Interviewed by Lizze James, he pointed out the meaning of the verse 'My only friend, the end': I think it's sufficiently complex and universal in its imagery that it could be almost anything you want it to be. Probably just to a girl, but I see how it could be a goodbye to a kind of childhood. It started out as a simple good-bye songВ . In 1969, Morrison stated:Д®verytime I hear, it means something else to me. The Doors features many of the group's most famous compositions, including 'Light My Fire', ' Break On Through (To the Other Side)', and 'The End'. For 'The End', two takes were edited together to achieve the final recording. Rothchild brought in session musician Larry Knechtel to play his Fender Precision Bass on 'Light My Fire' and a few other songs in order to give some 'punch' to the sound of Manzarek's Fender Rhodes piano bass. The fourth track was used for overdubbing. A four-track tape machine was used for recording, using mostly three tracks: bass and drums on one, guitar and organ on another, and Morrison's vocals on the third. Rothchild and audio engineer Bruce Botnick. The album was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California over six days, with producer Paul A. After being released from the label, the Doors played club venues, including the London Fog and Whisky a Go Go, until they were signed to Elektra Records by Jac Holzman. The band was initially signed to Columbia Records under a six-month contract but agreed to a release after the record company failed to secure a producer for the album. The group also featured jazz-influenced drummer John Densmore and the charismatic Jim Morrison on vocals. Krieger had only been playing the electric guitar for six months when he joined.

The Doors' final lineup was formed in mid-1965 after Ray Manzarek's two brothers left and Robby Krieger joined. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected The Doors for inclusion in the National Recording Registry based on its cultural, artistic or historical significance. It has been reissued several times on CD, including a 2007 remaster that became the Doors' most successful studio album in commercial sales. The original album has sold 20 million copies, and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame 'Light My Fire' was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2012, it was ranked number 42 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 greatest albums of all time.

The Doors was not only one of the albums to have been most central to the progression of psychedelic rock, but is also one of the most acclaimed recordings in all of popular music. The Doors credit the success of the album to being able to work the songs out night after night at the Whisky a Go Go and the London Fog nightclubs in West Hollywood, California. The album features their breakthrough single ' Light My Fire' and the lengthy song ' The End' with its Oedipal spoken word section.

The Doors is the self-titled debut album by the American rock band the Doors, released on January 4, 1967.

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