The Doors found their mojo (and Mr. Mojo Risin’) in November 1970 as they recorded L.A. Woman over six days at the Workshop, the band’s rehearsal space on Santa Monica Boulevard. A success both critically and commercially, the album was certified double-platinum and contains some of the band’s most enduring music, including the Top 20 hit “Love Her Madly,” “Riders On The Storm,” and the title track.

To commemorate the album’s 50-year anniversary, this 3CD/1LP 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition includes the original album newly remastered by The Doors’ longtime engineer and mixer Bruce Botnick, two bonus discs of unreleased studio outtakes, and the stereo mix of the original album on 180-gram virgin vinyl.

For this new collection, the original album has been expanded with more than two hours of unreleased recordings taken from the sessions for L.A. Woman, allowing the listener to experience the progression of each song as it developed in the studio. An early demo for “Hyacinth House” recorded at Robby Krieger’s home studio in 1969 is also included. The outtakes feature Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, and Ray Manzarek working in the studio with two additional musicians. The first was rhythm guitarist Marc Benno, who worked with Leon Russell in The Asylum Choir. The other was bassist Jerry Scheff, who was a member of Elvis Presley’s TCB band. Among the outtakes of album tracks, you can also hear the band joyously ripping through the kinds of classic blues songs that Morrison once described as “original blues.” There are great takes of Junior Parker’s “Mystery Train,” John Lee Hooker’s “Crawling King Snake,” Big Joe Williams’ “Baby Please Don’t Go,” and “Get Out Of My Life Woman,” Lee Dorsey’s funky 1966 classic, written by his producer Allen Toussaint.

Disc 1: L.A. Woman + Bonus Tracks

1. The Changeling [4:21]

2. Love Her Madly [3:20]

3. Been Down So Long [4:41]

4. Cars Hiss By My Window [4:11]

5. L.A. Woman [7:49]

6. L’America [4:37]

7. Hyacinth House [3:11]

8. Crawling King Snake [5:00] (John Lee Hooker/Bernard Besman)

9. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) [4:13]

10. Riders On The Storm [7:14]

Produced by Bruce Botnick & The Doors

Bonus tracks:

11. Hyacinth House (Demo) [2:35]

Recorded at Robbie Krieger’s Home Studio 1969

*12. Riders On The Storm (Sunset Sound Version) [4:33]

Produced by Paul A. Rothchild

* Previously unissued



Disc 2: L.A. Woman Sessions, Part 1 [TT 77:18]

1. The Changeling (Takes #-#) [26:50]

2. Love Her Madly (Takes #-#) [21:10]

3. Riders On The Storm [18:09]

4. L.A. Woman (Part 1 - Takes #-#) [11:04]



Disc 3: L.A. Woman Sessions, Part 2 [TT 76:19]

1. L.A. Woman (Part 2 - Takes #-#) [8:42]

2. She Smells So Nice [3:22]

3. Rock Me Baby [4:38] (B.B. King/Joe Josea)

4. Mr. Mojo Rising [1:20]

5. Baby Please Don’t Go [0:07] (Joe Williams)

6. L.A. Woman (Part 3 - Takes #-#) [13:42]

7. Been Down So Long [5:02]

8. Get Out Of My Life Woman [3:56] (Allen Toussaint)

9. Crawling King Snake [4:18] (John Lee Hooker/Bernard Besman)

10. The Bastard Song Of Jimmy & Mama Reed (Cars Hiss By My Window) [6:26]

11. Been Down So Long (Takes #-#) [23:00]

12. Mystery Train [0:24] (Herman Parker/Sam Phillips)

13. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) (Take 1) [1:26]



L.A. WOMAN – 1 LP

SIDE ONE (STEREO)

1. THE CHANGELING 4:20

2. LOVE HER MADLY 3:18

3. BEEN DOWN SO LONG 4:40

4. CARS HISS BY MY WINDOW 4:10

5. L.A. WOMAN 7:49



SIDE TWO (STEREO)

1. L’AMERICA 4:35

2. HYACINTH HOUSE 3:10

3. CRAWLING KING SNAKE 4:57

4. The WASP (Texas Radio & The Big Beat) 4:12

5. RIDERS ON THE STORM 7:14