Video: 'Live in New York by The Doors 1970' (early show Jan. 17, 1970, videos 1-20)

(Saturday, January 17, 1970, 8:00 p.m. EST scheduled start time for opening act The Lonnie Mack Trio) — American rock band The Doors performed the first of four shows in two days tonight at the Felt Forum in New York City with approximately 5,000 people in attendance.

The New York concerts were among the band’s several live performances professionally recorded between July 1969 and May 1970 for the group’s first live album Absolutely Live, released July 20, 1970.