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)
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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.
