Soundstage Performances

Soundstage Performances
Music bythe Doors
Production
company
Eagle Vision
Release date
  • October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Soundstage Performances is a 2002 music DVD documentary featuring 13 live TV performances by American rock band the Doors. The compilation features three shows from three distinct stages in the band's career – a TV appearance in Toronto, Canada in 1967, a Danish TV special during the Doors only European tour in 1968 and an appearance on PBS's Critique show in 1969. Also included is Jim Morrison's only on camera interview.[1]

Performances

In early August 1967, following the success of their single "Light My Fire", the Doors appeared live on the Canadian TV show The Rock Scene: Like It Is. The band played a 13-minute rendition of "The End". Recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in a former movie theatre at 509 Parliament St. in Toronto the show was hosted by Noel Harrison. The show was originally broadcast in Canada on October 16, 1967, and later in the US on August 1, 1970.

The Doors arrived in London in early September 1968 for their one and only European tour. On September 18 the band were recorded for a half-hour, black and white segment for Danish TV (Television Byen) in Copenhagen. The Doors performed six songs and the performance was originally broadcast on October 30, 1968.

The Doors appeared on a PBS Critique′s episode, entitled "A Profile of Jim Morrison and The Doors - On and Off Stage", broadcast on June 25, 1969,[2] recorded on April 28, 1969, at Channel 13's Studio 55,[3] the former CBS Studio 58[4][5] and former Town Theatre, and former Chaloner Theatre, at 851 9th Avenue, in New York City.[6] The band were interviewed by Richard Goldstein on April 29, 1969[7] and May 18, 1969.[8][2] This live performance of "The Soft Parade" is the Doors's only currently known complete, live performance of the song. Morrison had been arrested at a Miami concert on March 1.[9]

DVD

Track listing

Toronto, Canada 1967 Rock Scene: Like It Is:

  1. "The End"

Copenaghen, Europe 1968 Danish TV:

  1. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)"
  2. "Back Door Man"
  3. "Texas Radio & The Big Beat (The WASP)"
  4. "Love Me Two Times"
  5. "When The Music's Over"
  6. "The Unknown Soldier"

New York, America 1969 PBS Critique Show:

  1. "Tell All the People"
  2. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)"
  3. "Back Door Man"
  4. "Wishful Sinful"
  5. "Build Me A Woman"
  6. "The Soft Parade"

Bonus features

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Dutkowski, David. "Soundstage Performances". Ray Manzarek of The Doors. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Dutkowski, David. "Television: Critique". Ray Manzarek of The Doors. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "March 2, 1979; WNET Studio 55; PBS 'We Interrupt This Week'; Ticket Stub; New York;". eBay. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "CBS News' THE MORNING SHOW set located in Studio 55 in New York City". Getty Images. New York. August 12, 1954. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Ellerbee, Bobby. "History of CBS New York Television Studios: 1937-1965" (PDF). Eyes Of A Generation...Television's Living History. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Town Theatre in New York, NY". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "April 1969". DoorsHistory.com. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  8. ^ "The Doors' challenging year: 1969". Goldmine Magazine. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  9. ^ "The Miami Incident". Doors.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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