Live at the Matrix 1967

~ Release by The Doors (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

Recorded live at the Matrix in San Francisco, March 7 & 10, 1967
The tapes used were the original, first-generation copies 1/4 inch stereo at 7.5 inch/sec.
Guitar, keyboards and drums are on the left channel; Jim and Ray's vocals are on the right.
To restore the shows, the tapes were played back on a professional 4-channel tape recorder,
using Dolby B technology, AD122 A/D converters and recorded at 96 KHz 24 bits.
The mixing, editing, EQ and noise reduction were performed using digital software.
The recordings were then downmixed to 44.1 KHz for final sequencing and editing.

This compilation (P) & (C) 2008 The Doors Music Company
Bright Midnight Records is Manufactured & Distributed by
Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Manufactured in the E.U.

Annotation last modified on 2014-11-06 22:00 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1
▼CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Unhappy Girl
recording engineer:
Peter Abrams (co-owner of The Matrix nightclub) (on 1967-03-07)
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1967-03-07)
live recording of:
Unhappy Girl (on 1967-03-07)
writer:
John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
publisher:
Doors Music Company and Nipper Music
53:56
2Moonlight Drive
recording engineer:
Peter Abrams (co-owner of The Matrix nightclub) (on 1967-03-07)
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1967-03-07)
live recording of:
Moonlight Drive (on 1967-03-07)
writer:
John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
publisher:
Doors Music Company and Nipper Music
55:39
3The Woman Is a Devil / Rock Me
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
live medley including a cover recording of:
Rock Me (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
live medley including a recording of:
Woman Is a Devil (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
writer:
John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
58:08
4People Are Strange
recording engineer:
Peter Abrams (co-owner of The Matrix nightclub) (on 1967-03-07)
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1967-03-07)
live recording of:
People Are Strange (on 1967-03-07)
writer:
John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
publisher:
Doors Music Company, Nipper Music and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
52:14
5Close to You
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
live cover recording of:
Close to You (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
52:56
6My Eyes Have Seen You
recording engineer:
Peter Abrams (co-owner of The Matrix nightclub) (on 1967-03-10)
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1967-03-10)
live recording of:
My Eyes Have Seen You (on 1967-03-10)
writer:
John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
publisher:
Doors Music Company and Nipper Music
52:56
7Crawling King Snake
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
live cover recording of:
Crawling King Snake (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Doors Music Company
55:10
8I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
recording engineer:
Peter Abrams (co-owner of The Matrix nightclub) (on 1967-03-07)
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1967-03-07)
live recording of:
I Can’t See Your Face in My Mind (on 1967-03-07)
writer:
John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
publisher:
Doors Music Company and Nipper Music
53:07
9Summertime
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
live cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
lyrics quoted on:
Doin’ Time
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
58:29
10When the Music's Over
recording engineer:
Peter Abrams (co-owner of The Matrix nightclub) (on 1967-03-10)
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1967-03-10)
live recording of:
When the Music’s Over (on 1967-03-10)
writer:
John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
publisher:
Doors Music Company, Nipper Music and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
511:11
11Gloria
producer:
Bruce Botnick
recorded at:
The Matrix (club) in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
live cover recording of:
Gloria (Van Morrison/Them song) (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
lyricist and composer:
Van Morrison
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Exile Publishing Ltd., Gallo Music Publishers, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Unichappell Music, Bernice Music, Inc. (in 1965) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1965)
55:36

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
art direction and design:Bryan Lasley (art director)
Maria McKenna
Joshua Petker
photography:Bobby Klein (photographer)
Jim Marshall (photographer)
liner notes:Bruce Botnick
John Densmore
Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors)
Ray Manzarek
drums (drum set):John Densmore (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
guitar:Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors) (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
keyboard:Ray Manzarek (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
vocals:Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors) (from 1967-03-07 until 1967-03-10)
illustration:Stanley Mouse
manufactured by and distributed by:Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Doors Music Company (in 2008)
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