Waiting for the Sun is the third studio album by The Doors, released by Elektra Records on July 3, 1968. It became the band’s only number one album, topping the Billboard 200 for four weeks, while also including their second US number one single, “Hello, I Love You.”
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| The cover art for the album Waiting for the Sun. |
The album cover for Waiting for the Sun was shot in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles in February 1968 by photographer Paul Ferrara, a longtime friend of Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek from their days at UCLA. The photos were taken on a cliff, utilizing natural light. The set-up wasn’t elaborate: no big crew, no fancy staging—just the band and the photographer, sharing a familiar outdoor spot. Ferrara used a station wagon as a platform for his camera.
Fun anecdote from Dennis Dunaway (the original Alice Cooper bassist): “Glen Buxton (original Alice Cooper guitarist) and him (Jim Morrison) used to go out drinking a lot. As a matter of fact, they stayed up all night drinking at a Mexican restaurant. Then Jim Morrison flipped out because he remembered he had a photo shoot for the album cover Waiting for the Sun. They had set up a shoot so they could have the sun coming up behind the band. He freaked out because he didn’t have anything to wear, so Glen took his black sweater off and gave it to him and that’s what he’s wearing in that picture.”
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