LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 4, 2020…FIFTY THREE YEARS AGO THE DOORS RELEASED THEIR SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM. THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM WAS ‘BREAK ON THROUGH’ AND IT SURPRISINGLY FIZZLED ON THE CHARTS. THE RECORD COMPANY DECIDED TO RELEASE THE SINGLE ‘LIGHT MY FIRE’ BUT CHOPPED IT DOWN FROM THE ALBUM VERSION WHICH CLOCKED IN AT 6:50. THE SINGLE VERSION CUT OUT ALL GUITAR PARTS AND WAS 2:52. AFTER GETTING A TON OF AIRPLAY, DISC JOCKEY’S REFUSED TO PLAY THE SHORT VERSION, AND PLAYED THE LONGER ALBUM VERSION. ‘LIGHT MY FIRE’ CATAPULTED THE GROUP INTO INSTANT STARDOM. THIS WAS THE GROUP’S BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM, SELLING OVER 13 MILLION COPIES IN 1967 AND WHAT’S EVEN MORE MIND BLOWING IS IT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM OF 1969, EVEN BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES ‘SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.’ ACCOUNTING FOR STREAMING, DOWNLOADS AND ACTUAL SALES, THE DOORS DEBUT HAS NOW SOLD OVER 38.9 MILLION COPIES. THIS ALBUM WAS INDUCTED INTO THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME IN 2007. HERE’S A FANTASTIC LIVE VERSION OF ‘LIGHT MY FIRE’
