Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Apr 8, 2006 13:34:25 GMT
DOORS RELIGHT THEIR FIRE
Wolf, Peralta honoring band's anni with films
Several projects are in the works to commemorate the 40th anni of legendary rock band the Doors.
Dick Wolf is producing a full-length documentary on the Doors for theatrical release, and "Dogtown" chronicler Stacy Peralta is assembling a social history doc to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the iconic L.A. rock band.
Project from Wolf will include unreleased footage and interviews with the parents and sister of the band's late lead singer, Jim Morrison. Bill Guttentag, who won an Oscar for helming Wolf Films' short docu "Twin Towers," will direct.
The three living members of the Doors are co-producing.
Peralta, who directed and wrote the doc "Dogtown and Z Boys" and wrote the feature "Lords of Dogtown," is developing "Six Nights, Six Records, Six Years," a social history overview as seen through the Doors' lives and music.
Projects are part of a concerted effort on the part of the surviving band members and their manager to expose the Doors' music to a new generation of fans.
The band's catalog is one of the most tightly watched over in all of rock music. The Doors made six studio albums with Morrison between 1967 and 1971 and have maintained their enormous popularity over the past 35 years thanks to classic rock radio and Morrison's enduring image.
Beyond the films, the following releases are planned in celebration of the Doors' 40th anniversary in 2007:
A new box set encompassing every studio album and the concert album "Absolutely Live," to be released by Rhino in October. Box will contain two-disc sets of each studio album -- a CD with new stereo mixes by original producer Bruce Botnick as well as freshly remastered classic mixes, and a DVD with 5.1 and 96k stereo mixes along with outtakes, alternate takes and video clips. Apple's iTunes is expected to offer digital albums, virtual box sets and downloads of live and rare tracks.
"The Doors Live at the Matrix '67," to be released by Bright Midnight Archives, the Doors' joint venture label with Rhino/Warner Bros. Album will be similar to last year's two-CD "The Doors Live in Philadelphia '70"; Bright Midnight Archives will release other live recordings from 1967-70.
A coffee-table anthology, "The Doors by the Doors," co-penned by Ben Fong-Torres and published by Hyperion; "Jim Morrison Treasures," a coffee-table photo/scrapbook; and two volumes of poetry, "Things Known," a compilation of Morrison's previously released poetry books, and "Things Unknown," his unpublished poems and song lyrics.
A four- to eight-hour radio special.
The band's merchandising has also been completely revamped, featuring more than 100 new designs and pieces with a return to the original dyes, stencils and vintage Doors look.
In February, Rhino Handmade released "Love/Death/Travel," a limited edition (5,000 copies) four-disc box set featuring three discs of studio cuts and one of live performances, some in 5.1 surround sound. Included were four reproductions of Joel Brodsky photographs and a lithograph of Morrison hand-signed by Shepard Fairey.
Last year, the Doors started to approve uses of their music that had previously been blocked. Tunes from their catalog were remixed or sampled by Snoop Dogg, Paul Oakenfold, BT and others; the band's songs appeared this season on "Alias," "Entourage" and "Sons & Daughters."
"What they spoke about, their vibe, their ethos, is relevant today," Doors manager Jeff Jampol told Daily Variety. "And every alternative (rock band) singer wants to be Morrison."
Jampol, who took over management of the band prior to the death of longtime Doors manager Danny Sugerman, related a Sugerman observation from the mid-'90s. "Since I was 14," Sugerman told Jampol, "every time you put Jim and the Doors in front of kids, they get it. You don't have to reimage it, you just have to expose them."
The Doors catalog sells more than 1 million albums annually around the world.
VARIETY APRIL 7, 2006
By PHIL GALLO
The Matrix gigs has been confirmed by Doris Doors Manager to be the highest quality available which will be interesting.......great to hear the Matrix sets as they happened and maybe with something we did not see in the bootlegs.......Also I interestingly got a rather grudging acceptance from him that the 40 year Anniversary may have been a missed opportunity by the band but they decided to celebrate the album release rather than thier actual 40 year anniversary......this will of course be used to remind them of that fact in 2007 if they forget that and try to pass off 2007 as 40 years of The Doors and not 40 years of the Doors first album........
Good news nontheless but tainted slightly for those of us who remember thier lies a few years ago when they promised the out takes as a stand alone release instead we will have to buy the albums we already have again........
