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THE DOORS – Their 6th Album ‘L.A. WOMAN’ Came Out 55 Years Ago Today

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

19 April 2026

Rock icons THE DOORS (1965–1973 / 9 albums) released their 6th LP L.A. WOMAN
on 19 April 1971, today 55 years ago today, three months after the release, on July 3, frontman Jim Morrison was found dead.

#1 in Holland, #11 in Canada, #9 in the US, #28 in the UK

The band began recording without much material and needed to compose songs
on the spot, either by jamming or talking through ideas. Lyrically, the album deals
with contemporary topics such as love, life in Los Angeles, and complex aspects
of the human experience.

The LP, as a whole, demonstrated Morrison‘s songwriting abilities, combined with his poetic phrasing and enthusiasm for Los Angeles, but still a desire to leave the city with
his partner, Pamela Courson. Artistically, L.A. Woman saw the band mixing blues and
rock, with some elements of psychedelic and jazz rock of their early career.

NME said: “One of their best in sometime with great depth, vigour and presence.”

TUTV: One of the best bands ever (as if you didn’t know this) with one of their best
albums ever (as if you didn’t know this), including two of their best songs ever (as if
you didn’t know this) with Love Her Madly and Riders On The Storm.

– RIDERS ON THE STORM –

– LOVE HER MADLY –

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Rock Legends JIM MORRISON And BRIAN JONES Died Both On The Same Day Respectively In 1971 And 1969 – Both 27

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3 July 2024

JIM MORRISON was born, named James Douglas Morrison on December 8, 1943.

The utterly charismatic frontman of classic rock band THE DOORS was found death
in his bathtub in his and his girlfriend Pam‘s apartment in Paris on July 3, 1971.
He was 27.

BRIAN JONES was born, named Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones on 28 February 1942.

At around midnight on the night of 2–3 July 1969, Jones was discovered at
the bottom of his swimming pool at. By the time the doctors arrived, it was
too late, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital at the age
of 27.

The coroner’s report stated it was a drowning, later clarified as “death by misadventure“, and noted his liver and heart were greatly enlarged by past drug and alcohol abuse.