The vinyl release, which has been pressed to 10,000 individually numbered copies on translucent blue vinyl, will be available at select indie music retailers for the Black Friday event. The other is a cover of Robert Johnson’s “Me And The Devil Blues.” Both songs were recorded by Frank Lisciandro, a film maker who befriended Manzarek and Morrison when all three attended the film program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The first song is “I Will Never Be Untrue,” a band original written for, but left off of, 1970’s Morrison Hotel. Other highlights include two previously unreleased live recordings of singer Jim Morrison and Krieger performing as a duo at a benefit for Norman Mailer’s mayoral campaign on in West Hollywood. The band’s deep love for the blues shines throughout PARIS BLUES. Now, through some creative editing, the song has been rescued from obscurity for the new album. Sadly, this copy was partially damaged by his son Pablo (a toddler at the time), who recorded over a few short parts. The master tape of the song was lost and the only surviving copy was given to Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek. An original blues song written by the band the track was recorded during one of the band’s recording sessions for either The Soft Parade or L.A.

“Paris Blues” traveled a long and winding path to its release, taking on a mythic quality among Doors’ fans along the way.

“Paris Blues” has quite an intriguing backstory, laid out like this in a news release: The album will be released on transparent blue vinyl for 's Black Friday event on Nov. Mythic studio recording of “Paris Blues,” the last known unreleased song from The Doors’ vault, debuts on the new blues-themed collection PARIS BLUES. Woman 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - on SALE at our Rock Cellar Store Woman in December 2021, revisiting the classic album for a big anniversary.Ĭlick here to pick up the L.A. On a related note, it’s worth pointing out that the Doors released a special edition of L.A. Woman album sessions - has somehow resurfaced all these years later, and will be the focus of a special new vinyl release from the Doors for Record Store Day Black Friday on Nov. Among fans of The Doors, “Paris Blues” has a near-mythical status due to its existence as the last-known unissued studio recording from the famed Los Angeles psychedelic/rock band.Īssumed lost for decades, the track - which has a recording origin of either The Soft Parade or L.A.

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