The Doors' Complete Live Recordings Available To Stream and Download For The First Time
(January 17, 2025 - Los Angeles, CA) Igniting a year-long 60th-anniversary celebration, The Doors will unveil their iconic Bright Midnight Archives live recordings on DSPs for the very first time throughout 2025. These coveted concerts previously only existed physically on limited-edition LPs and CDs. Today marks a momentous occasion with the first live release in the series, Live at the Matrix 1967: The Original Masters, available now for streaming and download. Listen HERE. |
Watch The Doors 60th Anniversary sizzle reel HERE. |
This series illustrates The Doors’ evolution and transformative impact on both music and culture. Tracing their global journey from tiny clubs to arenas, it scrapbooks the band’s storied three-year run on the road as they closed out the sixties. Upcoming releases in this series include Live in Boston, 1970, on April 4, recorded at the Boston Arena on April 10, 1970, and includes both performances. Live in Philadelphia ’70, Recorded at The Spectrum on May 1, 1970, and Live in Pittsburgh, 1970, recorded at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena on May 2, 1970, on May 2; Live in Detroit 1970, recorded May 8, 1970, at the Cobo Arena, one of the longest Doors shows ever caught on tape on May 8; Live in Vancouver, 1970, recorded at the Pacific Coliseum on June 6, 1970, and features a guest appearance by blues legend Albert King on June 6; Live In Bakersfield, California, August 21, 1970, on August 21. Live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, September 20, 1968, on September 19. The set contains both the early and late shows from The Doors’ appearance at the renowned concert hall in Stockholm, immortalizing the climactic conclusion of their only European tour. The concerts are among the tour’s best, featuring rare live performances of Doors’ originals “Love Street” and “You’re Lost Little Girl” and a cover of “Mack The Knife.” Each release has been remastered by The Doors’ longtime engineer/mixer, Bruce Botnick.
Commencing this trip, Live At The Matrix 1967 bottles the musicians’ primal intensity and psychedelic panache. The Doors were a few months away from stardom in March 1967 when they played five sparsely attended shows at a small club in San Francisco called The Matrix. These uninhibited performances would have been fleeting if not for Peter Abram, who co-owned the pizza parlor-turned-nightclub with Jefferson Airplane founder Marty Balin. An avid recordist, Abram regularly taped concerts at The Matrix and his recordings of The Doors, made between March 7-11, 1967, spawned one of the band’s most storied bootlegs. Complete and original recordings sourced from the first-generation 7” reels.
The dynamic interplay between band members fuels everything from the rip-roaring “Break On Through” to a mesmerizing rendition of “The End.” At the same time, a rare instrumental of “Summertime” proves utterly captivating, while their passion for the blues drives fluid, extended covers of “I’m A King Bee” and “Crawling King Snake.”
The Doors kicked off their 60th Anniversary last year with The Doors 1967-1971 release, a 6-LP box set part of Rhino’s acclaimed High Fidelity audiophile vinyl series, featuring all six of the band’s original studio albums. Limited to 3,000 individually numbered copies, the collection quickly sold out. These sought-after audiophile titles will be available individually on January 31 on thedoors.com and rhino.com. |
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To commemorate The Doors anniversary, their first-ever complete anthology book, Night Divides the Day, illuminates the band’s archives like never before with rare photography, intimate interviews with Robby Krieger and John Densmore, and meticulously sourced archival text from Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek. With unlimited access granted by the band, Night Divides the Day includes a unique collection of historical ephemera – including childhood photos, song lyrics, poster artwork, movie stills, and much more – which adds context to the wealth of rare photography that documents the band’s musical odyssey.
