The Doors – Perception (6CD Boxset Remastered)
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. The band took its name from Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, the title of which was a reference to a William Blake quotation: "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite". They were among the most controversial rock acts of the 1960s, due mostly to Morrison's wild, poetic lyrics and charismatic but unpredictable stage persona. After Morrison's death in 1971, the remaining members continued as a trio until finally disbanding in 1973.
Perception is a fortieth-anniversary edition twelve-disc boxset by The Doors. The CDs contain the 1999 remastered editions of all the Jim Morrison albums, while the DVD-Audio discs contain new (2006) "40th Anniversary" surround remixes of them as well as visual extras. Each album includes extra tracks consisting of previously unreleased session outtakes. Exclusive to the boxset is a DVD with several live performances and other extras. The Doors were one of those bands that made a big impression on me; from the stormy 70s until this day on. In my collection are all LPs, some MCs, and all CDs of this legendary band. Without a doubt this boxset beats the lot for its brilliant audio quality, best Remaster I've heard in a very long time.
Artist: The Doors Album: Perception Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock Label: Electra Audio Format: MP3 Bit Rate: 320 KB/s Bit Rate Mode: Constant Writing Library: LAME3.97 Recorded: 1966-1971 Remastered: 1999 Released: November 21, 2006 Total Runtime: 5:30:41 File Size: 797 MB
Line-Up
Jim Morrison - Lead Vocals Ray Manzarek - Piano, Organ, Keyboards, Bass Robby Krieger - Guitar John Densmore - Drums
Tracklist
D1: The Doors (Remastered)
01. Break On Through (To The Other Side) 02. Soul Kitchen 03. The Crystal Ship 04. Twentieth Century Fox 05. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 06. Light My Fire 07. Back Door Man 08. I Looked At You 09. End Of The Night 10. Take It As It Comes 11. The End 12. Moonlight Drive (Version 1) 13. Moonlight Drive (Version 2) 14. Indian Summer
D2: Strange Days (Remastered)
01. Strange Days 02. You're Lost Little Girl 03. Love Me Two Times 04. Unhappy Girl 05. Horse Latitudes 06. Moonlight Drive 07. People Are Strange 08. My Eyes Have Seen You 09. I Can't See Your Face In My Mind 10. When The Music's Over 11. People Are Strange - (False Start) 12. Love Me Two Times - (alternate take)
D3: Waiting For The Sun (Remastered)
01. Hello I Love You 02. Love Street 03. Not To Touch The Earth 04. Summer's Almost Gone 05. Wintertime Love 06. The Unknown Soldier 07. Spanish Caravan 08. My Wild Love 09. We Could Be So Good Together 10. Yes, The River Knows 11. Five To One 12. Albinoni's Adagio In G Minor 13. Not To Touch The Earth - (Dialogue) 14. Not To Touch The Earth - (take 1) 15. Not To Touch The Earth - (take 2) 16. Celebration Of The Lizard
D4: The Soft parade (Remastered)
01. Tell All The People 02. Touch Me 03. Shaman's Blues 04. Do It 05. Easy Ride 06. Wild Child 07. Runnin' Blue 08. Wishful Sinful 09. The Soft Parade 10. Who Scared You 11. Whiskey, Mystics & Men 12. Whiskey, Mystics & Men 13. Push Push 14. Touch Me 15. Touch Me
D5: Morrison Hotel (Remastered)
01. Roadhouse Blues 02. Waiting For The Sun 03. You Make Me Real 04. Peace Frog 05. Blue Sunday 06. Ship Of Fools 07. Land Ho! 08. The Spy 09. Queen Of The Highway 10. Indian Summer 11. Maggie M'gill 12. Talking Blues 13. Roadhouse Blues 14. Roadhouse Blues 15. Carol 16. Roadhouse Blues 17. Money Beats Soul 18. Roadhouse Blues 19. Peace Frog 20. The Spy 21. Queen Of The Highway
D6: L.A. Woman (Remastered)
01. The Changeling 02. Love Her Madly 03. Been Down So Long 04. Cars Hiss By My Window 05. L.A. Woman 06. L'America 07. Hyacinth House 08. Crawling King Snake 09. The W.A.S.P. (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) 10. Riders On The Storm 11. Orange County Suite 12. Don't Go No Further (You Need Meat)
Quote: With an intoxicating, genre-blending sound, provocative and uncompromising songs, and the mesmerizing power of singer Jim Morrison's poetry and presence, the Doors had a transformative impact not only on popular music but on popular culture.
