Night Divides The Day 2025

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

Night Divides The Day January 2025




Another packed volume from the point of view of the band themselves this time as a companion to the Jim Morrison
Guide To The Labyrinth.




£390 worth which is sold out even before its release date of January 2025 which is now the 60th anniversary of The Doors after the band used 1967 as a start date for anniversaries.
They probably figured out the people who buy this shit are old now and waiting till 2027 might mean some of those they milk for these anniversaries will not make it that far.
It shows the likes of Jeff Jampot does not give a fuck about the bands History and we can be sure a 'plethora' (remember that?) of Doors goodies will appear to lighten the heavy loads of our bank accounts
in time for that 58/60th.






We can only wonder what 'lost' music will be uncovered in time for what the media is calling 'The Milking' and how we will get the chance to buy all the albums we have already 'one more TIME!'.
It's spiel ponders how it will introduce a new generation to The Doors but with only 1650 copies and nearly £400 a shot this new generation won't be able to afford it so a copy of WSITG will do more for that generation than a book way beyond the wherewithal of the vast majority.





Here we do a preview with what is available and examine whether it is/was actually worth the time and money to produce it.

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

To be honest this volume seems to be very nice if not massively overpriced.
Doors fans don't care that it is hand made from the skin of a unicorn by John & Robby.
Or that it is contained in an original flight box used for carrying Ray's collection of Playboy.



The addition of a useless 7" single of a couple of the 1965 demo tracks remastered by Bruce and the spirit of Paul Rothchild
but still sounding like the 60 year old demos more of a piss take than a worthwhile addition.




Surely forgetting the unicorn, the box and the single and just releasing something along the lines of the Jim scrapbook
many more Doors fans could have enjoyed this for less than a quarter of the price.

As a collectors item it may be worth it to the fans who can afford £400 for an overpriced book but for £50/60
something just as good but more accessible to the fans could have been produced.

It seems that all of these releases over the last few years cater for a tiny niche of fans with plenty of money
and a vinyl collection.

[zaval80]

I think this will be reproduced at a sensible price the year after, judging by the similar Beach Boys book, no way Jampot would restrict himself from squeezing every dollar possible. The only value of this edition is in the additional booklet with tape boxes. As for the book itself, it does not look appeasing from the preview. Another exercise in peddling their mythology to the masses.

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

Let's hope so!


One of the never before seen master tape reels from LAW.


The booklet seems quite thick featuring the tape boxes and Botnick's notes for each session.
I wonder if Other Voices is in that?



Certainly the most useless part of this box deal.


These photos of The Whisky in 1966 are not that great either.
The band shot has been out for decades unless it is taken a nanosecond after that particular photo so is technically unseen but is hardly great.
These photos are featured in a Special Edition (isn't there always one of those) which is £200 more.
Hopefully there is more than these 5 pretty crap photos.

[zaval80]

I prefer not to pay attention to the thickness of books as advertised, these things may be computer-generated. They need to set some aside for the 100th anniversary, too.