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The Doors: Album by Album

Mick Houghton, Uncut, October 2007

"We were delving into the realms of the psychedelic... We created a new American music that was universal." So says keyboard player Ray Manzarek, deftly summing up The Doors' astonishing contribution to the sound of the '60s. Here, Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore talk us through the band's six studio LPs with troubled talisman Jim Morrison.

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