The DoorsRecensioner

1-1 Break On Through
Written-By – The Doors
2:25
1-2 Light My Fire
Written-By – The Doors
7:05
1-3 The Crystal Ship
Written-By – Jim Morrison
2:31
1-4 People Are Strange
Written-By – The Doors
2:09
1-5 Strange Days
Written-By – The Doors
3:06
1-6 Love Me Two Times
Written-By – The Doors
3:13
1-7 Alabama Song
Written-By – Brecht*, Weill*
3:16
1-8 Five To One
Written-By – The Doors
4:25
1-9 Waiting For The Sun
Written-By – The Doors
3:57
1-10 Spanish Caravan
Written-By – The Doors
2:57
1-11 When The Music's Over
Written-By – The Doors
10:55
2-1 Hello, I Love You
Written-By – The Doors
2:14
2-2 Roadhouse Blues
Written-By – The Doors
4:02
2-3 L.A. Woman
Written-By – The Doors
7:48
2-4 Riders On The Storm
Written-By – The Doors
7:14
2-5 Touch Me
Written-By – The Doors
3:10
2-6 Love Her Madly
Written-By – The Doors
3:17
2-7 The Unknown Soldier
Written-By – The Doors
3:22
2-8 The End
Written-By – The Doors
11:41

1 Hello To The Cities 0:56
2 Break On Through 4:32
3 Roadhouse Blues 4:19
4 Hyacinth House 2:40
5 Who Scared You 3:16
6 Whiskey, Mystics And Men 2:19
7 I Will Never Be Untrue 3:56
8 Moonlight Drive 2:31
9 Queen Of The Highway 3:32
10 Someday Soon 3:41
11 Hello, I Love You 2:28
12 Orange County Suite 5:27
13 The Soft Parade 10:03
14 The End 18:01
Bonus Track:
15 Woman Is A Devil 4:08

Credits:
Drums – John Densmore
Guitar – Robby Krieger
Keyboards – Ray Manzarek
Vocals – Jim Morrison

Originally Elektra 1973
Rhino 2007 (40th Anniversary Mix)

Wikipedia information

Morrison Hotel es el quinto álbum de estudio de la banda de rock estadounidense The Doors, publicado el 9 de febrero de 1970, bajo el sello Elektra.Fue grabado entre septiembre y diciembre de 1969, que gracias a que su anterior trabajo, The Soft Parade, no fue muy bien recibido por el público, la banda decidió regresar a un estilo marcadamente blues.

L. A. Woman es el sexto álbum de estudio de la banda de rock estadounidense The Doors, publicado en abril 1971. Fue el último disco que grabó el cantante Jim Morrison, que murió tres meses después en París. En 2003, la revista Rolling Stone lo situó en el número 362 en su lista de los 500 mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos. Es un álbum casi exclusivamente de blues, un estilo que en trabajos anteriores no había sido más que una influencia, aunque cada vez más marcada y ya predominante en el anterior Morrison Hotel.

Grabación.
La grabación fue un tanto tensa. Las relaciones entre los miembros de la banda, en parte debido al carácter de Morrison, estaban un tanto deterioradas. El productor de todos sus discos, Paul A. Rothchild, se negó a participar en éste después de escucharlo. Finalmente, lo produjeron ellos mismos junto al ingeniero de sonido Bruce Botnick. El disco fue grabado entre noviembre de 1970 y enero de 1971 en el local de ensayos de la banda, que fue transformado en estudio provisional.

Contenido.
Contiene sobre todo poderosos blues como The Changeling, Been Down So Long (que había sido presentada antes de su grabación de estudio), Cars Hiss by my Window y los ocho minutos de L. A. Woman. Entre ellos, una versión del tema de John Lee Hooker Crawling King Snake, su cuarta recreación de una composición ajena, después de Back Door Man de Willie Dixon (1967), Who Do You Love? de Bo Diddley, Alabama Song de Kurt Weill y Bertolt Brecht (1967) y otras versiones realizadas en vivo. Pero también hay temas ajenos a ese estilo como L'America, además de ritmos pop en Love Her Madly y cierto aire experimental en The Wasp (Texas Radio & The Big Beat) y Riders on the Storm (la cual sería de sus últimas composiciones totalmente psicodélicas). En Hyacinth House, Ray Manzarek interpreta en el órgano un pasaje de la famosa Polonesa heróica del compositor polaco Fredéric Chopin.

