London Fog Recording (Part 2)

Post by **Liberty Man** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:14 am

Just seen on the LL :
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In the mood for a little holiday cheer? How about the London Fog setlist!

Rock Me
Baby, Please Don't Go
You Make Me Real
Feel It
Hoochie Coochie Man
Strange Days
Lucille

Dave
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That would be very cool to listen to it, very unusual setlist.

Post by **Roughie** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:43 am

Liberty Man wrote:Just seen on the LL :
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In the mood for a little holiday cheer? How about the London Fog setlist!

Rock Me
Baby, Please Don't Go
You Make Me Real
Feel It
Hoochie Coochie Man
Strange Days
Lucille

Dave
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That would be very cool to listen to it, very unusual setlist.

Thanks, just jumped over there and asked for conformation that it is THE list.... considering we don't have the LAW one yet!

Yes unusual and would look forward to YMMR and SD and oddly enough Lucielle.

Post by **mystery_train67** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:06 am

hah you make me real. not surprised, very glad to hear its included. whats "feel it"?

Post by **Silver Forest** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:18 am

Exciting!
Two original Doors songs (or three? In fact I too ask what could be ""Feel it"?) and 4 (5?) covers.

I'm really curious about how different SD and YMMR will sound. Jeff said SD was very similar (which sounds odd... without the studio effects).

Aaah, that second reel!

Post by **The Royal Sperm** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:00 pm

well, sounds interesting, hope we can hear it within a year!

Post by **Buda** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:19 pm

If we can take this granted than I feel a bit unsatisfied seeing the list. No early Break On Through or else... but at the same time this seems to be some plethora of really unheard material so got to be something of a bigger puzzle by which we can't lose anyway. They have to release it first, tho.

Post by **Hank Chinaski** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:28 pm

I would guess that "Feel It" just Ray, Robbie, and John fucking around on their instruments while Jim sangt the two words "Feel it" over and over.

Post by **lizardkingteo** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:29 pm

cool setlist . now wheres the other reel . Only YMMR and SD from the original ones.

Post by **hardrockcafe** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:20 pm

Does anyone suspect Hootchie Cootchie Man might have Ray on lead vocals? I hope not.

Post by **Silver Forest** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:01 pm

hardrockcafe wrote:Does anyone suspect Hootchie Cootchie Man might have Ray on lead vocals? I hope not.

I do. After all it was one of the songs Ray performed the first time Jim was in a stage with him (Turkey Joint West?). And Ray also sang this one several times in the post-Morrison period.
I wonder if Feel it is also Ray on vocals. I searched if there's a song "Feel it" but found nothing relevant.
I'm very curious about this setlist.

Post by **Roughie** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:32 pm

Feel it has me interested too.

Post by **BallroomDays67** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:48 pm

I hope it isn't Ray singing about his penis again.

Post by **hardrockcafe** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:49 pm

Is Feel It an original or a cover? There is a Sam Cooke song called Feel It.

Post by **Roughie** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:49 pm

BallroomDays67 wrote:I hope it isn't Ray singing about his penis again.

You know you love Ray's organ!

Post by **Silver Forest** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:57 pm

BallroomDays67 wrote:I hope it isn't Ray singing about his penis again.

Case to say:

Post by **jamestkirk** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:31 pm

HA! Looks like we reached the page limit once again! Page 23 says there are NO POSTS!

This thread is like the poem...The Road (thread) Goes Ever On!!

Release the damn album already!!

Post by **MajorMojo** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:22 pm

I wonder about the Ray/Jim split on lead vocals.

Post by **Roughie** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:36 pm

I wonder how much if any of the tracks have Morrison improvs?

Post by **Silver Forest** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:40 pm

Roughie wrote:I wonder how much if any of the tracks have Morrison improvs?

Good question. In those days Jim was introducing much poetry in the songs (some months after at Matrix he was still including pieces of his poetry generating fascinating versions for instance of The End, When the music's over).

On the other side, don't worry we will have improvs anyway: Ray was always improvising when he sang...

Post by **Roughie** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:43 pm

Silver Forest wrote:
Roughie wrote:I wonder how much if any of the tracks have Morrison improvs?

Good question. In those days Jim was introducing much poetry in the songs (some months after at Matrix he was still including pieces of his poetry generating fascinating versions for instance of The End, When the music's over).

