Jeff’s Playlist: the doors / the soft parade

the doors / the soft parade

This is The Doors’ fourth stu­dio album. Although it was not well received, I have always liked this record; it is dif­fer­ent. Somehow, when I lis­ten to The Doors, I always include this album. Give it a lis­ten; you might like it, too.

Album Information

Side one

No.      Title                                        Writer(s)                     Length
1.         “Tell All the People”             Robby Krieger          3:24
2.         “Touch Me”                                       Krieger           3:15
3.         “Shaman’s Blues”                Jim Morrison             4:45
4.         “Do It”                                     Morrison, Krieger     3:01
5.         “Easy Ride”                           Morrison                     2:35

Side two

No.      Title                                        Writer(s)                     Length
1.         “Wild Child”                           Morrison                     2:36
2.         “Runnin’ Blue”                      Krieger                       2:27
3.         “Wishful Sinful”                     Krieger                       2:56
4.         “The Soft Parade”                Morrison                     8:40

The Doors

Jim Morrison – vocals
Ray Manzarek – key­boards, celes­ta on “Touch Me”, harp­si­chord on “Shaman’s Blues” and “The Soft Parade”[15]
Robby Krieger – gui­tar, cho­rus lead vocals on “Runnin’ Blue“
John Densmore – drums

Additional musi­cians
Harvey Brooks – bass gui­tar on “Tell All the People”, “Touch Me”, “Shaman’s Blues”, “Do It”, “Runnin’ Blue” and “The Soft Parade“
Doug Lubahn – bass gui­tar on “Easy Ride”, “Wild Child” and “Wishful Sinful“
Paul Harris – orches­tral arrange­ments
Curtis Amy – sax­o­phone solos
George Bohanon – trom­bone solo
Champ Webb – English horn solo
Jesse McReynolds – man­dolin on “Runnin’ Blue“
Reinol Andino – congas

Technical
Paul A. Rothchild – pro­duc­tion
Bruce Botnick – engi­neer­ing
Joel Brodsky – pho­tog­ra­phy
Peter Schaumann – inside illus­tra­tion
William S. Harvey – art direc­tion and design

Released       July 18, 1969
Recorded       July 1968 – May 1969
Studio             Elektra Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Length            33:39
Label              Elektra
Producer        Paul A. Rothchild