“Land Ho” by The Doors

"Land Ho" sails in on Morrison Hotel, the fifth Doors album, which Elektra put out in February 1970. Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger wrote it together, and the credits give Morrison the vocal, Krieger the guitar, Ray Manzarek the keyboards and John Densmore the drums, with Paul A. Rothchild producing and Bruce Botnick engineering.

The album was cut at Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles in November 1969, and it was a U-turn. After the brass and strings Rothchild had steered them into on The Soft Parade, the Doors went back to the blues rock they came from, and the record was widely taken as a return to form.

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