The Doors - Live at the Matrix 1967 - Box Set LP

Numbered, Limited Edition 5LP & 7" Box Set – Sourced from the Original Master Tapes

In March 1967, just months before "Light My Fire" propelled them to stardom, The Doors played five shows at a small San Francisco club called The Matrix. Co-owner Peter Abram taped the performances, and his recordings became one of the band's most storied bootlegs. For the first time, all known Matrix recordings have been sourced entirely from Abram's original master tapes and remastered by The Doors' longtime engineer/mixer Bruce Botnick. Spanning 37 songs across five nights, the set captures Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore tearing through debut-album staples, early versions of Strange Days songs, and extended blues covers, including eight performances never featured on any previous Matrix release.

Features

• Numbered, Limited Edition – 14,000 Copies
• 5LP & 45rpm 7" vinyl single box set
• "Bag's Groove" jazz instrumental 7" single exclusive to this vinyl box set
• Sourced entirely from Peter Abram's original master tapes
• Remastered by The Doors' longtime engineer/mixer Bruce Botnick
• Includes previously unreleased tracks
• Label: Rhino

Track Listing

LP1 – March 7, 1967 (First Set)

Side One:

1. Backdoor Man
2. My Eyes Have Seen You
3. Soul Kitchen
4. All Blues – Instrumental

Side Two:

1. Get Out of My Life Woman
2. When the Music's Over

LP2 – March 7, 1967 (Second & Third Sets)

Side One:

1. Close to You
2. Crawling King Snake
3. I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
4. People Are Strange
5. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

Side Two:

1. Crystal Ship
2. Twentieth Century Fox
3. Moonlight Drive
4. Summer's Almost Gone
5. Unhappy Girl

LP3 – March 7, 1967 (Third Set)

Side One:

1. Woman Is a Devil / Rock Me Baby
2. Break on Through (To the Other Side)
3. Light My Fire

Side Two:

1. The End
2. The End (Partial) / Let's Feed Ice Cream to the Rats

LP4 – March 10, 1967 (First & Second Sets)

Side One:

1. My Eyes Have Seen You
2. Soul Kitchen
3. I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
4. People Are Strange

Side Two:

1. When the Music's Over
2. Money
3. Who Do You Love

LP5 – March 10, 1967 (Second & Third Sets)

Side One:

1. Moonlight Drive
2. Summer's Almost Gone
3. I'm a King Bee
4. Gloria

Side Two:

1. Break on Through (To the Other Side)
2. Summertime – Instrumental
3. Back Door Man
4. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

7" Single – March 7, 1967 (First Set)

1. Bag's Groove – Instrumental