Remembering Jim Morrison

8 December 1943 in Melbourne, Florida, USA, born Jim Morrison — singer, poet, songwriter, lead vocalist of The Doors. We present you the release with photos sensually dark, lead singer of The Doors, which made for LIFE magazine in 1968, photographer Yale Joel. In addition, the release also features some rare images of the band's concert in new York "Fillmore East".

I am a Lizard king. I can do anything. In the photograph, which was made famous photographer Yale Joel in 1968, LIFE magazine captured the 24-year-old Jim Morrison, in one of his songs sung: "I am the Lizard the Lord. All I can only one." (Yale Joel / TIME & LIFE Pictures)

By 1968, when the new York photo session Yale Joel, The Doors had already recorded two albums, and was preparing to release the third — Waiting for the Sun.

At the peak of their popularity The Doors 33-year-old journalist LIFE Fred Powledge decided to look into the music so enthusiastically listened to his 9-year-old daughter. In his article, the journalist wrote: "The evil that is in The Doors, Jim Morrison. Morrison 24 years... and it gives the impression — both in public, so the scene — the man gloomy, temperamental, floating in the clouds and always under the influence of drugs." (Yale Joel / TIME & LIFE Pictures)

Jim Morrison leaps onstage during a concert of The Doors to the legendary new York club Fillmore East. Over the short history of the club on the stage appeared all the major stars of the rock scene of the 60s: from Jimi Hendrix and ending with Jefferson Airplane. "Our live shows are completely different from the Studio recordings, confessed the LIFE magazine drummer John Densmore. — I mean that they are more like a theatrical performance". (Yale Joel / TIME & LIFE Pictures)

Drummer John Densmore, keyboardist ray manzarek and Jim Morrison are in the "Fillmore East". The LIFE magazine photographer Yale Joel took this picture from behind the scenes of a scene in "Fillmore East". (Yale Joel / TIME & LIFE Pictures)

Performances of Jim Morrison were often similar to hypnotic sessions. During concerts Jim entered the trance state, improvising and composing poems. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)

Band the Doors at full strength. Morrison (left) met with ray Manzarek (second from left), who later became the band's keyboardist in 1965 on the beach in California. Manzarek liked the poetry of Morrison and thought that the poems of Jim good to lay on rock music. Shortly thereafter, guitarist Robby Krieger (second from right) and drummer John Densmore joined their company. Thus was created the band the Doors. (K K Ulf Kruger Ohg / Getty Images)

Posing Morrison with girlfriend Pamela Courson, with whom they had a long-term relationship. The picture was taken during a photo shoot in 1969 Bronson caves in the Hollywood hills in California. July 3, 1971, Pamela found Jim dead in the bathroom of their Paris apartment. She, he, too, died young, just three years after the death of Morrison Pamela died of a heroin overdose. Pamela is the only person who saw Jim Morrison dead, which spawned rumors about the murder or the staged death of the singer, as he bequeathed all her property, including the rights to use his artwork. (Estate Of Edmund Teske / Getty Images)

Band the Doors at full strength. Right to left: lead singer Jim Morrison, keyboardist ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. The group gained international fame in 1967, when their single Light My Fire took the first place in the Billboard. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)

Photo of Jim Morrison, 1970, published in Rolling Stone magazine, who said that Jim was in 47th place in the ranking of "100 greatest artists of all time".(Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)

Grave of Jim Morrison at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. The picture was taken on 7 September 1971. Grave of the singer became a place of worship fans opisyvaemykh neighboring grave inscriptions about his love for the idol and lines from songs by The Doors. (Joe Marquette / AP)

Morrison is considered one of the most charismatic and notable singers in rock history. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)

A rare shot from the case of the arrest of Morrison. In this photo taken 28 September 1963 and stored in the State archive of the Department of Florida, shows Jim Morrison at the time of arrest. Jim was arrested after a football match, the teams of Florida State University. (AP)

Before the death of Jim Morrison left the US and settled in his Paris apartment on the street Batra (Beautreillis). But there he lived only a few weeks. According to the official version, Morrison died on July 3, 1971 in Paris of a heart attack, but the real cause of his death no one knows. The only person who saw the death of the singer, a friend of Morrison Pamela. But it took the mystery of his death to the grave. (Marc Piasecki / Getty Images)