The Doors released their second LP "Strange Days" on Sept. 25, 1967. The album yielded two singles, "People are Strange" and "Love Me Two Times".

The album cover of Strange Days, photographed by Joel Brodsky, depicted a group of street performers in New York. The location of the photograph is at Sniffen Court, a residential alley off of East 36th Street between Lexington and Third Avenue in Manhattan. The availability of such performers pictured was low, so Brodsky's assistant stood in as a juggler while a random cab driver was paid $5 to pose playing the trumpet. Twin dwarfs were hired, with one appearing on the front cover and one appearing on the back cover, which is the other half of the same photo on the front cover.