The Soft Parade Recording Sessions
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Stuart
The Soft Parade Recording Sessions
Vince, This album took ages to make, i dont think it deserved the criticisim it got ."The Soft Parade", "Wild Child" and "Runnin Blue" are excellent songs imo, care to share your insights of the recording sessions vince?.
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vince
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Soft Parade
Sure, I'll share my thoughts but remember that they are grossly distorted.
I likes Soft Parade. I was in on all the recording of it. We did that in the TTG studios at the corner of Hollywood and Highland. In fact, it was in the first one or two sessions that the Doors made their final decision about their new manager.
The recording sessions were very upbeat. It did take time to get that to pressings but... we were touring quite a bit and that surely made many interuptions.
It was the 4th album, if my memory (undrugged) serves me right, that got beaten down by so many takes and retakes.
Hello, I love you, rith the unusual Sax solo and several other pieces amde it a pretty likeable production.
It is after this that the trend seems to drift away from the early style. It is like Morrisons supply on lyrics went on Empty. The reserves were not so good.
But Ilikedit andall they guys, aside from the toil of making it, I think were quite satisfied with the results.
I likes Soft Parade. I was in on all the recording of it. We did that in the TTG studios at the corner of Hollywood and Highland. In fact, it was in the first one or two sessions that the Doors made their final decision about their new manager.
The recording sessions were very upbeat. It did take time to get that to pressings but... we were touring quite a bit and that surely made many interuptions.
It was the 4th album, if my memory (undrugged) serves me right, that got beaten down by so many takes and retakes.
Hello, I love you, rith the unusual Sax solo and several other pieces amde it a pretty likeable production.
It is after this that the trend seems to drift away from the early style. It is like Morrisons supply on lyrics went on Empty. The reserves were not so good.
But Ilikedit andall they guys, aside from the toil of making it, I think were quite satisfied with the results.
Vince
Road Manager
The Doors
Road Manager
The Doors
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vince
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My goodness, you are both right. All my original, signed copies (real signatures not the promo ones) were burned in a fire in the apt. house I was living in on Labor day, 1975.
The times have blurred the sequence of events. Curtis Amy I believe was the fellow who played the Sax solo.
But that does not change the environment we all felt. Actually. the guys were rather happy to get back into the studio and record. It ws exciting. Also, Jim was in better spirits at that time as well. It was early to mid 1968 and I can tell you, that was a very good year.
May I take this opportunity to comment. Several people have mentioned that the rift between the Doors may have begin with the GM ad incident. I think I can go with that.
Jim felt he had been left out of the decision making process. However he failed to accept that there was a regular Friday meeting at the office and he had been told that there was a special agenda. He chose NOT to show up and by so doing, excluded himself from the decision.
This was not the first, nor the last, time that he did not attend the weekly administrative meetings. Bill Siddons, as manager, had a lot of requests for shows, interviews, photo sessions and guest appearances presented to the group. Between himself and Kathy, he would prepare an agenda to present to the group at this meeting. He would, as is natural in his position, make recommendations to the group regarding his thoughts on the options. The Guys would discuss the various issues, one by one, and render their collective decisions on each item Bill was presenting. Their decision was then implimented by Bill in the following week and the process would be repeated.
If the boys were on vacation or a short visit they left a point of communications so that, should anything really important come up they could be reached. Jim did not avail himself of this option and was often not able to be reached. Remember, Cel Phones were in the experimental stage at that time, nowhere near the reality and proliferation of today. If you were away from a hard line phone, it was Pay Phones or nothing.
The Rift or split between the boys is NOT the same as the turning point for Jim's erratic behavior which I have stated for years, began with , and was the result of, the reaction to the Doors as a trio in Amsterdam.
As we have seen in various articles, Jim became increasingly erratic, confused, violent and addicted to the use of alcohol which was the basis for his downward spiral. He used Cocain beginning with the Morrison Hotel studio efforts.
the split was caused by apathy or indifference. the behavior was drugs, ego and defiance. Neither directly related to the other.
OK, enough.
Thanks again guys. I appreciate your interest and commentary. Appologies for the misinformation. I suppose my admission of a hazy memory will leave me open to an onslaught of accusations and commentary about the veracity of what I present here. that's OK, Those who are always looking for faults in others can throw stones.
My goodness, you are both right. All my original, signed copies (real signatures not the promo ones) were burned in a fire in the apt. house I was living in on Labor day, 1975.
The times have blurred the sequence of events. Curtis Amy I believe was the fellow who played the Sax solo.
But that does not change the environment we all felt. Actually. the guys were rather happy to get back into the studio and record. It ws exciting. Also, Jim was in better spirits at that time as well. It was early to mid 1968 and I can tell you, that was a very good year.
May I take this opportunity to comment. Several people have mentioned that the rift between the Doors may have begin with the GM ad incident. I think I can go with that.
Jim felt he had been left out of the decision making process. However he failed to accept that there was a regular Friday meeting at the office and he had been told that there was a special agenda. He chose NOT to show up and by so doing, excluded himself from the decision.
This was not the first, nor the last, time that he did not attend the weekly administrative meetings. Bill Siddons, as manager, had a lot of requests for shows, interviews, photo sessions and guest appearances presented to the group. Between himself and Kathy, he would prepare an agenda to present to the group at this meeting. He would, as is natural in his position, make recommendations to the group regarding his thoughts on the options. The Guys would discuss the various issues, one by one, and render their collective decisions on each item Bill was presenting. Their decision was then implimented by Bill in the following week and the process would be repeated.
If the boys were on vacation or a short visit they left a point of communications so that, should anything really important come up they could be reached. Jim did not avail himself of this option and was often not able to be reached. Remember, Cel Phones were in the experimental stage at that time, nowhere near the reality and proliferation of today. If you were away from a hard line phone, it was Pay Phones or nothing.
The Rift or split between the boys is NOT the same as the turning point for Jim's erratic behavior which I have stated for years, began with , and was the result of, the reaction to the Doors as a trio in Amsterdam.
As we have seen in various articles, Jim became increasingly erratic, confused, violent and addicted to the use of alcohol which was the basis for his downward spiral. He used Cocain beginning with the Morrison Hotel studio efforts.
the split was caused by apathy or indifference. the behavior was drugs, ego and defiance. Neither directly related to the other.
OK, enough.
Thanks again guys. I appreciate your interest and commentary. Appologies for the misinformation. I suppose my admission of a hazy memory will leave me open to an onslaught of accusations and commentary about the veracity of what I present here. that's OK, Those who are always looking for faults in others can throw stones.
Vince
Road Manager
The Doors
Road Manager
The Doors