As Morrison would later relate to Jerry Hopkins in Rolling Stone, "Those first five or six songs I wrote, I was just taking notes at a fantastic rock concert that was going on inside my head. Morrison told Manzarek he had been writing songs. They recognized one another from when they had both attended the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The Doors began with a chance meeting between acquaintances Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek on Venice Beach in July 1965.
The Doors logo, designed by an Elektra Records assistant, first appeared on their 1967 debut album. In 1993, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Doors have been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 41st on its list of the " 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". According to the RIAA, they have sold 34 million albums in the United States and over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold LPs. After a short time as Riders on the Storm, they settled on the name Manzarek–Krieger and toured until Manzarek's death in 2013. Densmore and the Morrison estate successfully sued them over the use of the band's name.
In 2002, Manzarek, Krieger and Ian Astbury of the Cult on vocals started performing as "The Doors of the 21st Century". They released three more albums in the 1970s, two of which featured earlier recordings by Morrison, and over the decades reunited on stage in various configurations. The band continued as a trio until disbanding in 1973.
Morrison died in uncertain circumstances in 1971. They were one of the most successful bands during that time and by 1972 the Doors had sold over 4 million albums domestically and nearly 8 million singles. After signing with Elektra Records in 1966, the Doors with Morrison released six albums in five years, some of which are considered among the greatest of all time, including their self-titled debut (1967), Strange Days (1967), and L.A. The band took its name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, itself a reference to a quote by William Blake. They were among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s, partly due to Morrison's lyrics and voice, along with his erratic stage persona, and the group is also widely regarded as an important part of the era's counterculture. It includes all types of concert posters, flyers, handbills and musicians business cards from the dawn of recorded music until 11:59 p.m.The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. His collection consists of what are called “boxing style” posters because of their similarity to posters used to advertise boxing matches. documentaries, news reports and many books. My collection has appeared in “Time-Life Publications”, P.B.S. He has written For “Goldmine Magazine”, been interviewed by “Worth Magazine-The Robb Report” and appeared on the T.V. He fell in love with the concert poster “Genre” and have been collecting them ever since. Around 1980 I bought my first two concert posters, a 1941 Duke Ellington and a 1941 Cab Calloway. He went on to work the wholesale side of the music industry by being an area rep for independent music labels.
About this time he began collecting movie posters with pictures of musicians on them. In the early 1970’s he began working in and managing record stores. As a teenager he started collecting records and wrote record reviews for a small local folk music magazine. Mitch Diamond has a love affair with music all his life. It is a classic interview with Mitch Diamond who through various circumstances came to meet Ravin’ Ray who would introduce Mitch to a loaded gun, his girlfriend, swing dancing, beers at a VFW hall, Alaska, The Country Music Hall of Fame, $60,000 in cash and one of the greatest finds in concert poster history. The Greatest Music Poster Story Ever Told.