The Doors were a few months away from stardom in March 1967 when they played five sparsely attended shows at a small club in San Francisco called The Matrix. These uninhibited performances would have been fleeting if not for Peter Abram, who co-owned the pizza parlor-turned-nightclub with Jefferson Airplane founder Marty Balin. An avid recordist, Abram taped concerts at The Matrix regularly and his recordings of The Doors, made between March 7-11, 1967, spawned one of the bands most storied bootlegs. At long last, all known Matrix recordings, sourced entirely from Abrams original master recordings, will be released on September 8.

LIVE AT THE MATRIX 1967: THE ORIGINAL MASTERS will be available on September 8 as 3-CD and 5-LP sets. Production of the vinyl version is limited to 14,000 numbered (CD 21,000) copies worldwide. The bands March 7 performance of the jazz instrumental Bags Groove is exclusive to the vinyl set and comes on a 7 single. Bags Groove is one of two never-before-heard recordings.

Release date: 8th September, 2023

Tracklist:

Side 1- March 7, 1967 First Set
1.) Backdoor Man
2.) My Eyes Have Seen You
3.) Soul Kitchen
4) All Blues (Instrumental)

Side 2:
1) Get Out Of My Life Woman
2) When The Musics Over

Side 3: March 7, 1967 Second Set
1) Close To You
2) Crawling King Snake
3) I Cant See Your Face In My Mind
4) People Are Strange
5) Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

Side 4:
1) Crystal Ship
2) Twentieth Century Fox
March 7, 1967 Third Set
3) Moonlight Drive
4) Summers Almost Gone
5) Unhappy Girl

Side 5:
1) Woman Is A Devil / Rock Me Baby
2) Break On Through (To The Other Side)
3) Light My Fire

Side 6:
1) The End
March 8 or 9, 1967
2) The End (Partial) / Lets Feed Ice Cream To The Rats

Side 7: March 10, 1967 First Set
1) My Eyes Have Seen You
2) Soul Kitchen
3) I Cant See Your Face In My Mind
4) People Are Strange

Side 8:
1) When The Musics Over
March 10, 1967 Second Set
2) Money
3) Who Do You Love

Side 9:
1) Moonlight Drive
2) Summers Almost Gone
3) Im A King Bee
4) Gloria

Side 10:
1) Break On Through (To The Other Side)
March 10, 1967 Third Set
2) Summertime
3) Back Door Man
4) Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

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March 7, 1967 First Set
1) Bags Groove (Instrumental)