On the other side, don't worry we will have improvs anyway: Ray was always improvising when he sang...

lol you know even if Ray is singing on one or two of the tracks I'll still be happy.

Post by **hardrockcafe** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:56 am

Here's the Sam Cooke song "Feel It" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tE1z9t7ep4

Hard to picture The Doors covering this, but I guess it's a remote possibility.

Or maybe it's an original or some sort of jam?

Post by **hardrockcafe** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:09 am

Just asked Dave if he can also post the names of the 2 mystery jams on the March 7, 1967 Matrix tape reel. They've only had the master tapes 3 years now; you'd think they could share what those 2 songs are.

Post by **MysticHeatedWine** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:16 am

Ever since I first heard of this recording I couldn't wait to hear this earliest version of Strange Days. That alone will make it worthwhile for me.

Post by **hardrockcafe** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:35 am

Roughie wrote:I wonder how much if any of the tracks have Morrison improvs?

Jeff said the tape is about 30 minutes. That's an average of about 4 minutes give or take per song. I guess there's a little bit of room to stretch out and throw in poetry. I wonder if Screamin Ray makes an appearance.

Post by **hardrockcafe** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:40 am

I think we can at least expect You Make Me Real to have different guitar work in 1966. The 1969 Aquarius version Kreiger appears unabashedly to lift parts of the riff/motive from Booker T and MG's 1968 song "Time is Tight." Listen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGsZgkjrco

Post by **Roughie** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:13 am

The response on LL

Hey guys. Great comments and questions. Glad you're all as excited as I am about this recording. Here are a few more tidbits based on your above questions.

A little more info on "Feel It": It is a song, not an improvisation. In fact, the entire setlist I posted are complete songs. As far as I can tell, "Feel It" is a Doors original. A high energy song with kind of a "Break On Through" and "Gloria" vibe at the same time. Great stuff!

Someone also asked who was singing. Jim sings lead on all songs with the exception of Hoochie Coochie Man where Ray takes on lead vocals. Ray also adds in some nice, subtle harmonies on Strange Days.

There you go! Although I know you guys have 100 more questions to ask with regards to the songs, this is about as much detail as we can get into for now. More info will come later from either Jeff or myself, and we'll post it here.

Happy holidays.
Dave

Well done to whoever picked Ray singing Hoochie Coochie man.

Feel it is an original should be interesting. Don't know what to expect. Would be nice if it was psychadelic but who knows? I'm always up for hearing a Doors original!

Post by **Roughie** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:46 am

hardrockcafe wrote:
Roughie wrote:I wonder how much if any of the tracks have Morrison improvs?
Jeff said the tape is about 30 minutes. That's an average of about 4 minutes give or take per song. I guess there's a little bit of room to stretch out and throw in poetry. I wonder if Screamin Ray makes an appearance.

True but he might have changed the lyrics to some of the covers or omitted some. I won't be disappointed if there aren't any improvs, as this is a holy grail recording... well half of it anyway. Damn them for not finding the other reel!

Post by **lizardkingteo** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:53 pm

thats great , one more original song from the doors . and at the vibe of BOT and Gloria ( my favorite doors cover song .....so far ) . That will be absolutely great . It wil certainly be the most anticipated release in the doors history .

Post by **The Royal Sperm** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:15 pm

Feel It seems to be an interesting track,

btw the l.a.woman release (vinyl) got another delay until March 16, so can we expect the London Fog show on 2012?

Post by **Silver Forest** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:31 pm

Amazing!
After absorbing the impact of knowing this holy grail exists, we realize now we can expect:

Rock Me (cover to compare with many others like the early version from Matrix and later version from L.A. Woman sessions - not to mention the several ones from live shows all through their carreer)

Baby, Please Don't Go entire song (?) - this song only appeared as a snippet in some longer songs

You Make Me Real early evolution of a song released in MH

Feel It original song! (could they be wrong?) I wonder why it was abandoned

Hoochie Coochie Man early version of Screamin' Ray Daniels - probably not the highlight of the show...

Strange Days long-awaited live version of one of the best Doors songs ever, here without any studio effects

Lucille first time we will listen a cover of this song by The Doors

Woow!

Question now is are/how they are going to screw up this release?