The Doors: Live At The Bowl '68 Blu-ray Review

Written by General Jabbo

The Doors’ live performances have become something of legend over the years. Few bands blended poetry, theater, blues, psychedelia and unpredictability quite like the Doors and their live shows took their songs to places not possible on the studio recordings. One of their finest performances was on July 5, 1968, at the Hollywood Bowl. Fortunately for fans, the cameras were rolling and the show was filmed. Technical problems during the concert prevented the inclusion of three tracks in the original VHS version of the show, but modern technology has enabled those tracks to be presented for the first time in the new Blu-ray, The Doors: Live At The Bowl ’68.

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Doors — Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman DVD Review

Written by General Jabbo

By the end of 1970, The Doors were done as a live act. Jim Morrison still had the legal ramifications of the Miami incident hanging over him and the band played what was to be their last concert with him that December in New Orleans. They weren't done as band, however, retreating to the studio to cut their legendary L.A. Woman album. The story of that record and the tumultuous times it was created in are documented in Doors ­— Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman.

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