psychedelic
Live at the Matrix, San Francisco, March 10, 1967 Douban
The Doors genre: Rock
release date 2007-03-27
The legendary Doors captured live at the Matrix in their hometown of Los Angeles in March of 1967. Features eight tracks from their first two albums (The Doors and Strange Days, both released that same year) including 'Light My Fire', 'People Are Strange', 'Break On Through' and more. 2007.
Blues Douban
Jimi Hendrix genre: 布鲁斯
release date 1994-01-01 publisher: Mca
Jimi Hendrix是摇滚乐史上最伟大的吉它手,也许还有很多人对此有异议,但可以肯定地说,只是少数,其它传奇性摇滚吉它手可能在技术上更娴熟,但在jimi之前,电吉它不过是吉它原声的电声化,正是Jimi用他的吉它创造了前人从未曾想到的奇迹,在他短暂却辉煌的音乐生涯里,jimi重塑了吉它,赋予它生命。
Jimi于1942年11月27日出生于华盛顿西雅图,印第安黑人血统,他小时候就整天泡在父亲A1收藏的Jazz和Blues唱片中,并通过收音机收听R&B,Rock Nroll等新音乐风格。A1看出儿子对音乐的强烈兴趣,给他买了一把吉它,Jimi不放过任何练习的机会,很快就能跟当地几个乐队演出了。
中专毕业后Jimi曾在军营中呆过一段短暂时间,之后他选择了做一名“吟游吉它手”,在当时一些较有名的黑人R&B乐队作替补,过了几年吉普赛人式的流浪生活后,Jimi来到纽约定居在格林威治村,那里是许多豪放不羁的艺术家的聚居之所,Jimi因而接触到不同风格的艺术,文学,尢其是音乐。
1966年Jimi来到了伦敦,在Zoot Money的一场演出使Jimi在此迅速走红。Jimi的演出给经纪人Chas Chanoller留下了深刻的印象,并把其介绍给鼓手Mitch Mitchell和贝司手Noel Redding,三人开始聚在一起排练,1960年10月6日,组成The Jimi Hendrix Experience 乐队,很快便引起轰动。观看了乐队在某俱乐部的一场演出之后,Kit Lamber深受吸引,并试图劝说乐队签入其新开设的Trach厂牌旗下,但是由于Trach处于创业时期,经常并不顺利,于是乐队的第一支单曲“Hey Joe”由Polydor公司推出发行,于是成了排行榜的大热门。
12月, 乐队推出第二曲“Purpls Haze”,由Jimi创作并打入排行榜第三名,随着新歌的不断创作和录制,唱片《Are You Experienced》于1967年5月推出,并位居英国唱片排行榜第二名,仅居于Beatles的《Sergeant Pepper》之后,仅赁这张唱片,The Jimi Hendrix Experience成为英国摇滚乐坛的传奇,但此时Jimi并不为其国人所识。
1967年夏天,乐队应邀去加利福尼亚的Monterey流行音乐节演出,这庞大的露天音乐会是“旧金山爱之夏”的音乐象征,许多英美的一流摇滚乐队来此演出,Jimi在这次演出中将一把吉它玩尽了花样,或高举过头顶,或置于双腿间,或在背后弹拨,甚至用牙齿来抚动琴弦,在结束时Jimi将引燃液浇在心爱的吉他上点燃,作为对信仰的一种祭奠,然后把它摔得粉碎,将燃烧的碎片抛向观众席,而插头此时仍没有拨掉,Jimi这一举动无疑使人群为之疯狂,而Jimi亦奠定了他在美国摇滚乐坛上的巨星地位。音乐节过后,他又马不停蹄地推出单曲《Purple Haze》和大碟《Are You Experienced》在美国销量超过一百万张,随后的《Axis:Bold As Love》于1967年12月推出, 这张唱片更具实验性, 尽管打入美国榜TOP20,商业上却没有第一张唱片成功,在此期间,Jimi于英美各地巡回演出,推销他的两张唱片,几乎每场演唱会门票一售而空。
1969年来Jimi的创作更接近他的种族与音乐之源,而远离使他成名的Acld Rock,其风格的改变体现于纯黑人乐队Gypsys的组建。由Jimi的军营的老友Billy Cox任贝斯手,R&B巨星Buddy Miles任鼓手,于1970年元旦之夜这支三人乐队在纽约Fillmore East Theater演出,并于同年4月推出这场演出的录音唱片《Band Of Gypsys》。
同年Jimi和“The Cry Of Love”乐队同游欧洲,并与之灌制了他最后一张唱片。欧洲之旅途中,Jimi于伦敦暂停。Jimi服食迷幻药是尽人皆知的,而药物所致的迷幻状态曾诱发JIMI创作许多歌的灵感。1970年9月17日晚他却意外药过量,次晨他的女友发现他昏睡不醒,救护车到来时他已窒息而死,Jimi当时才27岁,而在前一天晚上他还在创作一首新歌,歌名叫“The Story Lf Life”。
