L.A. Woman was the last Doorsalbum released with Jim Morrison before his death, in July 1971. The album's style is arguably the most blues-like of the band's catalogue. Following the departure of their record producer Paul A. Rothchild around November 1970, the Doors and engineer Bruce Botnick began production on the album at The Doors Workshop in Los Angeles. Most of the tracks were recorded live, except for a few overdubbed keyboard parts by Ray Manzarek. Session musicians Jerry Scheff and Mark Benno entered the studio in January 1971 to put some finishing touches. It is the only Jim Morrison-era studio album which the Doors did not follow up with a concert tour; Jim had moved to Paris by the time it was released and died a few months later. Botnick produced and mixed a new 5.1 Surround version of the album, which was released on DVD-Audio, December 19, 2000. It was produced from the original 8 track analog 1" master tapes.[1] In 2003, the album was ranked number 362 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. A new version of the album, titled L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary Mixes) was released on March 27, 2007 on Rhino records. It contains two bonus tracks: "Orange County Suite" and the Willie Dixon-authored "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further". The latter track features Manzarek on vocals. The track "Orange County Suite" was not recorded along the other tracks of the album, it is originally a Morrison solo vocal and piano recording with music later overdubbed by the surviving Doors members.
