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Well researched and most balanced of the bios. The authors do not promote any agenda, or indulge in the sensationalism so prevalent in other books on Jim. Highly recommended.
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(Formerly 'Moonlight Drive') Culled from interviews with members of the Doors community. It's impossible to know how accurate these stories may be, but it's an interesting book.
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The Doors: The Complete Lyrics -
An invaluable resource for anyone interested in the phenomenon which is The Doors lyrics. |
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The Ultimate Doors Companion
Not to be confused with the Doors Companion - An updated and edited version of Doung Sundling's Doors Artistic Vision - An excellent book, which is welcome in this new edition. |
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The Doors Companion
Edited by John Rocco. This is a compilation of some of the most interesting reviews and other commentary ever written on The Doors. |
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The Doors: The Illustrated History
Lots of photos, and a must for the reproduction of more reviews of the Doors music and performance than I've seen anywhere els |
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The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison
Jerry Hopkins provides a short bio as well as numerous transcripts of interviews with Jim, some hard-to-find. |
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Mr Mojo Risin: Jim Morrison The Last Holy Fool
Some interesting insights are offered in this Photo-journal style bio from David Dalton, written in an unusual and very interesting style. |
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My Eyes Have Seen You
This excellent self-published book is photos ONLY. Many unavailable anywhere else. Highly recommended! |
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Light My Fire: My Life With The Doors
A very enthusiastic look at Ray's experiences with Jim and The Doors. I feel his intense enthusiasm has created some revisionist history - an enjoyable read nonetheless. |
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Riders On The Storm: My Life With Jim Morrison and The Doors
John Densmore's honest and heartfelt account of life with Jim and the Doors. |
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No One Here gets Out Alive
There must be some cosmic law that this is the first book everyone reads - and of course, one really cannot NOT read it. |
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The Poetry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The American Night: The Writings of Jim Morrison Vol 2 An excellent compilation of Jim's more mature poetic works by Frank and Kathy Lisciandro. Includes lyrics for Celebration of the Lizard as well as An American Prayer. |
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The Lords & The New Creatures The two books published in Jim's lifetime, available in a single edition. The Lords: Notes on Vision is writings from UCLA Film School, The New Creatures is his early poetry. |
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Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison vol.1 An excellent compilation of Jim's more mature poetic works, edited by Frank and Kathy Lisciandro |
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Images of Jim Morrison This previously hard-to-find book is a self-published tribute to Jim with photos, rare ticket stubs and some original poetry. |
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Jim Morrison - Dark Star This coffee-table book has many inaccuracies, but is jam-packed with photos of Jim. |
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Rimbaud & Jim Morrison: The Rebel As Poet - A Memoir. Read the WFTS review! |
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Wild Child This is the extremely controversial book which was removed from the market through legal action by the Morrison family, and is now available in an edited version. |
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They Died Too Young: Jim Morrison This is a part of the children's book series They Died Too Young. For ages 9 - 12. |
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Strange Days: My Life With and Without Jim Morrison Ms. Kennealys story remains very controversial thirty years after Jims passing. |
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The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison (Formerly Angels Dance and Angels Die) Seen from the perspective of Jim & Pam's personal relationship - many believe that Ms. Butler had a personal agenda in writing this book, and that the truth has suffered for it. Once again, a very controversial book. |
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The Poet In Exile: A Journey Into The Mystic: Ray has Jim on a desert island all this time in this fantasy. |
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Jim Morrisons Adventures in the Afterlife This is a novel about Jim's after-death experiences. |
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The Doors Essential Guitar Collection Play your favorite Doors songs with the help of this collection. |
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The Doors Guitar Anthology: Personality Book Develop your own great blues-style guitar. |
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The Doors Guitar: Easy Guitar If you are a beginning player, then this is the book for you. |
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Waiting For The Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes and the Sound of Los Angeles The long and twisted rock and roll history of Los Angeles |
The Covert War Against Rock : What You Don't Know About the Deaths of Jim Morrison, Tupac Shakur, Michael Hutchence, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess Danny Sugerman's memoirs, including stories of Jim. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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