Como en todos los álbumes de The Doors, las letras tienen un papel muy importante. En L.A. Woman Morrison se despide de su querida Los Ángeles, ya que poco después de la grabación viajó a París para no volver jamás. En L'America relata una historia del descubrimiento de América, mientras que en Hyacinth House habla sobre la soledad y la muerte. La poesía surrealista de The Wasp deja paso a Riders on the Storm, donde Morrison recrea un episodio de su infancia, en el que sintió que su alma era invadida por un chamán indio, algo a lo que ya se había referido en Peace Frog (1970).

En el albúm Perception Box Set (2006) The Doors remasterizan toda su discografía. Cada álbum incluye algunos bonus tracks.

Listado de temas. Todas las canciones compuestas por The Doors, excepto donde se indica otro.

Lado A• Cara A
1 The changeling – 4'20"
2 Ámala locamente = Love her madly – 3'18"
3 Mucho tiempo deprimido = Been down so long – 4'40"
4 Los coches pasan rápidos por mi ventana = Cars hiss by my window – 4'10"
5 Mujer de Los Ángeles = L.A. woman – 7'49"
• Cara B
1 L'América = America – 4'35"
2 La casa del jacinto = Hyacinth house – 3'10"
3 Crawling king snake – 4'57"
4 The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) – 4'12"
5 Jinetes en la tormenta = Riders on the storm – 7'14"

Intérpretes.
Jim Morrison
Robby Krieger
Ray Manzarek
John Densmore

Fuente: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Woman. Visitada el 12-4-2020.
+INFO: https://www.discogs.com/es/The-Doors-LA-Woman/release/12158336. Visitada el 11-4-2020.

The blues rock band's first album, featuring "Break on Through" and "Light My Fire."

3/4 (Good).

It's inconsistent, but it's the archetype of a genre. If you're in the mood for classic rock that sounds like it's fighting depression with drugs and alcohol, this is your album.½

INFORMATION-This album contains the following tracks:
1 Hello, I Love You (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:12
2 Light My Fire (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 7:05
3 People Are Strange (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:09
4 Love Me Two Times (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 3:14
5 Riders on the Storm (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 7:11
6 Break on Through (To the Other Side) (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:26
7 Roadhouse Blues (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 6:12
8 Touch Me (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 3:10
9 L.A. Woman (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 7:47
10 Love Her Madly (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 3:17
11 The Ghost Song (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 4:10
12 The End (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 6:28

Piano arrangements to all the original compositions from The Doors, Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, The Soft Parade and L.A. Woman. None of the cover versions or anything from Morrison Hotel is included.

