Houston 10.7 1968

1. Break On Through

2. Back Door Man>Once I Had A Friend>Can The Wind Have It All?>We Tried So Hard, Maybe We Tried Too Hard>Fall Down Now, Strange Gods Are Coming>Back Door Man

3. When The Music's Over>Confusion>Winter Photography>Talking, Waiting, Smoking>Count The Dead And Wait For Morning>Feel Warm Days And Faces Come Again>When The Music's Over

4. Texas Radio And The Big Beat (Spoken Intro)>Hello, I Love You

5. Little Red Rooster

6. Who Do You Love

7. The Crystal Ship

8. Light My Fire// (Fade Out)

San Francisco, Avalon Ballroom 4.3 1967 - Soundboard Recording (Speed Corrected)

9. Back Door Man - with a harmonica solo from Jim

10. Moonlight Drive

"This is one of those incredible doors shows that Jim recited a whole bunch of 'new' poems. He did this quite a bit on this tour. Other shows that comes to mind are 8/2/68 and 8/3/68, but this one has the most poetry and I thought it would be a good one to start with. Every poem has been tracked for easy locating.

This outstanding performance by the band includes a wealth of unique improvisational poetry by Jim Morrisonfueled by an intense, almost furious, instrumentation by the band. Robby Krieger brings the opening of "Break On Through" to a dramatic Conclusion by means of some gusty, guttural vocals, which evolve into a long stream of consciousness. "Once I Had A Friend" is punctuated effortfully paraphrasing of his standard "Softer" narration, ending with "what do you know about my baby?" He returns to the "Soft" routine after "Fall Down Now, Strange Gods Are Coming" until he comically whispers "Touch Me" and the crowd breaks into applause, which leads back into "Back Door Man."

Krieger opens "When The Music's Over" with some formidable guitar work, and Morrison again drifts into a sequence of poetic improvisations. At the end of the "We Want The World..." stanza, the auditorium drifts into an elongated dead-silence until Morrison erupts into "Now!" and propels the song to it's conclusion.

They continue with excellent versions of "Little Red Rooster" (complete with barks and howls by Jim at the appropriate moments) and "Who Do You Love" which is kicked off by an extended percussion prelude. By the time they reach their finale of "Light My Fire," the crowd is exceptionally rowdy.

I'm going to stop here since the actual recording cuts off during "Light My Fire," anyway......Get The Book. "The Doors On The Road" by Greg S"