Jimi是一个毫无争议的吉它天才,他将传统的12小节布鲁斯演绎成超乎他人想象的新形式,而他那集流行艺术,暴力于一体的舞台吸引力也他人无可比拟的。Jimi是第一位将所有电声设备,不只是吉它,当作乐器演奏的摇滚音乐家,这标志着思维的一个转变。许多音乐学者谈到摇滚都有些不屑,但却一致认为Jimi不管选择从事何种音乐都会成功,虽然Jimi去世后,音乐在技术方面日新月异,但Jimi所创造出的许多声音却从来未能被其它人复制。他的音乐是没有时间界限的,甚至在他死时还未出世的音乐家也受之启发。Jimi有生之年只录制5张唱片,但却永远改变了摇滚乐的足迹。
国境巡礼歌 Douban
J. A. Seazer genre: Rock
release date 1973-01-01 publisher: Belle
Recorded live in Tokyo on February 3, 1973 at the 日本青年間ホール (Nippon Seinenkan Hall.)
Artwork replicates the original LP's jacket and obi strip.
Other Voices Douban
6.9 (9 ratings) The Doors genre: Rock
release date 1971-10-18 publisher: Elektra
The recording of the album began while lead singer Jim Morrison was on holiday in France. The song "Down on the Farm" was allegedly already written at the time of the recording of the previous album[citation needed], but Morrison did not want to include it, for reasons unknown[citation needed]. According to Manzarek, some of the songs had been rehearsed with Morrison before he left for Paris.
The three remaining members of the band regrouped and released the album in October three months after Morrison's death. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger took Morrison's place as lead singers.
Morrison Hotel Douban
9.1 (53 ratings) The Doors genre: Rock
release date 1970-01-01 publisher: Elektra / Wea
Morrison Hotel (sometimes referred to as Hard Rock Cafe from the title of the first side of the LP, whose second side is titled Morrison Hotel) is The Doors' fifth album. It was released in 1970. After their experimental work The Soft Parade was not as well received as anticipated, the group went back to basics and back to their roots. On this album, there is a slight steer toward blues, which would be fully explored by the band on their next album, L.A. Woman. The strategy worked; even though no major hit singles were drawn from the album, Morrison Hotel reestablished The Doors as favorites of the critics, peaking at #4 on the US album chart, and when they followed with L.A. Woman the next year, they were rewarded with two more US Top 20 hits. The album also became the band's highest charting studio album in the UK, where it peaked at #12.
