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Well, hello there, people's. Welcome to episode 317 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast where we talk

records, music history, and more with the people who were

there in the room when the music was made. My name is Nate. I'm an OCD record collector who

loves my vinyl, and I'm constantly looking to learn more from my heroes. And today's a great

example of that. Bruce Botnick, producer, engineer, and fellow audio maniac

joins us to deep dive into his work with The Doors and discuss the 50th anniversary reissue

box set of LA Woman, the final studio album by all four original members of the Doors and an

amazing bookend to their recording career.

Bruce worked with the Doors throughout their career, starting with their debut album

originally as an engineer before being flung into the producer's seat for LA Woman.

Now with that sort of experience, nobody knows the doors like Bruce does.

So today we're going to set aside his work with other stellar artists like the Beach Boys, love, all the film scoring and soundtrack work.

And today we're going to focus on the doors with Bruce.

We're going to hear from him what the L.A. Woman sessions were like, what it was like to work with Jim Morrison, what he was doing in the studio,

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