Product Details

* Audio CD (May 23, 1995)
* Original Release Date: 2000
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Elektra / Wea
* Catalog Number: 61812
* ASIN: B000002HJD
* Other Editions: Audio Cassette | LP Record
* Average Customer Review: based on 91 reviews. (Write a review.)
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The Doors recorded six studio albums with Jim Morrison as their singer from 1967 to 1971, hitting the charts with a series of pop songs that were at least as good as Tommy James and the Shondells. On their albums, they indulged in Morrison's pretentious obsessions that included extended pieces about Oedipal complexes and the end of the world. Those obsessions have been exaggerated by The Doors myth that continues to this day. This is a collection of Morrison's poetry, embellished by the surviving Doors several years after the fact. That the live rendition of "Roadhouse Blues" is the only noteworthy selection should tell you what you need to know about the poetry. --Rob O'Connor
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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
The panultimate Doors experience., July 30, 2001
Reviewer: Brent A. Anthonisen "Johnny Sideburns" (Alpharetta, GA, USA) - See all my reviews
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I'll admit, I don't really listen to my other Doors CD's that much anymore...but "An American Prayer" is an exception. Jim Morrison will be recognized as one of the most important (and certainly the most imitated) frontmen in the history of rock/pop music, and deservedly so...but as most knowledgeable music afficianados (Rob O'Connor need not apply) will tell you, Morrison was a great deal more. As compelling (and disturbing) as his lyrics were, it was with the medium of poetry that Morrison truly felt his place to be; his desire was to use popular music as a means of presenting his writing to a greater audience. Having three of the most talented and versatile musicians of the 1960's in his band certainly didn't hurt, and this as much as Morrison's own talents as a lyricist and indominitable charisma as a frontman helped to achieve this end. The reading that he gives on this CD (recorded on Morrison's birthday in 1970, I believe) is first rate. And though it must be allowed that Morrison probably never intended for musical accompanyment to be added to his words (this was done by the surviving Doors members years after his death), it was likely Schiller probably felt the same way at the time he wrote his "Ode to Joy"...and Beethoven's use of Schiller's piece in his 9th Symphony finale certainly can't be seen as a dilution of that work by any stretch of the imagination. Nor is the subsequent Doors instrumentation (as well as the addition of previously released music) to be seen as a lessening of the experience of "An American Prayer". This is an extremely well-conceived production; the music compliments Morrison's reading perfectly. Morrison himself reads in a soothing, engaging, and intimate manner (similar to Charles Bukowski's "Run With The Hunted" expanded CD session), and, if indeed he was "Stoned Immaculate" at the time of the recording, the clarity of his voice lays more to inspiration rather than inebriation. This CD finds all participants in finest form, and the result is an extremely natural progression of sound. This recording may be considered "spoken word" due to its vocal delivery (and as such is unsurpassed by Bukowski, Henry Rollins, William Burroughs, or anyone else to whom I've compared it), but as with the work released by the Doors as a band, the music here is not to be underestimated. This recording was well ahead of its time, and in my opinion represents the Doors as Morrison had intended them to become through an evolution he was unfortunately unable to see through; I believe he would have approved of this work, and I can't recommend it enough, either to fans of poetry, music, and of life itself.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
A must-have for word-lovers, May 31, 2005
Reviewer: Andrew Grathwohl (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews
Jim Morrison to many was just seen as a crazy frontman for one of the most popular bands of the Classic Rock era. To many, however, he was even more than that - he was the container of a vast amount of literary knowledge, who had the ability to completely meld peoples' minds with his words. His poetry contained depressing, frightening, haunting, and perfectly-crafted descriptions, containing some of the most professional work I've ever read, from poets and other songwriters alike.

It is sometimes incoherent, sure, but the words are just so beautiful in how they work together to create an image that doesn't necessarily come to life through the meanings of words, but by the emotions that those words portray. It takes a real gift to make lyrics like this, but Jim Morrison is able to do it without having much more than a blues vocal and a well-constructed face.

One of my favorite selections from this LP is the inclusion of Morrison's experience as a child, when he witnessed a bloody car crash containing the deaths of many Native Americans in Connecticut. This is a true story (which I am sure cannot be said about all of the poems he recites on this LP) which really gripped me to continue through the rest of the LP.

Listening to it now, I can easily say this is one of my favorite Doors albums, even if you really can't call it a real Doors record. Since this contains mostly poem reciting and with mostly background music (but some of his old songs are redone, including a live performance or two - most memorably, a fantastic version of Roadhouse Blues) I guess you can't call it much of a "musical record" but the concept of this album itself is VERY strong. It really is a unique listen.

Another thing I'd like to point out is the audio quality of the disc (this is speaking about the Vinyl, but I'm sure the CDs are okay too if that's your thing). I found that, especially for a Doors record, the sound quality of this LP is FANTASTIC. It's really audiophile quality. Jim Morrison's voice is beautifully reproduced and is staged very well, and the instrumental mastering is at a crispness and refine level that few other recordings touch upon. And it's even better to know that this LP is mass-produced, so that many non-audiophiles are also experiencing this fantastic sound quality. It is rare to see high-quality recordings in high stock like this LP. Even if you dispise Jim Morrison or The Doors (people do, but I don't see how one could justify it!) at least make this record a part of your collection due to the rareness of the quality of the recording.