Joining Krieger and Densmore are a host of contributors, with a foreword by Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and an afterword by maestro Gustavo Dudamel. The anthology is presented in a limited edition of only 2,000 numbered sets, each hand-signed by Densmore and Krieger. Each set includes the 344-page signed edition, a 7” vinyl record with rare demos of “Hello, I Love You” and “Moonlight Drive,” and other assorted historical memorabilia. Available for pre-order now and shipping early this year. |
Bright Midnight Archives - Tracklist
Live at the Matrix, 1967 March 7, 1967 – First Set 1. Bag’s Groove [Instrumental] 2. Back Door Man 3. My Eyes Have Seen You 4. Soul Kitchen 5. All Blues [Instrumental] 6. Get Out Of My Life Woman 7. When The Music’s Over
March 7, 1967 – Second Set 1. Close To You 2. Crawling King Snake 3. I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind 4. People Are Strange 5. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 6. The Crystal Ship 7. Twentieth Century Fox
March 7, 1967 – Third Set 1. Moonlight Drive 2. Summer’s Almost Gone 3. Unhappy Girl 4. Woman Is A Devil / Rock Me Baby 5. Break On Through (To The Other Side) 6. Light My Fire 7. The End
March 8 or 9, 1967 1. The End (Partial) / Let’s Feed Ice Cream To The Rats
March 10, 1967 – First Set 1. My Eyes Have Seen You 2. Soul Kitchen 3. I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind 4. People Are Strange 5. When The Music’s Over
March 10, 1967 – Second Set 1. Money 2. Who Do You Love 3. Moonlight Drive 4. Summer’s Almost Gone 5. I’m A King Bee 6. Gloria 7. Break On Through (To The Other Side)
March 10, 1967 – Third Set 1. Summertime [Instrumental] 2. Back Door Man 3. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
Live in Boston, 1970 First Show 1. Start 2. All Right, All Right, All Right 3. Roadhouse Moan 4. Roadhouse Blues 5. Ship Of Fools 6. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 7. Back Door Man 8. Five To One 9. When The Music’s Over 10. Rock Me 11. Mystery Train 12. Away In India 13. Crossroads 14. Prelude To Wake Up! 15. Wake Up! 16. Light My Fire
Second Show 1. Start 2. Break On Through 3. I Believe In Democracy 4. When The Music’s Over 5. Roadhouse Blues 6. The Spy 7. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 8. Back Door Man 9. Five To One 10. Astrology Rap 11. Build Me A Woman 12. You Make Me Real 13. Wait A Minute! 14. Mystery Train 15. Away In India 16. Crossroads 17. Band Intro’s 18. Adolf Hitler 19. Light My Fire 20. Fever (Light My Fire cont’d.) 21. Summertime (Light My Fire cont’d.) 22. St. James Infirmary Blues (Light My Fire cont’d.) 23. Graveyard Poem (Light My Fire cont’d.) 24. Light My Fire (Reprise) 25. More, More, More! 26. Ladies & Gentlemen 27. We Can’t Instigate 28. They Want More 29. Been Down So Long 30. Power Turned Off
Live in Philadelphia May 1, 1970 1. Announcer “Sit Down” 2. Tuning 3. Roadhouse Blues 4. Break On Through (To The Other Side) 5. Back Door Man / Love Hides 6. Ship Of Fools 7. Universal Mind 8. When The Music’s Over 9. Mystery Train 10. Wake Up! 11. Light My Fire 12. The Concert Continues 13. Maggie M’Gill 14. Roadhouse Blues (Reprise) 15. Been Down So Long / Rock Me Baby 16. The Music Capital Of The World, Philadelphia 17. Carol 18. Soul Kitchen
Live in Pittsburgh, May 2, 1970 1. Back Door Man 2. Love Hides 3. Five To One 4. Roadhouse Blues 5. Mystery Train 6. Away In India 7. Crossroads Blues 8. Universal Mind 9. Someday Soon 10. When The Music’s Over 11. Break On Through 12. Push Push 13. The Soft Parade Vamp 14. Tonight You’re In For A Special Treat 15. Close To You 16. Light My Fire
Live in Detroit May 8, 1970 1. Tuning 2. Roadhouse Vamp 3. Hello To The Cities 4. Dead Cats, Dead Rats 5. Break On Through (To The Other Side) 6. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 7. Back Door Man 8. Five To One 9. Roadhouse Blues 10. You Make Me Real 11. Ship Of Fools 12. When The Music’s Over 13. People Get Ready 14. Mystery Train 15. Away In India 16. Crossroads 17. Tuning 18. Carol 19. Light My Fire 20. Been Down So Long 21. Love Hides 22. Mean Mustard Blues 23. Carol (Reprise) 24. Close To You 25. I’m A King Bee 26. Rock Me Baby/Heartbreak Hotel 27. The End
Live in Vancouver, June 1970 1. Start Of Show 2. Roadhouse Blues 3. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 4. Back Door Man 5. Five To One 6. When The Music’s Over 7. Applause – Jim Talks 8. Love Me Two Times 9. Applause – Jim Talks 10. Little Red Rooster – with Albert King 11. Tuning 12. Money – with Albert King 13. Tuning 14. Rock Me – with Albert King 15. Tuning 16. Who Do You Love – with Albert King 17. Tuning 18. Petition The Lord With Prayer 19. Light My Fire 20. Tuning 21. The End 22. Thank You & Good Night
Live at Bakersfield, August 21, 1970 1. Roadhouse Blues 2. Medley: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) / Back Door Man / Five To One 3. Medley: Universal Mind / Afro Blue 4. When The Music’s Over 5. Love Me Two Times 6. Medley: Mystery Train / Away In India / Crossroads 7. Ship Of Fools 8. The End
Live at Konserthuset Stockholm, September 20, 1968 1. Introduction 2. Five To One 3. Love Street 4. Love Me Two Times 5. When The Music’s Over 6. A Little Game 7. The Hill Dwellers 8. Light My Fire 9. The Unknown Soldier 10. Five To One 11. Mack The Knife 12. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 13. Back Door Man 14. You’re Lost Little Girl 15. Love Me Two Times 16. When The Music’s Over 17. Wild Child 18. Money (That’s What I Want) 19. Wake Up! 20. Light My Fire 21. The End |
