NOW I'M GONNA LOVE YOU
TILL THE HEAVENS
STOP THE RAIN
I'M GONNA LOVE YOU
TILL THE STARS
FALL FROM THE SKY
FOR YOU AND I..
The Soft Parade
is the fourth
studio album
by American
Rock Band
The Doors,
released on
July 18, 1969,
by Elektra Records.
Most of the album
was recorded
following a grueling tour
during which the band
was left with
little time to compose
new material.
Record producer
Paul A. Rothchild
recommended a
total departure
from the Doors'
first three albums:
develop a fuller sound
by incorporating
brass and string
arrangements
provided by
Paul Harris.
Lead singer
who was dealing
with personal issues
and focusing more
on his poetry,
was less involved
in the
songwriting process,
allowing guitarist
to increase his
own creative output.
The album peaked
at number six
on the
Billboard 200,
but it failed to
retain audiences
in the UK
and other
European countries
that their previous album,
Waiting for the Sun,
had succeeded in engaging.
Three preceding singles,
"Touch Me",
"Wishful Sinful",
and
"Tell All the People",
were included on
The Soft Parade,
with the former
becoming another
10 hit
for the Doors.
Another single,
"Runnin' Blue",
also followed
the album's distribution.
Upon release,
The Soft Parade
was denounced by
both music critics
and the band's
underground
music scene followers,
who viewed the album
as the Doors'
trending into
popular music.
Over time,
historians have
reassessed the album
and its
critical standing
has slightly improved,
but it is still
widely considered
to be the group's
weakest effort
with Morrison.
Background
By mid-1968,
the Doors
had
established themselves
as one of the
most popular groups
in the US.
The band's third
studio album,
Waiting for the Sun,
released in July
of the same year,
became the Doors'
only number one hit
on the
Billboard 200
while also spawning
"Hello, I Love You",
their second
number one single.
The album was the
first
commercial breakthrough
for the band in the UK,
reaching number 16
on the UK Albums Chart.
After the release of
Waiting for the Sun,
the Doors
commanded substantial
performance fees
and played before
large crowds
in arenas such as
the L.A. Forum,
the Hollywood Bowl,
and
Madison Square Garden.
Additionally,
local Los Angeles
Top 40 radio stations,
KHJ Radio in particular,
which had
previously refused
to play the
band's records,
began sponsoring
the Doors'
live performances.
Initial sessions
TRACK LIST
CD 1
Tell All The People
Touch Me
Shaman's Blues
Do It
Easy Ride
Wild Child
Runnin' Blue
Wishful Sinful
The Soft Parade
Who Scared You
Whiskey, Mystics & Men #1 [*]
Soft Parade Intro #1 [*]
Soft Parade Intro #2 [*]
Whiskey, Mystics & Men #2 [*]
Love Me Tender [*]
Push, Push
( Sunset Sound Studio; Hollywood, CA; Spring, 1969) [*]
Touch Me
(Take 3) [*]
Touch Me
(Vocals Only) [*]
CD 2
Tell All the People
(Doors Only Mix)
Touch Me
(Doors Only Mix)
(Robby Krieger Overdub)
Runnin' Blue
(Doors Only Mix)
(Robby Krieger Overdub)
Wishful Sinful
(Doors Only Mix)
(Robby Krieger Overdub)
Who Scared You
(Doors Only Mix)
Roadhouse Blues
Screamin' Ray Daniels
a.k.a. Ray Manzarek
On Vocals
(You Need Meat)
Don't Go No Further
Screamin' Ray Daniels
a.k.a. Ray Manzarek
On Vocals
I'm Your Doctor
Screamin' Ray Daniels
a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals
Touch Me
(Doors Only Mix)
Runnin' Blue
(Doors Only Mix)
Wishful Sinful
(Doors Only Mix)
Rock Is Dead
(Sunset Sound Studio; Hollywood, CA; February 25, 1969)
Studio Dialogue
(Sunset Sound Studio; Hollywood, CA; March 1969)
Touch Me
(DJ Bollacha Extended Mix) [*]
Touch Me
[The Reflex Revision] [*]
CD 3
I Am Troubled
(2019 Remaster)
Seminary School
(a.k.a. Petition the Lord with Prayer)
Rock Is Dead
(Complete Version)
Queen Of The Magazines
(Sunset Sound Studio; Hollywood, CA; February 25, 1969) [*]
Woman Is The Devil
(Sunset Sound Studio; Hollywood, CA; February 25, 1969) [*]
Chaos
CD 4
Wild Child
(TV)
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour;
CBS Television City, Los Angeles, CA;
December 4, 1968
Touch Me
(TV)
(Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour;
CBS Television City, Los Angeles, CA;
December 4, 1968
Pipeline
(Sunset Sound Studio; Hollywood, CA;
February 25, 1969
Queen Of The Magazines
Sunset Sound Studio; Hollywood, CA;
February 25, 1969
Musical Live Performance :
Tell All The People,
Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar),
Back Door Man,
Wishful Sinful,
Build Me A Woman
The Soft Parade
New York, 1969
PBS Critique Show
Plus
Jim Morrison Interview [*]
Hyacinth House
Robby Krieger's Home Studio;
Los Angeles, CA; Spring-Summer 1969
Touch Me
(Aquarius Theatre Hollywood CA ,July,21st 1969)
I Will Never Be Untrue
(Aquarius Theatre Hollywood CA, July,22nd 1969)
Whiskey, Mystics And Men
(Elektra Sounds Studio LA CA Fall Winter 1969/1970)
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