THE DOORS’ “WISHFUL SINFUL”: AN ORCHESTRAL EXPERIMENT
Soon after the release of The Doors' third LP ("Waiting For The Sun", July 1968), the long and grueling recordings for their next effort, "The Soft Parade" (released a year later, in July 1969), began. Among the first songs recorded in the summer of '68 was "Wishful Sinful" , written by the band's guitarist, Robby Krieger. Fitting into the stylistic groove already established by one of his recent compositions ("Yes, The River Knows"), the song was chosen to try out a new approach to arrangement that would later be repeated on other tracks on "The Soft Parade". Krieger and The Doors producer Paul Rothchild opted for an orchestral accompaniment inspired by such hugely successful records as The Beatles' "Revolver" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”. The orchestra consisted of strings and horns combined together that strongly conditioned the overall sound atmosphere. It was recorded about four mon
