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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Mar 27, 2005 10:26:58 GMT
The first Doors single was 'Break On Through/End Of The Night' in January of 1967 just after the album was released and the band signed off in August 1972 with 'Get Up And Dance/Tree Trunk' shortly before the final break up. Ignoring what is your fave Doors track and such what was your fave Doors single and Why? Is there one that has a special significance or one that made you realise these guys were more than your average rock outfit? Not counting reissues The Doors released 18 singles during thier all too short career.....which is the most worthwhile....YOU choose!    This is the generally accepted singles discography of The Doors 1967-1972 although there were other releases by various countries which are not listed here....  1967 January: Break On Through (To The Other Side)/End Of The Night US #106
1967 May: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)/Take It As It Comes
1967 May: Light My Fire/The Crystal Ship US #1
1967 September: People Are Strange/Unhappy Girl US #12
1967 December: Love Me Two Times/ Moonlight Drive US #25
1968 March: The Unknown Soldier/ We Could Be So Good Together US #39
1968 June: Hello I Love You/Love Street US #1; UK #15
1968 December: Touch Me/Wild Child US #3
1969 March: Wishful Sinful/Who Scared You US #44
1969 June: Tell All The People/Easy Ride US #57
1970 March: Runnin' Blue/Do It US #64
1970 April: You Make Me Real/Roadhouse Blues/The Spy US #50
1970 July: Roadhouse Blues/Blue Sunday
1971 April: Love Her Madly/You Need Meat US #11
1971 June: Riders On The Storm/Changeling US #14 UK #22
1971 November: Tightrope Ride/Variety Is The Spice Of Life US #71
1972 May: Ships with Sails/In The Eye Of The Sun
1972 August: Get Up And Dance/Treetrunk
The dates may vary due to the country they were released in and single releases of tracks such as Universal Mind in October 1970 (to promote Absolutely Live), Mosquito and Piano Bird which were release in late 1972 are not included in the list.
Plenty of singles were reissued and rehashed by various countries under Elektras banner but this is a reasonably comprehensive list of the official Doors single releases in the time of thier existence as a band. 1972 August: Mosquito/It Slipped My Mind US #85
1972 November: The Piano Bird/Good Rockin' The Post Jim Singles newdoorstalk.proboards43.com/index.cgi?board=DiscusstheDoorscirca1971to1973&action=display&thread=1147266688 |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Mar 28, 2005 15:26:36 GMT
My all time fave is Wishful Sinful/Who Scared You which was the first time I realised Jim Morrison could actually sing and was not just another rocker.....also 'Who Scared You' has been a fave of mine for over 30 years and for me one of (if not THE) the most underrated Doors tracks ever recorded....
Cost me 10p when i first bought it on the orange Elektra label......wonder what its worth today......?
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Post by ensenada on Mar 28, 2005 19:36:27 GMT
I love who scared you, great tune. It might be a good idea to have a thread showing all the doors single releases. cos to be honest i dont know which were singles   |
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Post by ensenada on Mar 29, 2005 11:53:57 GMT
thats interesting, la woman wasnt a single? how strange. the 1970 release of you make me real, road house blues and the spy would have been a good one with those 3 on.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Mar 29, 2005 11:59:05 GMT
thats interesting, la woman wasnt a single? how strange. the 1970 release of you make me real, road house blues and the spy would have been a good one with those 3 on. No, long tracks were not great for the singles market....ROTS was cut down to 3 minutes..... You Make Me Real was an oddity in the list...it was not a 3 track single it was released twice with two different B sides.....RHB on one and The Spy on the other.....my local rock pub juke box had the one with The Spy in the 70s..... Its probably that the first YMMR release had RHB on the B side and then they decided that RHB would make a good single so released YMMR with The Spy instead.... RHB was released as a single shortly after.... |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Apr 30, 2005 11:20:31 GMT
I was checking out the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles at the library last week and The Doors had very little success here in the UK. Light My Fire hit #7 in 1991 which was a damn good year for The Doors due to the movie. It only crawled to #49 in 1967 whilst hitting #1 in the US. I guess we were not ready for Jim's darker revolution in the Summer of Love. A bunch of single releases here never even charted until 1968s 'Hello I Love You' hit the heady heights of #15 and a spot on TOTP.......then nothing until after Jim's death when Riders made #22 after a false start......it re-entered in 1976 and made #33. The Other Voices and Full Circle singles bombed here although Tightrope ride made #71 and Mosquito #85 in the US Hot 100. The band obviously had good success in the US but many of the single releases were barely charted. Light My Fire #1, People Are Strange #12, Love Me 2 X #25, Hello I Love You #1, Touch Me #3, Love Her Madly #11, Riders #14. But considering the amount of singles The Doors released its amazing that they did not do a damn sight better chartwise.......   |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 10, 2006 17:39:14 GMT
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 10, 2006 21:47:45 GMT
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Post by thedoorsmusic on May 14, 2006 7:10:17 GMT
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Post by reflect on May 14, 2006 7:31:01 GMT
It seems that a lot of the vinyls are Japanese ones. Does it mean that many of the board's members are Japanese or just that many Japanese vinyls were released?
