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The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band The Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967. It features the breakthrough single “Light My Fire”, extended with a substantial instrumental section mostly omitted on the single release, and the lengthy song “The End” with its Oedipal spoken-word section. The 40th Anniversary Mix presents the first album in speed-corrected form for the first time. The speed discrepancy (being about 3.5% slow) was brought to Bruce Botnick’s attention by a Brigham Young University professor who stated that all the video and audio live performances of The Doors performing “Light My Fire”, as well as the sheet music show the song being in a key almost a full half step higher than the LP release. Only the 45 RPM single of... Read on...