L.A. Woman

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L.A. Woman
L.A. Woman cover
Studio album by The Doors
Released April 1971
Recorded December 1970 – January 1971
Genre Blues-rock, Hard rock
Length 48:24
Label Elektra
Producer The Doors, Bruce Botnick, Joey Levins
Professional reviews
The Doors chronology
Morrison Hotel
(1970)		 L.A. Woman
(1971)		 Other Voices
(1971)

L.A. Woman was the last Doors album released with Jim Morrison before his death in July 1971. The album's style is arguably the most hard rock blues-like of the band's catalogue. Following the departure of their record producer Paul A. Rothchild around November 1970, the Doors and engineer Bruce Botnick began production on the album at The Doors Workshop in Los Angeles. Most of the tracks were recorded live, except for a few overdubbed keyboard parts by Ray Manzarek. Session musicians Jerry Scheff and Mark Benno entered the studio in January 1971 to put some finishing touches. It is the only Jim Morrison-era studio album which the Doors did not follow up with a concert tour; Jim had moved to Paris by the time it was released in May of 1971 and died two months later on July 3, 1971.

Botnick produced and mixed a new 5.1 Surround version of the album, which was released on DVD-Audio, December 19, 2000. It was produced from the original 8 track analog 1" master tapes.[1]

In 2003, the album was ranked number 362 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

A new version of the album, titled L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary Mixes) was released on March 27, 2007 on Rhino records. It contains two bonus tracks: "Orange County Suite" and the Willie Dixon-authored "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further". The latter track features Manzarek on vocals. The track "Orange County Suite" was not recorded with the other tracks on the album, the song is originally a Morrison solo vocal and piano recording with music later overdubbed by the surviving Doors.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore except where noted.

  1. "The Changeling" – 4:21
  2. "Love Her Madly" – 3:20
  3. "Been Down So Long" – 4:41
  4. "Cars Hiss By My Window" – 4:12
    • The 2007 re-issue includes an additional verse making it 4:58 in length.
  5. "L.A. Woman" – 7:57
  6. "L'America" – 4:37
  7. "Hyacinth House" – 3:11
  8. "Crawlin' King Snake" (Tony Hollins, Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker) – 5:00
  9. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" – 4:16
  10. "Riders on the Storm" – 7:09

[edit] 2007 re-issue bonus tracks

  1. "Orange County Suite" – 5:45
  2. "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" (Willie Dixon) – 3:41

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The Doors

[edit] Additional personnel

also Ronnie Tutt played drums on a few tracks such as Riders on the Storm, La Woman, and Love her Madly

[edit] Production

  • Bruce Botnick – producer, mastering, master tape preparation
  • Paul Rothchild – mastering
  • Carl Cossick – design, concept
  • Wendell Hamick – photography

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ (2000) Album notes for L.A. Woman by The Doors [DVD-A booklet]. Elektra (62612-9).
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