smith Tapes
In early November 1969, Howard Smith recorded a lengthy interview with Jim Morrison at The Doors office in Los Angeles. While in recent years it has been reported that the interview took place on November 6th, the exact date is in fact, uncertain (it rained for a week in L.A., not just one day as previously described). A few months later on January 20th 1970, Howard appears on WABC-FM in New York during Bob Lewis' radio show, making a few statements about The Doors and airing a clip from the original interview. On this date, The Doors had just completed a two-day, four-show stint at the Felt Forum in Madison Square Garden two days before.
As a companion to the original interview recording, released by The Smith Tapes in its entirety in late 2012, MildEquator.com is pleased to feature this brief radio broadcast as a download right here on the site, with an extra special thanks to The Smith Tapes for allowing us to host this audio file for our viewers!
< To acquire a complete copy of the original interview, please visit TheSmithTapes.com or Amazon for CD or digital formats!
DETAILS:
BROADCAST DATE: January 20th - 1970 RECORDING DATE: Exact Date Unknown - Presumed January 20th - 1970 STATION ID: WABC - 95.5FM PROGRAMMING: Love HOST: Bob Lewis 'The Bobaloo' RECORDING LOCATION: Exact Location Unknown TRACK LENGTH: 0:55 FILE SIZE: 3.7mb
LOCATION: UCLA/Various Locations - Los Angeles, CA
COLOR: B&w
LENGTH: 6:43
AUDIO: Yes
"Jim Morrison was the sound man on my first student film at UCLA. I asked a bunch of the crew and my friends at the housing coop where I lived to wear dark suits for the film - Jim didn't have one. That was one reason I asked him to be the sound recordist. The other was that he had shown a remarkable affinity for sound. 6 or 7 of us were in a group that took turns crewing for each other's films on successive Saturdays, in the Spring of 1965. Jim had shot part of his film the previous Saturday, in which we all played a noisy audience. A stag film we were watching broke and the screen was white with projector light. As the sounds of protest escalated, some of us made shadow puppets on the screen and yelled even louder. He had us repeat this for many takes. The experience made us literally high and influenced me to try to create that kind of crowd chaos, in my own way, in my film the next week.
In 'Five Situations', Jim's job was to record sound to go with each scene after filming of the scene was completed (the film was not shot in sync sound). For instance, after the bottle breaking scene, he had someone break some more bottles so he could mic it closely. Maddeningly, many of the bottles were bouncing instead of breaking. After awhile I yelled 'cut', but he insisted on more bottle smashes until he got what he wanted. After we finished shooting all the picture takes of the bathroom scene, we did another run through for sound. Jim decided he wanted to be in the mob, not outside it, during the jostling. He stood in the middle of the group in what was essentially a mosh pit, recording the concussions as well as everything else. When I was editing the film, I decided to try slowing down the sound to see how it "worked". The scene worked much better with the sound slowed down this way, so I transferred it and put it in. I did the same with the bottle breaking scene.
Long digression: The concept of judging an edit on whether it 'worked' or not, yes or no, black or white, was introduced to us by Edgar Brokaw. He taught the advanced editing class and the script writing class that both Jim and I took. He was to have been the advisor for our Saturday Workshop group. (Due to his illness, another professor took over.) Brokaw was harshly critical of Jim's film at the student screening because Jim had failed to 'double splice' his edits and they wouldn't go through the projector (ironically, much like the broken stag film in his project). For all that, Brokaw was among the few on the faculty who respected Jim's talent. I remember seeing Brokaw years later, probably the early 70's; he had a big poster of Jim with The Doors on the wall of his office. He said something like "Jim made it work", meaning he found a way to turn his vision into art."
