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Rock Is Dead

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Label
  
Elektra

Released
  
October 28, 1997 (1997-10-28)

Recorded
  
Elektra Sound Recorders Studios, 962 La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90069 February 25th, 1969

Length
  
1:00:00 (Full session) 16:41 (Edited version)

Writer(s)
  
Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore

Producer(s)
  
Bruce Botnick & The Doors

"Rock Is Dead" is a song by The Doors, which was recorded February 25th, 1969 at Elektra Sound Recorders Studios, 962 La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90069,. It was edited for a release in 1996 and was released for the first time on the compilation box set The Doors: Box Set

Contents

Recording

The song came out of a jam session The Doors did February the 25th, after eating dinner at a Mexican bar. For exactly one hour this jam session was held, and remained unreleased until 1997. The song was recorded 3 months before the Soft Parade sessions ended.

Personnel

  • Jim Morrison — vocals, backing vocals, harmonica
  • Robby Krieger — electric guitar
  • Ray Manzarek — Hammond organ, mellotron
  • John Densmore — drums
  • Bruce Botnick — producer
  • References

    Rock Is Dead Wikipedia