Showing posts with label The Doors. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Ray Manzarek : The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control


 Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr.

 (February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013)

 was an

 American keyboardist.

 He is best known 

as a member

 of the rock band

 the Doors

co-founding

 the group

 in 1965 

with fellow

 UCLA Film School 

graduate

 Jim Morrison

Manzarek is credited for

 his innovative playing 

and abilities on

 organ-style

 keyboard instruments.

Manzarek was inducted

 into the

 Rock and Roll 

Hall of Fame 

in 1993 

as a 

Doors member.

 He was a 

co-founding member

 of 

Nite City

 from

 1977 to 1978 

and of 

Manzarek–Krieger

 from 2001

 until he died

 in 2013.

USA Today 

described him as

 "one of the best keyboardists ever"


The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll 

Now It's Out of Control

 is the second 

studio album

 by American 

singer and keyboardist

 Ray Manzarek

 Released on the

 Mercury label

 in 1974, 

 It was Manzarek's

 last album

 before forming

 the now defunct

 rock band

 Nite City

 in 1977

TRACKLIST


The Whole Thing Started With Rock And Roll

 (Now It's Out Of Control)

The Gambler

Whirling Dervish

Begin The World Again

I Wake Up Screaming

Art Deco Fandango

Bicentennial Blues

 (Love It or Leave It)

Perfumed Garden

Roadhouse Blues [*]

Ray Manzarek :  Break It Down

(Interview) [*]

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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Thursday, January 8, 2026

The Doors : The Origins (compilation)



 Robert Alan Krieger

 (Born January 8, 1946)

 is an American

 guitarist 

and founding member 

of the rock band

 The Doors

 Krieger wrote 

or co-wrote

 many of

 the Doors' songs,

 including the hits 

"Light My Fire", 

"Love Me Two Times",

 "Touch Me", 

and

"Love Her Madly". 

Monday, December 8, 2025

The Doors : Dance on Fire (Japan Greatest Hits.. and More)

 James Douglas "Jim" Morrison

 (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971)

 was an 

American poet,

singer, 

songwriter, 

and filmmaker 

who was the

 lead vocalist 

and primary lyricist 

of the rock band 

The Doors

 Due to his charismatic persona,

 poetic lyrics, 

distinctive voice, 

and unpredictable performances, 

along with the

 dramatic circumstances 

surrounding his life

 and early death, 

Morrison is regarded by 

music critics 

and fans as one

 of the most influential

 frontmen

 in rock history. 

Since his death, 

his fame has endured

 as one of 

popular culture's 

top rebellious 

and oft-displayed icons

representing the

 generation gap 

and

 youth counterculture.


Together with

 keyboardist 

Ray Manzarek, 

Morrison founded

 the Doors in 1965

 in Venice, California. 

The group spent

 two years in obscurity

 until shooting to prominence 

with its number-one hit single

 in the United States

 "Light My Fire", 

which was taken from 

the band's 

self-titled debut album. 

Morrison recorded a total 

of six studio albums

 with the Doors,

 all of which sold well 

and many of which 

received critical acclaim. 

He frequently gave

 spoken word 

poetry passages

 while the band was

 playing live. 

Manzarek said Morrison

 "embodied hippie counterculture rebellion".

Morrison developed an 

alcohol dependency, 

which at times

 affected his

 performances on stage. 

In 1971, 

Morrison died 

unexpectedly in

 a Paris apartment

 at the age of only 27,

 amid several

 conflicting witness reports. 

Since no autopsy was performed, 

the cause of Morrison's death

 remains disputed. 

Although the Doors recorded

 two more albums

 after Morrison died, 

his death greatly affected

 the band's fortunes,

 and they split up 

two years later. 

In 1993, 

Morrison was posthumously

 inducted into the 

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 

along with the other 

Doors members.

 Rolling Stone,

 NME,

 and Classic Rock

 have ranked him among 

the greatest

 rock singers

 of all time


TRACKLIST


CD 1

Break On Through

 (To The Other Side)

Twentieth Century Fox

Light My Fire

Back Door Man

Soul Kitchen [*]

I Looked At You

End Of The Night

Take It As It Comes

Strange Days

You're Lost Little Girl

Love Me Two Times

Five To One [*]

Unhappy Girl

People Are Strange

My Eyes Have Seen You

I Can't See Your Face In My Mind

Hello I Love You

When The Music's Over [*]

CD 2

Love Street

The Crystal Ship

The WASP

 (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)

Not To Touch The Earth

Celebration Of The Lizard

 (A Work In Progress Mix)

Waiting For The Sun

Spanish Caravan

Blue Sunday

Peace Frog

Love Her Madly

Been Down So Long

L.A. Woman

Hyacinth House

Crawling King Snake

Cars Hiss By My Window

Riders On The Storm

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Monday, December 1, 2025

The Doors : Legacy: The Absolute Best

 John Paul Densmore 

(born December 1, 1944)

 is an American musician.

 He is best known as

 the drummer of 

the rock band 

the Doors 

and as such is

 a member of the

 Rock and Roll 

Hall of Fame.

He appeared on 

every recording made 

by the band,

 with drumming 

inspired by

 jazz

 and world music 

as much as by 

rock and roll

The many honors 

he shares with

 the other Doors 

include a Grammy Award 

for lifetime achievement 

and a star on the 

Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Densmore is also noted for his 

veto of attempts by the other

 two Doors members,

 in the wake of singer

 Jim Morrison's 1971 death,

 to accept offers

 to license the rights

 to various Doors songs

 for commercial purposes 

as well as his objections

 to their use in the 

21st century of the Doors name

 and logo. 

Densmore's lengthy court battles

 to gain compliance 

with his veto,

 based on a 1960s

 contract requiring 

unanimity among

 Doors members

 to use the band's

 name or music, 

ended with victory

 for him 

and his allies

 in the Morrison estate.

Densmore has also worked in

 the performing arts

 as a dancer 

and actor 

and written successfully

 as both a playwright 

and the author 

of two books 

on the topic 

of the Doors

 and a third book, 

The Seekers 

(2020),

 about a selection

 of notable people 

he has worked with

 and encountered.




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