Available for Record Store Day Black Friday, this historic concert is presented for the first time on vinyl, with meticulously restored audio and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. This 2-LP set contains the entire show, and was mixed from the original multi-track tapes by longtime Doors engineer / mixer / co-producer Bruce Botnick. This set is a numbered/limited edition release of 11,000 copies worldwide.
The band appeared on stage on August 30th, 1970 at 2 a.m. in front of 600,000 people. Jim Morrison’s ongoing obscenity trial was still weighing heavily on the band. Nevertheless, they delivered such staples as “Roadhouse Blues”, “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”, and “Light My Fire”. “Our set was subdued but very intense”, Manzarek later stated. “We played with a controlled fury and Jim was in fine vocal form. He sang for all he was worth, but moved nary a muscle. Dionysus had been shackled.”
This is the last known unseen performance of the Doors in existence, “The Doors: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970″ was completely recut and remixed from the original film footage. Fully approved by the Doors, this previously unreleased concert was restored via the latest 21st century technology, colour correcting and visually upgrading the original footage. The entire concert, now presented in 5.1 Dolby Digital sound,
The five-day event also featured performances by such classic rock greats as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joni Mitchell, the Moody Blues, Chicago, Sly and the Family Stone, Free, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, among many others.
The Doors Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970
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