Again, this album isn't for everybody. But if you've ever realized and thought to yourself how unique and beautiful Jim Morrison's work really is, it would be doing yourself a huge favor to pick this album up. If you get it on vinyl, it's an even bigger gain!

Enjoy the music.
-Andrew½

1 Break On Through (To The Other Side) 2:27
2 Soul Kitchen 3:33
3 The Crystal Ship 2:32
4 Twentieth Century Fox 2:31
5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
Written-By – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill 3:17
6 Light My Fire 7:05
7 Back Door Man
Written-By – Chester Burnett, Willie Dixon 3:32
8 I Looked At You 2:20
9 End Of The Night 2:50
10 Take It As It Comes 2:14
11 The End 11:43½

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Debut studio album released January 4, 1967

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L. A. Woman es el sexto álbum de estudio de la banda de rock estadounidense The Doors, publicado en abril 1971. Fue el último disco que grabó el cantante Jim Morrison, que murió tres meses después en París.

INFORMATION-This album contains the following tracks:
1 Roadhouse Blues (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 4:04
2 Waiting for the Sun (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 4:00
3 You Make Me Real (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:53
4 Peace Frog (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:50
5 Blue Sunday (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:12
6 Ship of Fools (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 3:08
7 Land Ho! (Robby Krieger / Jim Morrison), 4:10
8 The Spy (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 4:17
9 Queen of the Highway (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:47
10 Indian Summer (Robby Krieger / Jim Morrison), 2:35
11 Maggie M'Gill (John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 4:24

INFORMATION-This album contains the following tracks:
1 Break on Through (To the Other Side) (John Densmore / The Doors / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:30
2 Soul Kitchen (John Densmore / The Doors / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 3:35
3 The Crystal Ship (John Densmore / The Doors / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:34
4 Twentieth Century Fox (John Densmore / The Doors / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:33
5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill), 3:20
6 Light My Fire (John Densmore / The Doors / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 7:08
7 Back Door Man (Chester Burnett / Willie Dixon), 3:34
8 I Looked at You (John Densmore / The Doors / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:22
9 End of the Night (John Densmore / The Doors / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:52
10 Take It as It Comes (John Densmore / The Doors / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 2:17
11 The End (John Densmore / The Doors / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison), 11:43

Julen 1999ca. Julegave fra Bruce

# Setlist for The Doors - 02/25/69

Venue Sunset Sound Studios
City Los Angeles
State CA
Set 1 01. Whiskey, Mystics And Men #1 - 2:35
02. Petition The Lord With Prayer/Whiskey, Mystics And Men #2 - 5:01
03. Love Me Tender - 2:34
04. Rock Is Dead #1 - 10:21
05. Me And The Devil Blues - 6:20
06. Rock Is Dead #2 - 2:40
07. Rock Is Dead #3 - 4:39
08. Rock Is Dead #4 - 5:23
09. Queen Of The Magazines - 4:03
10. Pipeline (instrumental) > Rock Is Dead #5 > Rock Me Baby > Mystery Train > Rock Is Dead #6 - 23:57

