1967-October-11

The Doors

Danbury High School Auditorium		Danbury, CT

	
Disc 1  -  58.14
1	Introduction		  .58
2	Moonlight Drive		 6.29
3	Money			 3.40
4	Break On Through	 6.11
5	Back Door Man		 4.41
6	People Are Strange	 2.49
7	The Crystal Ship	 3.02
8	Wake Up			 1.44
9	Light My Fire		 8.57
10	The End			19.37


[PA System Recording]


Notes that came with this recording:

The Doors
October 11, 1967 (Wednesday)
Danbury High School Auditorium
Danbury, Connecticut
[PA System Recording]

Lineage:
Master 7" Reel (3.75 ips) > Reel To Reel > DAT > CDR > EAC > WAV > 
Flac Frontend > FLAC (lvl 8, SBE aligned)

Here it is as promised. Provided by Doors collector and fellow 
Traders' Denizen Christophe is a first generation recording of 
The Doors' appearance at Danbury High in 1967. Contrary to popular 
belief, this show wasn't put on for or by the high school, but by 
Western Connecticut State College as an opening to their Fall Weekend. 
Much of the crowd is actually made up of college students and Danbury 
residents. (Thanks to Greg Shaw's book for that info.)

Unlike other circulating sources, there is very little tape hiss 
present on this version. There are also no cuts during Break On Through,
though there is still a missing verse during "Moonlight Drive" which 
seems to be on all known copies. "The End" is complete along with 
Jim's introduction.

Here's some info from the person Christophe got his copy from: 

"The master reel was made by a faculty member at Danbury High School 
(at the time) who ended up teaching at Wesleyen University in the early 
1980s. A student there, who I've long since lost touch with, borrowed 
the master reel and I made a reel copy of that in the early '80s. The 
master was a 7" 3.75 ips reel and my reel copy was the same. A metal 
cassette with Dolby B was made from my reel (as well as an XL2 cassette 
for my friend ) and I'm fairly sure most circulating copies are from 
those cassettes which would be 2nd generation from the master. I made 
many copies of my cassette for various people over the years because my 
Revox was packed away in storage. A few years ago, my original reel copy 
was finally transfered to DAT and CD and I have traded that a few times 
since so a digital copy of the first gen reel is also now circulating."

Despite its first generation origins, there are still some problems with 
the recording. First, while The Doors were setting up, Jim's friend 
Tom Baker did a poetry reading (perhaps as much as 25 minutes worth) and 
this reading is said to be on the original master. In fact, it's Baker's 
voice you hear at the start of "Moonlight Drive" introducing the band. 
Also, throughout the show, there are some amplification issues and different 
parts come through louder/clearer than others. These may be problems 
present on the original master tape or on the reel to reel copy. Break On 
Through has the most issues as there were dropouts which were fixed by the 
person who transferred the tape by copying over the intact channel. I tried 
matching up the audio channels where there was an obvious difference in 
amplification (only two or three spots) and also ran the tape through 
ClickRepair (on a low setting of 50 with DeCrackle off) to remove some 
clicks and pops which were present during the quietest portions, most audibly 
between "Light My Fire" and "The End." No noise reduction or other 
"remastering" was applied to this recording.

All in all, this is the best sounding source for this show I've ever heard 
and unlike many other copies it even appears to run at the correct speed. 
So enjoy this great upgrade.

-Porsche

I'm always on the look out for Doors recordings I don't have or source 
upgrades.  Check out my complete list of shows here: 
www.eccentrix.com/members/thedoors/tradelist.html