The Doors perform at the KTLA SHEBANG show, which took place on February 25, 1967. The Doors are filmed lip synching to a playback of their debut single 'Break On Through'. Band looks very collegiate and the unusual set up places. Densmore at centre stage on drums between Morrison (stage left) and Manzarek. Krieger stands behind them directly in front of some garden furnishings. The host is Casey Kasem.
“It was our first time doing a TV show and we really had no idea what we were doing. When the director started telling us what to do, we just looked at each other and said, ‘I guess that’s how it is’. We learned later that wasn’t the case, but it was a great initial experience.”(Ray Manzarek)
“This is one of our first TV performances. We were clearly nervous. I mean, Jim won’t even look at the camera or anything. I’m somehow positioned in the front. I’m the ‘lead drummer’. Ridiculous!” (John Densmore)
“We had no say what-so-ever. There was a director telling us exactly what to do, and we did it. We just felt lucky to be there. Shebang was a local TV show, so it wasn’t as big as Dick Clark, but it was great to be on there.”(Robby Krieger)
Jim Morrison, Fillmore East, 03/22/1968
"Urge to come to terms with the "Outside", by absorbing, interiorizing it. I won't come out, you must come in to me. Into my womb-garden where I peer out. Where I can construct a universe within the skull, to rival the real.". (Jim Morrison, from “The Lords: Notes on Vision”)
Photo Session in Frankfurt, Germany, September 14th,1968
___________________________________________. "In The Mirror" – The Doors during a public photo shoot "Elektra Records", New York City, NY. March 1967 - © Joel Brodsky
Bobby Klein: "Jim was irreverent and mischievous. One time we were shooting outside and he suddenly disappeared. He came back with this cheeky smile and I took his picture. Only later, when I got the photos developed, did I realise what he had been doing: he’d hidden behind a tree, got himself aroused and, through his trousers, was pointing his erection right at my camera."
January-February 1967, Venice Beach, California. © Bobby Klein.
March 1968, NYC, NY.- NY Subway Session in Navy Blue Coat. ©️Paul Ferrara.
Games Fortune photographed The Doors performing on May 7, 1967 at the Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California.
"The word was out on the street that everyone had to see this lead singer because there had never been anything like him . . . with the unnatural grace of someone out of control . . . He looked like a Greek god gone wrong, with masses of dark brown coals and a face that sweet dreams are made of . . . It was really mind-boggling.There was no modern sexy American icon at that time and he instantly became that for me and all the girls I knew and we never missed them. I saw The Doors play a hundred times." - Pamela Des Barres, author of "I'm With The band "
March 1967: Clay Cole's Diskotek WPIX-TV New York City
During their stint at Ondine in March 1967, The Doors would appear on a local New York television show called Clay Cole’s Discotek where they lip synced a performance of Break On Through. This one hour teenage dance program with various performers is shown on Saturdays at 6:00pm on WPIX Channel 11. The Doors return for their second appearance on June 24 where they most likely perform Light My Fire. Linda Eastman who would marry a Beatle was present and took some interesting photos.