Essential Rarities

Artist
The Doors
Record Label
Elektra / Wea
Genre
Alternative Rock
UPC Code
075596253024
Release Date
2000-06-20
Format
Audio CD
# of Disks
1
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Track Listing
Disk 1
01 Hello To The Cities (Live) (Lyrics)
02 Break On Through (Live) (Lyrics)
03 Roadhouse Blues (Live) (Lyrics)
04 Hyacinth House (Lyrics)
05 Who Scared You (Lyrics)
06 Whiskey, Mystics And Men (Lyrics)
07 I Will Never Be Untrue (Live) (Lyrics)
08 Moonlight Drive (Lyrics)
09 Queen Of The Hghway (Alternate Version) (Lyrics)
10 Someday Soon (Live) (Lyrics)
11 Hello, I Love You (Lyrics)
12 Orange County Suite (Lyrics)
13 The Soft Parade (Live) (Lyrics)
14 The End (Live) (Lyrics)
15 Woman Is A Devil (Lyrics)
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This collection, originally available only as a bonus disc in The Doors: The Complete Studio Recordings box set (fleshed out here with another outtake track, 'Woman Is a Devil,' from that set) is split just about evenly between a sometimes motley collection of outtakes and demos and a better slate of live material. It also argues that while most rock bands cut their teeth on blues and other roots music, then develop a distinct sound (or sell out to pop fashion trends), the Doors seemed to evolve ass-backwards, the band's, and particularly Jim Morrison's, college poet-nihilist pretensions slowly giving way to more blues-based influences. Indeed, after a few legendary years of late-1960s success and excess, Morrison had more than enough reasons to sing the blues. The studio leftovers here underscore why they're called 'outtakes' (1965 demos of 'Hello, I Love You' and 'Moonlight Drive' are historically interesting, if a bit bubblegummy) though there are some highlights. 'Whiskey, Mystics and Men' showcases another side of the band's tastefully odd Kurt Weill fetish; a '69 alternate of 'Queen of the Highway' is almost lounge hipster chic; and 'Orange County Suite' is a dirge from '70. Live cuts (all from '69 and '70) range from a baroque, affected PBS telecast of 'The Soft Parade' to an apocalyptic, overwrought 'The End.' --Jerry McCulley

Best Doors Album (2005-05-25)
In my opinion the BEST DOORS ALBUM. The box set was kind of a let down for me. This collection has just a perfect flow to it. It just works for me. It sounds so heartfelt and despite one or two muffled recordings, I feel it really captures the heart of the Doors. When the acid freaks realize that no one is tending the light at the end of the tunnel, that happiness cannot be bought with a $3 tab of acid, the psychedelic blues, the existential dread (paraphrasing here from Hunter S. Thompson and Stephen Davis)this album is the Doors that i like best, its harsh, its not overproduced. They seem to really enjoy playing these songs. of course the box set and even boot yer butt have some great moments, but for me anyways, these recordings, all on just one disc, are essential!

Most Of This Collection Has Been Done Better Before!! (2004-07-21)
Essential Rarities, that unexceptional disc of Doors outtakes that started out as a bonus disc on a 1997 box set, consists of one really good studio performance (which provides a sharp contrast to the rest of the material here), some mostly good live performances, particularly of Doors classics, and several rather forgettable demos. The studio masterpiece is, of course, 'Who Scared You,' which was inexplicably left off The Soft Parade in favor of such lesser songs as 'Do It' and 'Running Blue'. Highlights of the live performances include a very good version of 'The End,' a fine rendition of 'Break on Through,' and a rather lounge-lizard-style take of 'Queen of the Highway'. Most of the demos are (as singer Jim Morrison so aptly puts it) works in progress; they simply show that Morrison's fabulous lyrics alone aren't enough to carry the material without the band's special brand of studio polish. Probably the most interesting of these 'early versions' is 'Hyacinth House,' a fine performance which features bongos and a genuine 'beatnik poet' feel. In short, an interesting disc, but far from essential, as the only truly essential works in the Doors canon are the six glorious studio albums, all of which feature far superior versions of the tunes offered here.

Jim's back! (2004-06-06)
I would have given this 4 1/2 stars if it was possible. I found a lot of the material on here very interesting to listen to. Not everything on here was worth 5 stars, or even 4 stars, but there's enough to hold a Doors'/Morrison fan's interest. My wife's father heard me playing it on my stereo (he's a Doors' fan from way back), and he wanted to know what it was because he'd never heard it before. I let him borrow the CD, and he thought it was the best Doors' release he'd ever listened to (that's a matter of opinion). However, it's interesting to listen to if you're a die hard Doors' fan.

Something different, not essential (2004-03-09)
This disc is, of course, a sort of 'greatest hits' for the 1997 box set. As we all know, The Doors have about as many collections out as The Who and Gary Numan, making this non-essential.

The box set was not all it could have been, but it was nice to finally get. I would suggest buying the box at less than full price. The box is four discs, but essentially it's three, because the band had the gaul to actually release a 'band favorites' disc of material from the studio album, essentially including a greatest hits of stuff we already have. This is par for course, though.

