Editing The Doors (section)

=== ''Other Voices'' and ''Full Circle'' (July 1971 – January 1973) ===
[[File:The Doors (1971).png|thumb|right|Densmore, Krieger and Manzarek in November 1971]]
{{Blockquote|Morrison's passing stamped the Doors with a seal of legend and immortality. There was no opportunity for the band to go into the seventies intact. Perhaps that's a good thing. I can't imagine the Doors in the era of [[disco]].|[[Henry Rollins]]{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=414}}}}

''L.A. Woman''{{'}}s follow up album, ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'', was being planned while Morrison was in Paris. The band assumed he would return to help them finish the album.<ref name="Allen" /> After Morrison died, the surviving members considered replacing him with several new people, such as [[Paul McCartney]] on bass, and [[Iggy Pop]] on vocals.{{sfn|Thompson|2009|p=268}} But after neither of these worked out, Krieger and Manzarek took over lead vocal duties themselves.<ref name="Allen" /> ''Other Voices'' was finally completed in August 1971, and released in October 1971. The record featured the single "Tightrope Ride", which received some radio airplay. The trio began performing again with additional supporting members on November 12, 1971, at [[Pershing Center|Pershing Municipal Auditorium]] in Lincoln, Nebraska, followed by shows at Carnegie Hall on November 23, and the [[Hollywood Palladium]] on November 26.<ref name="Allen">{{Cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-other-voices/ |date=October 18, 2016 |title=When the Doors Continued Without Jim Morrison on ''Other Voices'' |last=Allen |first=Jim |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=May 3, 2019}}</ref>

The recordings for ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' took place a year after ''Other Voices'' during the spring of 1972, and the album was released in August 1972. For the tours during this period, the Doors enlisted Jack Conrad on bass (who had played on several tracks on both ''Other Voices'' and ''Full Circle'') as well as Bobby Ray Henson on rhythm guitar. They began a European tour covering France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, including an appearance on the German show ''[[Beat-Club]]''. Like ''Other Voices'', ''Full Circle'' did not perform as well commercially as their previous albums. While ''Full Circle'' was notable for adding elements of funk and jazz to the usual Doors sound,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reed |first=Ryan |date=May 29, 2015|title=Two Out-of-Print Doors Albums Prepped for Reissue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-doors-two-post-jim-morrison-albums-set-for-reissue-60919/ |access-date=December 19, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> the band struggled with Manzarek and Krieger leading (neither of the post-Morrison albums had reached the Top 10 while all six of their albums with Morrison had).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doors ''Full Circle'' Reissue Includes Original Foldout Zoetrope |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-full-circle-zoetrope/ |access-date=December 19, 2020 |date=September 18, 2015 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref> Once their contract with Elektra had lapsed, the Doors disbanded in 1973.<ref name="allmusic.com" />