The Doors' arrival on the rock scene in 1967 marked not only the start of a string of hit singles and albums that would become stone classics, but also of something much bigger - a new and deeper relationship between creators and audience. Refusing to be mere entertainers, the Los Angeles quartet relentlessly challenged, confronted and inspired their fans, leaping headfirst into the heart of darkness while other bands warbled about peace and love. Though they've had scores of imitators, there's never been another band quite like them. And 40 years after their debut album, the Doors' music and legacy are more influential than ever before.
Morrison's mystical command of the frontman role may be the iconic heart of the Doors, but the group's extraordinary power would hardly have been possible without the virtuosic keyboard tapestries of Ray Manzarek, the gritty, expressive fretwork of guitarist Robby Krieger and the supple, dynamically rich grooves of drummer John Densmore. From baroque art-rock to jazz-infused pop to gutbucket blues, the band's instrumental triad could navigate any musical territory with aplomb - and all three contributed mightily as songwriters.
The group was born when Morrison and Manzarek - who'd met at UCLA's film school - met again, unexpectedly, on the beach in Venice, CA, during the summer of 1965. Though he'd never intended to be a singer, Morrison was invited to join Manzarek's group Rick and the Ravens on the strength of his poetry. Krieger and Densmore, who’d played together in the band Psychedelic Rangers, were recruited soon thereafter; though several bassists auditioned of the new collective, none could furnish the bottom end as effectively as Manzarek's left hand. Taking their name from Aldous Huxley's psychotropic monograph "The Doors of Perception," the band signed to Elektra Records following a now legendary gig at the Whisky-a-Go-Go on the Sunset Strip.
Their eponymous first album, released in January 1967, kicked off with "Break on Through (to the Other Side)" and also featured the chart smash "Light My Fire," the scorching "Back Door Man," and the visionary masterpiece "The End." The Doors arrived fully formed, capable of rocking the pop charts and the avant-garde with one staggering disc Before '67 was over, they'd issued the ambitious follow-up "Strange Days," with such gems as "Love Me Two Times", "People Are Strange" and "When the Music's Over".
Next came 1968's "Waiting for the Sun," boasting "Hello, I Love You", "Love Street," and "Five to One". Over the next few years they minded over new territory on such albums as 1969's "The Soft Parade" (featuring "Touch Me" and "Tell All the People") 1970's "Morrison Hotel" (which includes "Roadhouse Blues", "Peace Frog," and "Queen of the Highway") and 1971's "L.A. Woman" (boasting "Rider's on the Storm", "Love Her Madly," and the title track).
They released six studio albums in all, as well as a live album and a compilation, before Morrison's death in 1971. Their electrifying achievements in the studio and onstage were unmatched in the annals of rock; and though Morrison's death meant the end of an era, Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore collaborated on two more original Doors albums, "Other Voices and Full Circle," and a set of tracks they composed to accompany Morrison's 1969 recording of his poetry, released in 1978 as "An American Prayer." They also pursued individual music projects, books, theatrical productions and other enterprises - and remain restlessly creative to this day.
In the decades since the Doors' heyday, the foursome has loomed ever larger in the pantheon of rock - and they remain a touchstone of insurrectionary culture for writers, activists, visual artists and other creative communities. Their songs, featured in an ever-increasing number of films, TV shows, video games and remixes, always sound uncannily contemporary. No matter how the musical and cultural tides turn, The Doors will always be ready to help a new wave of listeners break on through to the other side.
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