The Doors are a great American rock band, however their release practices and sonic trickery on many releases is very frustrating for fans.

There are some very good tracks here, but be aware of some of the details.

Hello To The Cities is a brief intro by Morrison taken from a concert opening. That leads right into Break On Through from the 1970 Isle of Wight performance, one of the Doors' last. The track is definitely doctored compared to the soundboard-bootlegs that have been floating around. Infuriatingly, there are also guitar overdubs on the track by Krieger(!) Why he felt the need to doctor his own performance 20-odd years later is beyond me.

The trickery does not end there, of course. It's nice to have Who Scared You on CD, but why have they cut out an entire verse?

Then there's Someday Soon, a never released song only performed twice. The version here is from Seattle, 1970, which has been on every other Doors bootleg for decades. Of course, they butcher the beginning of the song, overdubbing crowd noise. A bootleg box set that appeared in 1998 actually included the other and better performance of this song, recorded for Absolutely Live.

The Soft Parade is, of course, the version we already own from The Soft Parade video. Thanks, guys!

There are some neat gems on here, though. The Hyacinth House is a demo done at Krieger's home, I believe, with someone on bongos. Always nice to hear the development of a song.

Queen of the Highway is a jazzy, alternate take on the Morrison Hotel track, and it's one of the best tracks here.

Orange County Suite is The Doors returning to the studio to lay down tracks around a recording of Morrison on piano, a good ballad, though it depends on how you feel about this kind of thing, sort of like the Beatles did a few years earlier.

Overall, the disc might be worthwhile if you're a more casual fan. But diehards will want the box, which was a bit of a disappointment, but at least you'll get everything rather than just a slice. Also, be aware that many of the live tracks on the box and on this disc are not even single takes from one concert, but rather spliced-together tracks in an effort to produce the 'perfect live' version, sort of defeating the purpose of a live album.

Such shameless practices continue to taint Doors releases, though they have made some amends by releasing previously 'lost' concerts through Bright Midnight Records on their website.

Interesting curiosity. Not quite essential. (2003-02-18)
It's not immediately obvious what audience this CD is aimed at. It condenses the 1997 Doors Box Set down to one CD. The hard-core Doors fans will already own the Box Set. Casual listeneres will most likely not be interested in any of this. 'Casual' listeners would be advised to buy the Doors' studio albums before this, anyway. Upon owning all the studio albums, however, they would cease to be merely 'casual' listeners. So, I guess if you're a big Doors fan, but you're on a budget and cannot afford the box set, then Essential Rarities would be a good choice.

The choices for inclusion here are pretty good. It's good stuff overall. A mix of live tracks, early demos and unreleased songs. The live versions of 'Break On Through', 'The Soft Parade' and 'The End' are the most worthwile. Also, as a boon for collectors, this CD contains a previously unreleased song that was not on the Doors Box Set, 'Woman Is A Devil', a fine 12-bar blues song, which I happen to like a lot.

The Doors Box Set itself is uneven (featuring a completely wasted fourth disc), but it has a lot of good material that will be of interest to big fans of The Doors. If you buy Essential Rarities, you're missing the live CD, Live In New York, and several other worthwile tracks. This however, is a good condensing of the box set, so if you can't spend big bucks for the box, this is a much cheaper alternative.

1 Hello, I Love You 2:22
2 Love Street 3:06
3 Not To Touch The Earth 3:54
4 Summer's Almost Gone 3:20
5 Wintertime Love 1:52
6 The Unknown Soldier Bass – Kerry Magness 3:10
7 Spanish Caravan Acoustic Bass – Leroy Vinegar* Electric Bass – Douglas Lubahn* 2:58
8 My Wild Love 2:50
9 We Could Be So Good Together 2:20
10 Yes, The River Knows 2:35
11 Five To One 4:22

Bonus tracks:
12 Albinoni's Adagio in G minor 4:32
13 Not to touch the earth (dialogue)
14 Not to touch the earth (take 1)
15 Not to touch the earth (take 2)Celebration of the lizard