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 14, 2006 9:14:27 GMT
It seems that a lot of the vinyls are Japanese ones. Does it mean that many of the board's members are Japanese or just that many Japanese vinyls were released? I don't think we actually have a Japanese member reflect! The Japanese record market was the third or fourth biggest market in the world in the 70s (behind USA/UK and perhaps Australia which may have been 4th behind Japan) which is why so many singles were released in Japan like this. Japanese picture sleeves are sought after collectors items for many bands collectors as they had interesting B Sides and rare pictures on the sleeves.....bands like Led Zeppelin saw many a single release in Japan such as Stairway To Heaven....... The Doors were very popular in Japan during the 70s.....still today....and Jim used to have a Japanese pen friend during the late 60s who he wrote to and exchanged poetry with. I think it was a young girl and I remember he had arranged to meet her when The Doors toured Japan in March/April 1970.....which obviosly never happened..... Sadly we never heard anything from her after Jims death which is a shame as it would have been an interesting look into the Jim Morrison we did not know so well! I love this thread.. let me do some showin off here myself, justa little in my collection... Danno Feel free to 'show off' anytime Dan....some interesting stuff there..........I used to collect stuff in the 70s/80s and had a few pretty cool items back then. I had a lot of original Doors LPs and singles and some neat collectors stuff.....now the only rare stuff I have now are my Doors books and the odd album..... Cheers for those mate ;D |
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Post by reflect on May 14, 2006 13:35:33 GMT
Thanks for the great answers!
It seems Japanese really like to explore music from all over the world from early on. I have seen many Japanese-only CDs of some (rather) obscure band. Didn't know their passion started from the Vinyl age.
And I didn't know Jim has a Japanese panpal. : ) That's probably the best way for a fan to be in contact with Jim. With no worry of becoming/being considered a groupie when you're a whole Ocean away!
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 15, 2006 16:14:53 GMT
 People Are Strange Gold Disc  Light My Fire Gold Disc  Riders On the Storm Gold Disc |
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Post by sparky on May 15, 2006 18:44:31 GMT
mine would definatly have to be, touch me/ wild child.
as singles those songs are perfect. but they are just great songs, i love them!
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 18, 2006 10:48:33 GMT
 UK Gold Disc for Hello I Love You which was the only hit The Doors had whilst Jim Morrison was alive in the UK. |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 19, 2006 11:48:22 GMT
This is interesting as it gives an indication of Doors single sales up to 1981.  THE DOORS Hits Kit: Rare 1981 US promo-only! Spun Gold Series 8-track 4x 7"singles box set issued to promote the sale of 18 million singles, custom picture box & printed thankyou letter on Elektra headed paper!. 1. Light My Fire/Love Me Two Times
2. Touch Me/Hello, I Love You
3. Riders On The Storm/Love Her Madly
4. People Are Strange/Not To Touch The EarthI used to have a lot of Spun Gold singles back in the 70s including a few Doors ones......interesting that its to celebrate 18 million singles sold....wonder if that was just in the US.....   Spanish Copy  South American EP |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 27, 2006 9:14:12 GMT
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 31, 2006 0:17:38 GMT
thats interesting, la woman wasnt a single? how strange. the 1970 release of you make me real, road house blues and the spy would have been a good one with those 3 on.  LA Woman was released on Elektra Spun Gold as were quite a few Doors tracks.......I used to have a lot of Spun Gold singles....it was a cool series... |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jan 23, 2011 22:11:43 GMT
 UK release of People Are Strange from 1967  UK release of Unknown Soldier from 1968  Touch Me Spun Gold |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Mar 11, 2011 17:05:10 GMT
What do you guys think about The Doors singles?
Do you have a favourite one?
Do you have one that makes you cringe?
Any views of any of the bands single output from 1967 onwards would be interesting.
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