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This shelf covers Morrison and the rest of the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso see \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-doors\"\u003eThe Doors Vinyl, CDs \u0026amp; Merch\u003c\/a\u003e, or browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books\"\u003eMusic Books\u003c\/a\u003e library.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-collected-works-of-jim-morrison-poetry-journals-transcripts-and-lyrics-hardcover-1","title":"The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings with rare photographs and numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished and published poetry and lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou can also hear Jim Morrison's final poetry recording, now available for the first time, on the CD or digital audio edition of this book, at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles on his twenty-seventh birthday, December 8, 1970. 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