Jim Morrison Life Death Legend Unabridged CD Audio Box Stephen Davis The Doors
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Jim Morrison Life Death Legend Unabridged Audio CD Box Set
by Stephen Davis
Read by Paul Michael
Published by Penguin Audio (2005)
15 CD Audio Book runs approximately 18 Hours
Condition:
BRAND NEW 1st Edition CD Audio Book. The complete set of 15 CDs are in perfect condition! The box is STILL SEALED IN PUBLISHER'S SHRINK-WRAP although the box does have a slight crush, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking!
About the Audio Book:
As the lead singer of the Doors, Jim Morrison's searing poetic vision and voracious appetite for sexual, spiritual, and psychedelic experience inflamed the spirit and psyche of a generation. Since his mysterious death in 1971, millions more fans from a new generation have embraced his legacy, as layers of myth have gathered to enshroud the life, career, and true character of the man who was James Douglas Morrison.
In Jim Morrison, critically acclaimed journalist Stephen Davis, author of Hammer of the Gods, unmasks Morrison's constructed personas of the Lizard King and Mr. Mojo Risin' to reveal a man of fierce intelligence whose own destructive tendencies both fueled his creative ambitions and brought about his downfall. Gathered from dozens of original interviews and investigations of Morrison's personal journals, Davis has assembled a vivid portrait of a misunderstood genius, tracing the arc of Morrison's life from his troubled youth to his international stardom, when his drug and alcohol binges, tumultuous sexual affairs, and fractious personal relationships reached a frenzied peak. For the first time, Davis is able to reconstruct Morrison's last days in Paris to solve one of the greatest mysteries in music history in a shocking final chapter.
Compelling and harrowing, intimate and revelatory, Jim Morrison is the definitive biography of the rock idol in snakeskin and leather who defined the 1960s.
Audio Book Reviews:
5/5 stars - could not put this down till I was done with the lizard king
It is true that while reading you're wondering how Davis could get all these minute details of how many shots of Whiskey Jimbo had had on one particular night. However, Davis has indeed created a very compelling narrative that got me hooked from the get go so that I simply had to plow through the book (to my wife's discontent) in just a little over two weeks. I believe that Davis took a lot of effort to compile all those various sources and organized in a most appealing fashion. The only thing that shocked me was the vulgar language that the author uses now and them. All in all, this is a great read and I'm glad I didn't read Densmore's lament first since Jim is the demigod that I wanted to get to know better and Davis delivers in many ways.
--Anon
5/5 stars - Simply the Best
By far the best bio I have ever read. It is warts an all and doesn't pull punches in regards to Jim's personality and the often strained relationship with the other guys in the band -- especially towards the end where his relationship with them seems to have totally broken down. This is strength of this book -- it doesn't get sucked into myth and nostalgia. Davis relies on the strength of his research. If you are a fan you will love Jim and the band even more and this incredible tale will stay with you. His last months in Paris are really heart rending.
Only book I have ever picked up and re-read and cannot recommend it enough.
Quite simply a must.
--John Mccormick
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