The Doors
1967-10-17
Danbury High School,
Danbury, CT
Soundboard/PA Recording
01. announcements
02. Moonlight Drive (includes Horse Latitudes)
03. Money
04. Break On Through
05. Backdoor Man
xx. People Are Strange (omitted - officially released)
06. Crystal Ship
07. Wake Up! >
08. Light My Fire
09. The End
1960s - #2: "For The Doors, the year 1967 began with the release in January of their self-titled debut album. The album would steadily rise up the charts, eventually reaching the #2 position, thanks to the single Light My Fire, released in April, which would make it all the way to the top spot! In September, the band released their 2nd album, Strange Days, which went to #3 on the billboard charts. While the album didn’t yield a single as successful as Light My Fire, both People Are Strange and Love Me Two Times made it into the Billboard Top 25. Also that month, The Doors gave a memorable performance of Light My Fire on The Ed Sullivan Show. Before the September 17 show, network executives asked that the word “higher” be removed in favor of "better." While the group initially agreed, once the band hit the stage, Jim Morrison left the original lyric in place. A furious Ed Sullivan canceled another six appearances that had been planned, banning The Doors from the show forever. Two top 5 albums, a number 1 single, a legnedary if notorious appearance of Ed Sullivan - what more could you expect from a band's debut year. How about a concert at a high school? The band was supposed to play at Western Connecticut State University, but due to construction at the college's auditorium, the show was moved to Danbury High. Some 2,000 people packed into the 1,200 seat high school auditorium to hear The Doors, with the school principle having to remind folks not to smoke! You can read more about that noght here. Ths soundboard recording - please note, its not perfect - captures that hard to believe night in Danbury on October 11, 1967, 57 years ago today.” Speedy 
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