The Soft Parade Douban
8.2 (25 ratings) The Doors genre: Rock
release date 1990-10-25 publisher: Elektra / Wea
在摇滚乐神圣的殿堂中,迷幻摇滚以它极强的艺术感染力占据着重要的地位,这种超凡脱俗的摇滚音乐,象一副抽象派的画作一般美丽而神秘。二十世纪六十年代,当迷幻摇滚乐开始风行世界的时候,The Doors成为其中的佼佼者。
The Doors乐队于1965,在洛杉机成立,乐队成员是歌手JimMorrison、键盘手Day Manzarek、吉他手Robbie Krieger和鼓手John Densnore。乐队的倡导者Morrison为乐队取了“The Doors”的名字。同年,The Doors因为Morrison的《末日》而结识了Love乐队的歌手Arthur Lee, 由他引荐给了Joc Holzmen的Elektra唱片公司,并签约于该公司。1967年1月,乐队首张专辑《The Doors》推出,立即在歌坛上引起了强烈的反响,不仅很快打入排行首,并且停留121周之久也为之罕见,专辑中《燃起我的心火》和《结束》两首主打歌曲更是精妙之作,充分展示了乐队乐手精湛的技艺及Morrison非凡的创作才华。7月,《燃起我的火》,精炼后又作为单曲发行,100多万张的销量使The Doors乐队成为世界一流的摇滚乐队。
此后,The Doors乐队,尤其是Morrison的放荡不羁也开始崭露头角。67年12月,Morrison因在辛辛那提州巡演时辱骂警察而被捕。The Doors乐队的官非在它以后的成功道路上一直纠缠不清。新专辑《奇异的日子》也给人一种随随便便之感,从而使曾经支持The Doors乐队的歌迷失望而去。1968年5月,刚刚重返舞台的Morison又因煽动前来看演唱会的人群闹事,而又遭到拘禁。然而,这支倍受争议的乐队,却没有间断他的成功。1968年,The Doors乐队为电影《The Unknown Soldier》制作了主题曲;同年9月,乐队第三专辑《Waiting For The Sun》荣登榜首4周之久,其中《Hello! I Love You》和69年2月推出的单曲《抚摸我》都获得了销量100万张的惊人成绩。下半年,第4张专辑《温柔的展示》排在了排行榜第6位。
这时的Morrison其实早就已沉浸在毒品中而不能自拔,他在这一年中也因淫秽行为和酗酒滋事而两次入狱。他的这些坏毛病象浸满了毒液的蛀虫一样侵蚀着他,也侵蚀着乐队。The Doors1970年的专辑《Morrison Hotel》、《绝对的生活》和《女军人》都遭到了连连的挫败,人们再也没有看到最初那支让人灵魂出鞘的The Doors乐队。
1971年3月,Morrison离开了乐队,隐居到巴黎开始撰写他的诗集,同年出版的《The Lords And The New Creatures》获得了成功。6月3日,Morrison死于心脏病,他死后摇滚音乐界将他作为那个时期迷幻乐的杰出人物葬在了巴黎著名的皮尔拉兹公墓。第2年,失去了生命力的The Doors乐队宣布解散了。The Doors乐队是迷幻摇滚乐中一支优秀的乐队,它将这种音乐用诗歌一般的情感表现的淋漓尽致,在世界摇滚乐的史册中写下了辉煌的一页。
Waiting for the Sun Douban
9.3 (59 ratings) The Doors genre: Rock
release date 1968-01-01 publisher: Elektra/Asylum
Waiting for the Sun is the third studio album by the American rock band The Doors. It was released in 1968 and became the band's first and only number one album and spawned their second US number one single, "Hello, I Love You". It also became the band's first hit album in the UK, where it peaked at #16 in the chart. With the exception of two songs, the material for this album was written after the band's initial songs from the formation of the group had been recorded for their debut album and second album, Strange Days. The highlight of this album was supposed to be the lengthy theatrical piece "Celebration of the Lizard", but in the end only the "Not to Touch the Earth" section was used. The song "Waiting for the Sun" would not appear on an album until Morrison Hotel.
Jericho Douban
8.8 (5 ratings) Jericho Jones
release date 2002-11-13 publisher: Repertoire
German reissue of 1972 album originally released on A&M. Repertoire.