Joan Didion - "Waiting For Morrison" in The Age Of Rock (Sounds Of The American Cultural Revolution) & her collection of writings The White Album

My copy of this is signed by the former owner (George J. Gill) and dated August 3, 1974. Note: "DOORS" in white and blue on cover. However, considering most of the articles, and photography are copyrighted 1967-1969, this edition is probably from 1969. Cover design by Nicole De Jurenev.

The book is dedicated: "In memory of Richard Farina", who you might remember inspired Been Down So Long, with his novel Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me. The book also contains an article by Farina, on Joan Baez (whose sister Mimi, Farina was married to) and Bob Dylan.

Photography Copyright  © 1969 by Elliot Landy.

Here's another copy of Didion's article on The Doors from a collection of her writings from the early 1980s - The White Album - just because it's such a good article...

'The Doors were the Norman Mailers of the Top Forty, missionaries of apocalyptic sex.'

'There was a base player borrowed from a band called Clear Light.'... Doug Lubahn

'It was Morrison who had described The Doors as "erotic politicians."'

Tennyson: 'The word that is the symbol of myself' and 'Repeating my own name to myself silently'.