...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI...


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The disc lifts off with the captivating in-house Elektra Records film of the Doors performing “Break On Through” on a darkened set. The video, widely seen on MTV and released on multiple VHS and DVD collections, succinctly captures the excitement of the early Doors. The early TV appearances on shows like Shebang, American Bandstand and Malibu U are all a bit stiff, partly due to the band’s inexperience and their inability to properly lip sync their performances. It was part and parcel of being a rock band in the 1960s. More shows would follow — Murray The K In New York, The Jonathan Winters Show, and even an odd sequence around “Hello, I Love You” from German TV — and great live and semi-live performances have been preserved.

The clip of “Touch Me,” another previously released video of the Doors on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is perhaps the best of the TV appearances here, with Morrison sounding together, singing live over the pre-recorded orchestration track. Conspicuously missing is the band’s infamous appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 17, 1969. Despite being banned from the show, the producers have no problem including the performance on their Rock & Roll Classics DVD releases. Squeezed in between is the short film behind “The Unknown Soldier,” in which Morrison is mock executed on the beach as footage from Vietnam is mixed in for dramatic effect. Far different from the TV shows.

Several music videos made from archival live film and additional footage shot, some with and by Ray Manzarek, Robby Kreiger and John Densmore, plus lots of candid cutaways of Jim Morrison. Many of these videos have been released on previous VHS and DVD collections, and shown on MTV. The 1984 video for “Strange Days” attempts to create a live action sequence of the album’s cover featuring sideshow circus performers and cameos of Manzarek. The Doors keyboardist’s directorial role is more apparent in the suave and fun video for “LA Woman,” which vividly captures the spirit of the City of Angels (maybe even better than Randy Newman), before it veers off into a tangent of strange bedfellows and weird hallucinations.

“Ghost Song,” the final video in the main section, is taken from An American Prayer, the 1978 album the surviving Doors cut, blending new music with tapes of spoken word poetry from Jim Morrison. It shows Manzarek, Kreiger and Densmore playing along with brief flashes of Morrison. The Bonus section is highlighted by the story behind that video and many of the others, as told by Krieger, Densmore, engineer Bruce Botnik and Elektra president Jac Holzman in the Breaking Through The Lens documentary. There’s also a performance of “Break On Through (To The Other Side)” from the Isle of Wight 1970 festival, and a rather off-track excursion in the form of a Ford Motors training film the Doors apparently did the soundtrack for. Strange days indeed. It would seem R-Evolution fills in every last nook and cranny of available Doors footage, but you never know what’s buried in the vault. Stand by for the next chapter.

Shawn Perry


https://raymanzarek.com/films-revolution/



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Break On Through (To The Other Side): Music Film – January 1967
2. Break On Through (To The Other Side): Shebang – March 6, 1967
3. The Crystal Ship: American Bandstand – July 22, 1967
4. Light My Fire: American Bandstand – July 22, 1967
5. Light My Fire: Malibu U – August 25 1967
6. People Are Strange: Murray The K In New York – September 22, 1967
7. Moonlight Drive: From The Jonathan Winters Show – December 27, 1967
8. The Unknown Soldier: Music Film – February 1968
9. Hello, I Love You: Musik Für Junge Leute: 4-3-2-1 Hot And Sweet – September 13, 1968
10. Touch Me: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour – December 15, 1968
11. Wild Child: Music Film – July 1969
12. Roadhouse Blues: Music Film – February 1970
13. Crawling King Snake: GTK (Get To Know) – December 1970
14. The Changeling: Music Film – April 1971
15. Gloria: Music Film – October 1983
16. People Are Strange: Music Film – 1980’s
17. Strange Days: Music Film – 1984
18. L.A. Woman: Music Film – 1985
19. Ghost Song: Music Film – 1995

Bonus Features :
20. Love Thy Customer
21. Break On Through (To The Other Side)
22. Breaking Through The Lens
23. Commentary



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