The Doors released their 6th album on this day in 1971. LA Woman was the last before Jim Morrison's death that summer in Paris and was a strong indication of what a force the band would have continued to be had his life not gone off the rails. Recording of the album began soon after Jim Morrison's trial over an alleged indecent exposure incident during a Miami concert concluded with his conviction. Producer Paul Rothchild resigned from the project, reportedly over a clash with the band over the arrangement of Love Her Madly and the slow pace at which the group was coming up with new songs.
Engineer Bruce Botnick stepped in and co-produced the album with the band members. To save money and allow for the extra time to flesh out the songs, Botnick and the Doors turned the band's rehearsal space into a studio, with Morrison recording some vocals in a bathroom doorway.
The album got a much better reception than Soft Parade, cracking the top 10 on the Billboard album chart and remaining on it for most of the remaining weeks of the year. Three months after its release, Jim Morrison died in Paris.
Oher Noteworthty Classic Rock events on April 19 include...
1928 Alexis Korner is born
1940 Genya Ravan of Ten Wheel Drive is born.
1942 Alan Price of the Animals is born
1947 Mark Volman of the Turtles is born.
1954 Producer Bob Rock is born.
1975 The Raspberries break up.
1975 Elton John dismisses Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson from his band.
1978 Patti Smith releases her cover of Bruce Springsteen's Because The Night.
1980 Brian Johnson takes over as AC/DC's front man.
1980 R.E.M. members do first concert under that band name.
2006 A 10 page notebook of drawings and notes kept by 12 year-old John Lennon is auctioned for $225,000.
2012 Levon Helm dies of cancer at 71 in New York City.
2015 The Foo Fighters play a live set at a Niles, Ohio record store on Record Store Day.
2017 Donald Trump gives Ted Nugent and Kid Rock a personal White House tour.
2021 Lynyrd Skynyrd releases Live at Knebworth 1976...
