A first printing concert poster advertising the Magic Mountain Music Festival held on June 3-4, 1967 at the Mt. Tamalpais Outdoor Theatre, just north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. The all-star show, which took place two weeks before the Monterey Pop Fesitival, is considered to be the first rock festival. It was presented by […]
Four very clean Family Dog handbills/postcards advertising 1967 concerts by The Doors. These are number FD 50, 61, 64 and 84 in the Family Dog series. The first three are for shows at San Francisco’s Avalon Ballroom, and feature artwork by the great Victor Moscoso. FD 84 is for a show with Captain Beefheart and […]
A rare 1967 promotional poster produced by Elektra Records to promote The Doors self-titled debut album. The simple bold design features the album cover, with white space at the bottom so tour dates could be added. The poster is in excellent unused condition, having been rolled since it was produced. There are a few small […]
A rare issue of Mojo Navigator, Vol 2, No 2, dated August 1967. Mojo Navigator was arguably the first rock fanzine; begun in 1966 by David Harris and Greg Shaw, it chronicled the San Francisco/Bay Area rock scene, and later, the rock music scene at large. Issues are extremely rare, as it was available only […]
An original 11″ x 14″ photograph of the Doors’ Jim Morrison at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood in 1966 . This photograph was taken by the club’s in-house photographer George Rodriguez during a jam session with The Doors and the band Them, featuring Van Morrison. The Doors played on a double bill with […]
A vintage original photograph of The Doors circa 1967 published in 16 Magazine. We acquired this from the estate of Gloria Stavers, longtime editor of 16 Magazine, photographer of The Doors and one-time lover of Jim Morrison. On the back are publication notes indicating this was published in 16, and a Gloria Stavers Collection stamp. […]
An original 11″ x 14″ photograph of The Doors’ Jim Morrison (with Robby Kreiger in the background) at The Roundhouse in London, September 1968, taken by legendary photographer Ethan Russell. This was the Doors only UK appearance in 1968 and was filmed and broadcast by ITV Television (and later released on DVD as “The Doors […]
Jim Morrison’s very rare self-published folio of poems The Lords: Notes On Vision. Morrison published The Lords in an edition of 100 in early 1969. Printed in Los Angeles at Western Lithographers, Morrison gave these out one-at-a-time to friends and acquaintances The navy blue folio with gold stamping is printed on textured heavy card stock, with a […]
A service station receipt signed by Jim Morrison, with the imprint of his credit card using his full name ‘James D Morrison.’ We acquired this receipt, for a $1.00 tire change, from Vicky, a woman who dated Morrison. Her accompanying letter of provenance reads: A beautiful sunny day—July 30, 1969, riding with Jim Morrison in his […]
Two one-sided acetates used during the production of Ray Manzarek’s 1983 solo album Carmina Burana, with Ray’s handwritten mixing notes, and notes from the album’s mixing engineer, Joe Chiccarelli. These acetates were formerly in the collection of longtime Doors associate and manager Danny Sugerman (1954-2005), who also managed Manzarek. Inside the Masterdisk gatefold acetate sleeve we […]
A framed psychedelic poster made for the record release party for The Doors Box Set held at the Doors’ home away from home, Hollywood’s Whisky A Go Go, on October 8, 1997. This example is boldly signed by the surviving Doors– Robby Kreiger, John Densmore and Ray Manzarek, and the band’s longtime manager Danny Sugerman […]
An original Swedish Gold Record Award for The Doors’ debut album The Doors, presented to longtime Doors associate and manager Danny Sugerman (1954-2005). Danny Sugerman met and began working for The Doors at the remarkably young age of 13, first handling their fan mail and organizing their clippings and scrapbook, and later writing press releases. He […]
An incredibly rare mounted poster for the Jim Morrison Film Festival held in Vancouver Canada in March 1970, from the collection of longtime Doors associate and manager Danny Sugerman (1954-2005). As noted on this poster, this festival featured (using their capitalizations) “the WORLD PREMIERE of jim Morrison’s feature film HIWAY plus a documentary on the […]
A five-page contract between The Doors and Elektra Records signed by all five band members, regarding live tapes recorded at Los Angeles’s Aquarius Theater and used for their 1970 album Absolutely Live. This contract comes with the finest authentication possible—a letter of authenticity from Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman, who discovered and signed The Doors, […]
An original RIAA Certified Platinum Record Award for The Doors album 13, presented to longtime Doors associate and manager Danny Sugerman (1954-2005). 13 was the first Doors Greatest Hits album, and the only Doors compilation album issued during Jim Morrison’s lifetime. It was released on November 30, 1970 and certified platinum on June 10, 1987. […]
A 1998 UK first edition of Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek’s memoir Light My Fire: My Life With The Doors, boldly signed by Manzerek (1939-2013). Manzarek signs ‘To Will: Ray Manzarek, The Doors,” with the inscription and signature taking up a whole page. We don’t know the identity of Will, but this book was part of […]