Wolf, Peralta honoring band's anni with films
Several projects are in the works to commemorate the 40th anni of legendary rock band the Doors.
Dick Wolf is producing a full-length documentary on the Doors for theatrical release, and "Dogtown" chronicler Stacy Peralta is assembling a social history doc to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the iconic L.A. rock band.
Project from Wolf will include unreleased footage and interviews with the parents and sister of the band's late lead singer, Jim Morrison. Bill Guttentag, who won an Oscar for helming Wolf Films' short docu "Twin Towers," will direct.
The three living members of the Doors are co-producing.
Peralta, who directed and wrote the doc "Dogtown and Z Boys" and wrote the feature "Lords of Dogtown," is developing "Six Nights, Six Records, Six Years," a social history overview as seen through the Doors' lives and music.
Projects are part of a concerted effort on the part of the surviving band members and their manager to expose the Doors' music to a new generation of fans.
The band's catalog is one of the most tightly watched over in all of rock music. The Doors made six studio albums with Morrison between 1967 and 1971 and have maintained their enormous popularity over the past 35 years thanks to classic rock radio and Morrison's enduring image.
Beyond the films, the following releases are planned in celebration of the Doors' 40th anniversary in 2007:
A new box set encompassing every studio album and the concert album "Absolutely Live," to be released by Rhino in October. Box will contain two-disc sets of each studio album -- a CD with new stereo mixes by original producer Bruce Botnick as well as freshly remastered classic mixes, and a DVD with 5.1 and 96k stereo mixes along with outtakes, alternate takes and video clips. Apple's iTunes is expected to offer digital albums, virtual box sets and downloads of live and rare tracks.
"The Doors Live at the Matrix '67," to be released by Bright Midnight Archives, the Doors' joint venture label with Rhino/Warner Bros. Album will be similar to last year's two-CD "The Doors Live in Philadelphia '70"; Bright Midnight Archives will release other live recordings from 1967-70.
A coffee-table anthology, "The Doors by the Doors," co-penned by Ben Fong-Torres and published by Hyperion; "Jim Morrison Treasures," a coffee-table photo/scrapbook; and two volumes of poetry, "Things Known," a compilation of Morrison's previously released poetry books, and "Things Unknown," his unpublished poems and song lyrics.
A four- to eight-hour radio special.
The band's merchandising has also been completely revamped, featuring more than 100 new designs and pieces with a return to the original dyes, stencils and vintage Doors look.
In February, Rhino Handmade released "Love/Death/Travel," a limited edition (5,000 copies) four-disc box set featuring three discs of studio cuts and one of live performances, some in 5.1 surround sound. Included were four reproductions of Joel Brodsky photographs and a lithograph of Morrison hand-signed by Shepard Fairey.
Last year, the Doors started to approve uses of their music that had previously been blocked. Tunes from their catalog were remixed or sampled by Snoop Dogg, Paul Oakenfold, BT and others; the band's songs appeared this season on "Alias," "Entourage" and "Sons & Daughters."
"What they spoke about, their vibe, their ethos, is relevant today," Doors manager Jeff Jampol told Daily Variety. "And every alternative (rock band) singer wants to be Morrison."
Jampol, who took over management of the band prior to the death of longtime Doors manager Danny Sugerman, related a Sugerman observation from the mid-'90s. "Since I was 14," Sugerman told Jampol, "every time you put Jim and the Doors in front of kids, they get it. You don't have to reimage it, you just have to expose them."
The Doors catalog sells more than 1 million albums annually around the world.
VARIETY APRIL 7, 2006
By PHIL GALLO
The Matrix gigs has been confirmed by Doris Doors Manager to be the highest quality available which will be interesting.......great to hear the Matrix sets as they happened and maybe with something we did not see in the bootlegs.......Also I interestingly got a rather grudging acceptance from him that the 40 year Anniversary may have been a missed opportunity by the band but they decided to celebrate the album release rather than thier actual 40 year anniversary......this will of course be used to remind them of that fact in 2007 if they forget that and try to pass off 2007 as 40 years of The Doors and not 40 years of the Doors first album........
Good news nontheless but tainted slightly for those of us who remember thier lies a few years ago when they promised the out takes as a stand alone release instead we will have to buy the albums we already have again........
