The Doors crazy spring

The Doors: When You're Strange soundtrack

It looks like The Doors are going to have a crazy spring. Just a couple of days after Robby announces the imminent release of his new CD and that he’s working on a book, Doors manager Jeff Jampol and John Densmore released announcements of their own.

Yesterday afternoon Doors manager Jeff Jampol released the track listing to the soundtrack of “When You’re Strange” on The Doors message board.

1. Poem: Cinema – Johnny Depp [0:25]
(Jim Morrison)

2. Poem: The Spirit Of Music – Johnny Depp [0:22]
(Jim Morrison)

3. MOONLIGHT DRIVE – The Doors [3:01]
(The Doors)

4. Poem: The Doors Of Perception – Johnny Depp [0:08]
(William Blake)

5. BREAK ON THROUGH (TO THE OTHER SIDE) (Live) – The Doors [4:59]
(The Doors)
The Isle Of Wight, August 29, 1970 (Stereo)

6. LIGHT MY FIRE (Live) – The Doors [3:05]
(The Doors)
The Ed Sullivan Show, September 19, 1967 (Mono)

7. “To really be a superstar” – Jim Morrison (Interview) [0:14]

8. FIVE TO ONE – The Doors [4:27]
(The Doors)

9. Poem: Wasting The Dawn – Johnny Depp [0:25]
(Jim Morrison)

10. WHEN THE MUSIC’S OVER (Live) – The Doors [12:27]
(The Doors)
Television-Byen; Gladsaxe, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 18, 1968 (Mono)

11.
a. “The four of us are musicians” – Jim Morrison (Interview) [0:29]
b. “I’d like them to listen” – Ray Manzarek (Interview)
c. “Rock & roll and jazz” – John Densmore (Interview)
d. “Our music is symbolic” – Robby Krieger (Interview)

12. HELLO, I LOVE YOU – The Doors [2:39]
(The Doors)

13. “Dead serious” – Jim Morrison (Interview) [0:08]

14. PEOPLE ARE STRANGE – The Doors [2:10]
(The Doors)

15. Poem: Inside The Dream – Johnny Depp [0:14]
(Jim Morrison)

16. SOUL KITCHEN – The Doors [3:32]
(The Doors)

17. Poem: We Have Been Metamorphosized – Johnny Depp [0:15]
(Jim Morrison)

18. Poem: Touch Scares – Johnny Depp [0:08]
(Jim Morrison)

19. TOUCH ME – The Doors [3:28]
(Robby Krieger)

20. Poem: Naked We Come – Johnny Depp [0:09]
(Jim Morrison)

21. Poem: O Great Creator Of Being – Johnny Depp [0:08]
(Jim Morrison)

22. THE END – The Doors [11:39]
(The Doors)

23. Poem: The Girl Of The Ghetto – Johnny Depp [0:26]
(Jim Morrison)

24. L.A. WOMAN – The Doors [7:57]
(The Doors)

25. Poem: Crossroads – Johnny Depp [0:10]
(Jim Morrison)

26. ROADHOUSE BLUES – The Doors [4:07]
(Jim Morrison/The Doors)

27. Poem: Ensenada – Johnny Depp [0:14]
(Jim Morrison)

28. RIDERS ON THE STORM – The Doors [7:16]
(Jim Morrison/The Doors)

29. Poem: As I Look Back – Johnny Depp [0:11]
(Jim Morrison)

30. THE CRYSTAL SHIP – The Doors [2:32]
(The Doors)

31. Poem: Goodbye America – Johnny Depp

During the heyday of The Doors Jim Morrison suggested that between tracks on the albums they put his poems. In possibly a nod to that, Jeff, Ray and John decided to have Johnny Depp (who does the narration in the film “When You’re Strange“) to read Jim Morrison’s poetry.

The studio versions of the songs will be the 40^th anniversary remixes of the songs. And for the statistical minded. Yesterday morning the Amazon sales rating was at about 42,000 but after Jeff Jampol’s announcement it shot up into the top 6,000 in sales. The When You’re Strange soundtrack is available for pre-order at Rhino and Amazon and will be released March 30^th, 2010.

John Densmore also released information via his website newsletter:

John’s long awaited book has a tentative publishing date of April to coincide with the release of “When You’re Strange.” John is playing his cards close to vest and the title of the book, and the publisher haven’t been released yet, but as more information becomes available we’ll report it.

Straight from John‘s newsletter the announcement of John appearing at a fundraiser for L.A.’s New Roads School:

“John will be performing live Saturday, March 20 when New Roads School celebrates 15 years of educational excellence at SmashBox Studios in Culver City (LA). The Family Music Festival & Expo runs from 12noon to 4pm, with food and expo vendors and a silent auction. Live performances with featured artists also include Stewart Copeland of The Police, Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers, John Taylor of Duran Duran, Raul Pacheco of Ozomatli, and others. All proceeds benefit the financial aid program at New Roads School. For more info, go to: New Roads 15^th Anniversary Bash.”

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